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Meet our seniors:

While Sensei Jason is the main instructor in our club, all of our senior students will step in when required to either cover a class or to work with an individual or small group to give more  focused instruction.  
They can be a great source of knowledge and support (and in our dojo they are often the source of most of the banter)

Petra Roe (Pet)           3rd Dan                 

I started training in 2004 at the HTKA where I met man of our current seniors.  I helped Sensei Jason establish the Eastleigh Dojo when it opened in 2013 and I am the current secretary of the EGKA.

Favourite part of training:  Kata.

Least favourite part of training: Up and down the mountain (you'll see!)

Best karate moment so far:  Hearing 'Petra Roe: San-Dan' from Nakamura Sensei at the sayonara party of the 2018 European Gasshuku in London.  

Karate has had such a positive influence on my life.  It has taken me to countries that I would have never visited, and introduced me to people that I may never had met; many of whom I think of as family now.  

Karate has helped me develop a confidence and inner strength that has been invaluable both inside and outside of the dojo.

Chris Parsons        3rd Dan   

I started to train in karate in 2007, then joined Sensei Jason at the Eastleigh dojo in 2014.
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Favourite part of training: Throws, locks and groundwork.

Least favourite part of training:  Seeing bad manners in the dojo.

Best karate moment so far:         Achieving my black belt after a gruelling and exhausting grading.

James Omand  (Jim)     3rd Dan              

Started training in 2007

Favourite part of training: sparring, yakusoku kumite, kakie, pad work.

Least favourite part of training: don’t have one

Best karate moment so far:  Either grading to Sandan at the European gasshuku 2018 or Okinawa Gishiki 2019.


Georgie Omand       2nd Dan         
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I started training in 2009 at the HTKA where I met Sensei Jason and most of our current seniors. ​When Sensei Jason opened the Eastleigh Dojo I joined him to continue my training.

Favourite part of training: Kihon Ido (moving basic drills)

Least favourite part of training: Push ups!
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Best karate moment so far: Grading to Shodan in 2015.

I love the fact that the club is friendly and relaxed while still training hard.

Karen Holloway         1st Dan         

I started training with Sensei Jason in 2013.​

​Favourite part of training: Kata

Least favourite part of training: Sparring
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Best karate moment so far: Successfully grading to Shodan in 2018.

Karen is the first student Sensei Jason has taken from white belt (complete beginner) to blackbelt. Our first 'homegrown' shodan. ​
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