Not everybody who starts karate has what it takes to become a black belt and an even smaller percentage go on to achieve Nidan & above.
Below you can find a list of students who have dedicated themselves to the art of karate and achieved Shodan ‘The Beginners Level’ and above.
Shodan – 1st Dan
- Oliver Kerr – 24th September 2006
- Amy Kerr – 24th September 2006
- Kevin Cavanaugh – 11th March 2007
- Debs McDermid 9th March 2008
- Garry Beckett – 8th November 2009
- Jessica Moore – 31st October 2010 (Junior)
- Alex Dewar – 20th March 2011
- Kane Egerton – 27th November 2011 (Junior)
- David Barlow – 27th November 2011
- Victoria Richardson – 27th November 2011
- Kristian Aspinall – 29th April 2012 (Junior)
- Bradley Thompson – 29th April 2012 (Junior)
- Mahum Khan – 14th October 2012
- Dominic Critchard – 28th April 2013 (Junior)
- Stephen Beckett – 28th April 2013
- Paul Coombs – 28th June 2013 (Junior)
- Georgina Walls – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Jamie Wakeling – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Regan Owens – 24th November 2013
- Megan Pollitt – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Vicki Hynes – 24th November 2013
- Regan Duckworth – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Harrison Hanson – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Fraser Chapman – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Joe Naylor – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Daniel Mayor – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Mick Kirkman – 24th November 2013
- Benjamin Kirkman – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Benjamin Parton – 24th November 2013 (Junior)
- Dean Ramsden – 24th November 2013
- Bradley Bowker – 27th April 2014 (Junior)
- Steven Rose – 27th April 2014
- Alex Moriarty – 27th April 2014
- Nichola Rose – 25th July 2014
- John Speight – 25th July 2014
- Jamie Speight – 25th July 2014 (Junior)
- Charlotte Jackson – 23rd November 2014
- Hannah Cain – 23rd November 2014
- Rebecca Cain – 23rd November 2014
- Rick Best – 23rd November 2014
- Ruby Bradshaw – 11th July 2015
- Samantha Riley – 11th July 2015
- Luke Beaumont – 11th July 2015
- Georgia Tipton – 11th July 2015
- Annalea Tipton – 11th July 2015
- Steve Tipton – 11th July 2015
- Sophie Withington – 11th July 2015
- Craig Withington – 11th July 2015
- Ben Ayre – 11th July 2015
- Max Walker – 11th July 2015
- Phillip Butterfield – 11th July 2015
- Kieran Simpson – 11th July 2015
- Lewis Hughes – 11th July 2015
- Ben Clark – 11th July 2015
- Brandon Clare – 11th July 2015
- Zack Collins – 11th July 2015
- Kath Head – 11th July 2015
- Joe Ratcliffe – 11th July 2015
- Sam Hindley – 11th July 2015
- Joseph Ramsden – 11th July 2015
- Luke Wilson – 8th November 2015
- Thomas Moran – 8th November 2015
- Jake Ruding – 8th November 2015
- Sophie Panton – 8th November 2015
- Catherine Clarebrough – 8th November 2015
- Callum Bell – 8th November 2015
- Jenny Freeman – 8th November 2015
- Dominic Rostron – 8th November 2015
- Gary Mahood – 8th November 2015
- Matthew Sheard – 17th July 2016
- Clive Riley – 17th July 2016
- Amanda Riley – 17th July 2016
- Joshua Knox – 17th July 2016
- James Moseley – 17th July 2016
- Mia Dickerson – 17th July 2016
- Jonty Johnson – 17th July 2016
- Paul Smith – 17th July 2016
- Andy McNally – 17th July 2016
- Jack Fisher – 17th July 2016
- Isabelle Wilkie – 22nd October 2016
- Jackie Hall – 22nd October 2016
- Phoebe McNally – 22nd October 2016
- Jasmine Johnston – 27th November 2016
- Keeley Barton – 27th November 2016
- Derry Phillips – 27th November 2016
- Millie Davies – 27th November 2016
- John Davies – 27th November 2016
- Dave Riley – 27th November 2016
- Christopher Eccles – 30th July 2017
- Nicci Gates – 30th July 2017
- Lee Murphy – 30th July 2017
- Ava Nicholson – 30th July 2017
- William Hanlon – 30th July 2017
- Megan Ellithorn – 30th July 2017
- Zak Thomas-Blackhurst – 11th November 2017
- Kevin Longthorne – 11th November 2017
- Cian Dronsfield – 11th November 2017
- Holly Dale – 11th November 2017
- Ella Rylance – 11th November 2017
- Emma Knights – 11th November 2017
- Su Matthews – 11th November 2017
- Helen Finney – 11th November 2017
- Megan Waters – 11th November 2017
- Ciaran Abbott – 11th November 2017
- Jacob Kirk – 11th November 2017
- Nathan Standring – 11th November 2017
- Ethan Kirk – 13th May 2018
- Kairo Fellone – 13th May 2018
- John Riley – 13th May 2018
- Joseph Finney – 13th May 2018
- Ron Matthews – 13th May 2018
- Courteney Alty – 13th May 2018
- Juliette Stevinson – 13th May 2018
- Therese Stevinson – 13th May 2018
- Clarke Thompson – 13th May 2018
- Hannah Ormiston – 13th May 2018
- Caitlan Moss – Saturday 3rd June 2018
- Joseph Shakos – 23rd September 2018
- Samuel Shakos – 23rd September 2018
- Alex Mellor-Brook – 23rd September 2018
- Alex Gallacher – 23rd September 2018
- Olivia Fagan – 23rd September 2018
- Lily Whalley – 23rd September 2018
- David Smith – 9th December 2018
- Ethan Green – 10th December 2018
- Joseph Downes – 10th December 2018
- Ryan Tabner – 10th December 2018
- Thomas Tabner – 10th December 2018
- Christopher Ayre – 10th December 2018
- Nathan Cook – 10th December 2018
- Pete Stansfield – 10th December 2018
- Denise Bradshaw – 10th December 2018
- Alex Ryan – 8th September 2019
- Zak Gould – 8th September 2019
- Sonny Millington – 8th September 2019
- Charlie Eyre – 8th September 2019
- Christopher Lysaght – 8th September 2019
- Corey Stevens – 8th September 2019
- Kai Foley – 8th September 2019
- Abby Fryer – 8th September 2019
- William Towler – 8th September 2019
- Matthew McCabe – 8th September 2019
- Ellen Conyard – 8th September 2019
- Arrvin Singh – 8th September 2019
- Coral Gavaghan – 8th September 2019
- Andrew Matanle – 8th September 2019
- Mhairi Rigby – 8th September 2019
- Scott Whalley – 8th September 2019
- Louise Hopkinson – 8th September 2019
- Brendan Conyard – 8th September 2019
- Thomas Collin – 7th December 2019
- Aaron Jefferson – 7th December 2019
- Frazer Atkins – 9th May 2021
- Megan Fu – 9th May 2021
- Poppy Evans – 9th May 2021
- Josiah Curtis – 9th May 2021
- Noah Vernon – 9th May 2021
- William Cristoforo – 9th May 2021
- Jayden Clarke – 9th May 2021
- Charlotte Griffiths – 9th May 2021
- Noah Green – 9th May 2021
- Lilly O’ Donovan – 9th May 2021
- Joel Purvis – 9th May 2021
- Finlay Dewhurst – 9th May 2021
- Amy O’ Donovan – 9th May 2021
- Liam Dolan – 9th May 2021
- Thomas Dolan – 12th September 2021
- Maisie Fu – 12th September 2021
- Priya Bradley – 12th September 2021
- Evie Gregory – 12th September 2021
- Demi McDonagh – 12th September 2021
- Ava Staton – 12th September 2021
- Kirsten Wood – 12th September 2021
- Niamh Lysaght – 12th September 2021
- Imaan Fatima – 12th September 2021
- Michael Parry – 12th September 2021
- Bradley Kendall – 12th September 2021
- Ethan Fong – 12th September 2021
- Jos Hall – 12th September 2021
- Nils van Dongen – 12th September 2021
- Jo Woodman – 12th September 2021
- Jonathan Curtis – 12th September 2021
- Jaime Padron – 12th September 2021
Nidan – 2nd Dan
- Tony Kelly – 11th September 2007 & 12th September 2021
- Mat Khan – 14th October 2012
- Nicola Holland – 24th November 2013
- Christopher Jones – 24th November 2013
- Ashley Walls – 24th November 2013
- Jonathon Walls – 27th April 2014
- Scott Galvin – 27th April 2014
- Matthew Tandy – 11th July 2015
- Lori-Ann Moran – 17th July 2016
- Kylah Lawson – 17th July 2016
- Leah Clare – 17th July 2016
- Danny Silverwood – 17th July 2016
- Matthew Lowe – 17th July 2016
- Mike Baron – 27th November 2016
- Christopher Dempsey – 27th November 2016
- Benjamin Duckworth – 27th November 2016
- Sam Jackson – 27th November 2016
- Paul Critchard – 27th November 2016
- Grace Baron – 30th July 2017
- Debbie Carter – 30th July 2017
- Hannah Whalley – 30th July 2017
- Phillip Burton – 30th July 2017
- Louis Standring – 30th July 2017
- Louis Johnson – 11th November 2017
- Adam Karabedian – 11th November 2017
- Amelia Karabedian – 11th November 2017
- Abby Fielding – 11th November 2017
- Karen Anderson – 11th November 2017
- Olivia Levell – 11th November 2017
- Lee Edwards – 11th November 2017
- Lewis Thomas – 11th November 2017
- David Robertson – 11th November 2017
- Gregory Burton – 11th November 2017
- Catherine Johnson – 13th May 2018
- Emma Ginn – 13th May 2018
- Daryl Brady – 13th May 2018
- Dean Knox – 13th May 2018
- Matthew Affleck – 13th May 2018
- Georgie Dyal – 13th May 2018
- Emily Withington – 13th May 2018
- Bernadette Burton – 10th December 2018
- Molly Austin-Hogsden – 10th December 2018
- Nicole Chadwick – 10th December 2018
- Jaime Pratley – 8th September 2019
- Joanna Sysum – 8th September 2019
- Aurelie Girault – 8th September 2019
- Jake Gould – 8th September 2019
- Gary Pratley – 7th December 2019
- Izzy Baron – 9th May 2021
- Lola Fellone – 9th May 2021
- Adam Bennett – 9th May 2021
- James Sherlock – 9th May 2021
- Kyle Girault – 9th May 2021
- Lola Girault – 12th September 2021
- Ellis Pindoria-Stott – 12th September 2021
- Gina Farrance – 12th September 2021
- Daisy Parton – 12th September 2021
- Helen Dolan – 12th September 2021
- John Dolan – 12th September 2021
- John O’Donovan – 12th September 2021
- Mark Ellicott – 12th September 2021
Sandan – 3rd Dan
- Tony Davies – 14th November 2013
- Lorraine Schofield – 8th September 2016 under Masao Kagawa Shihan
- Brandon Lee – 30th July 2017 under Masao Kagawa Shihan, Alan Campbell Sensei, Matt Price Sensei and Paul Wolstencroft Sensei
- Emma Stansfield – 9th March 2019 under Masao Kagawa Shihan, Alan Campbell Sensei and Matt Price Sensei
- Robert Head – 9th March 2019 under Masao Kagawa Shihan, Alan Campbell Sensei and Matt Price Sensei
- Connor Cherry – Saturday 23rd November 2019 at the Teikyo University in Tokyo, Japan.
- Teresa Withington – Saturday 7th March 2020 under Masao Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan, Alan Campbell Sensei 7th Dan, Nick Heald Sensei 7th Dan and Matt Price Sensei 6th Dan.
- Joni Longden – Saturday 7th March 2020 under Masao Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan, Alan Campbell Sensei 7th Dan, Nick Heald Sensei 7th Dan and Matt Price Sensei 6th Dan.
- Callum Miles – 12th September 2021 under Paul Wolstencroft Sensei 5th Dan, Mike Beckwith Sensei 4th Dan, Rachael Wolstencroft Sensei, Rob Head Sensei 3rd Dan.
- Leesa Beckwith – 12th September 2021 under Paul Wolstencroft Sensei 5th Dan, Mike Beckwith Sensei 4th Dan, Rachael Wolstencroft Sensei, Rob Head Sensei 3rd Dan.
Yondan – 4th Dan
- Rachael Wolstencroft – 3rd April 2016 under Masao Kagawa Shihan
- Michael Beckwith – 8th September 2016 under Masao Kagawa Shihan
- Steve Dargan – Saturday 11th March 2017 under Masao Kagawa Shihan
Godan – 5th Dan
- Paul Wolstencroft – 3rd December 2017 under Yamaguchi Sensei, Norman Robinson Sensei and Kanayama Sensei