For the first time this year, our rolling roster of instructors for SHOTORAMA includes several different organisations, and we are delighted that they have all volunteered their time and expertise to give you another unique and never-to-be-repeated experience!
Click on the instructors names, or scroll down, to find out more about them and a little snippet from them on karate.
We look forward to welcoming them all for SHOTORAMA in 2021, and hope you will enjoy their individual interpretations, specialist topics, and unique outlooks on karate!
Sensei Adam “The Master” Purkiss
5th Dan, KUGB
Stock SKC, Benfleet
“Karate has been a massive part of my life for over 30 years and the joy I get out of it now more than ever, is the face of my students when they achieve their goals, being from winning trophies or gaining the next grade. More so from the students who are not naturally gifted the ones who have to work that bit harder to make their dreams a reality. That’s the real joy of karate to me, that’s what keeps me inspired to be able to pass on the knowledge that I have learnt to them and watch them grow; oh, and getting to hit people – that’s also good fun.”
Sensei Avi “The Scholar” Wolfsthal
1st Dan, HDKI
Kanshin Karate, Guildford
“For me, karate is ultimately about enhancing the well-being of those who practice it. Admittedly this notion can sometimes be at odds with the very purpose of karate as a self-defence system. However, as a karate instructor I’ve come to realise that if I teach karate for self-defence I will benefit very few people if at all owing to the fact that violence in our society is thankfully rare. Instead, by focusing on well-being I can affect the lives of all my students.”
Sensei Chris “The Educator” Mulville
4th Dan, Shotokan Nation
Shiseikan Karate, Maidstone
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Sensei John “The Champion” Parnell
6th Dan, Shotokan Nation
Rising Sun Karate Academy, Woking
“Karate has always been a positive influence on my life, and it keeps me balanced and stable. I believe it brings out the best in people. For me, the drills which spontaneously jump to my mind and evolve naturally during training/teaching sessions are usually the best.”
Sensei Neil “The Kid” Jerome
5th Dan, KUGB
Kenmei Shotokan, Trondheim (Norway)
“Be open to new ideas and interpretations, and search internally for the feelings of movements, play around and explore variations. There’s no short cut to good technique, because the process of repeating techniques is where you get to explore, and discover. Your karate will be different to mine, and anyone else’s. Martial arts, and self defence, are ultimately about understanding and negotiating the interplay between people; it’s important to give the non-physical side of that its full weight.”
SHOTORAMA! 