Sensei Sean (Yondan)

Sensei Sean has always been interested in martial arts and took up karate training later in life.

Sensei Sean attained his shodan after 5 years of intensive training. Grade to 1st Dan in November 2005

Changing from his original style to JKS has been one of his many great challenges in 2007,and achieved the JKS Shodan status, tested by Sensei Lee on the 20th March 2009. He now holds Shodan in 2 styles of Karate.

Sensei Sean achieved his Ni-dan (2nd Dan) on the 26th March 2010, Tested By Shihan Lee (8th Dan)

Sensei Sean achieved his SANDAN (3rd Dan) in Dec 2013 under the examination of Kagawa Masao Shuseki Shihan (9th Dan) 

Sensei Sean achieved the level of YONDAN (4th Dan) in OCT 2017 under the examination of Kagawa Masao Shuseki Shihan (9th Dan) 

Sensei Sean agrees wholeheartedly with the view that once you get your 1st Dan, you are only at the very beginning of your Karate career. Every training session should be about bettering your technique, speed and knowledge every time 

Sensei Sean visits and trains with the esteemed Sensei's like Kagawa Shihan, Yamaguchi Shihan , Kanyama Shihan and the other Honbu Dojo sensei's  on his yearly trip to the JKS Honbu Dojo in Tokyo Japan. The 4 days of intense training and information he collects he brings back to New Zealand and tries to impart this information to his students

Sensei Sean has also attained the qualification of a Regional Karate NZ referee

Sensei Sean has also attained the international qualification levels for JKS -C - Instructor, C - Referee and C - examiners