Instructor Profiles

Dave Paulus

Rank:	3rd Dan JKA
Birthdate:	May 28, 1978
Birthplace:	Harlow, Essex
Started Karate:	Age 6
Main Instructor:	Ohta Sensei
Obtained Sho-dan:	Feb 14, 1993
Obtained Ni-dan:	Nov 26, 1995
Obtained San-dan:	Aug 1, 1998
Obtained San-dan (JKA):	Aug 24, 2003

Karate Highlights

• 2000 - Trained at the old JKA HQ Dojo in Ebisu
• 2000 - Attended a special morning class at the Hoitsugan Dojo in Tokyo
• 2000 - Attended a special class at the SKI HQ Dojo with Kanazawa Sensei
• 2002 - Returned to Tokyo and trained at the new JKA HQ Dojo
• 2003 - Passed 3rd Dan grading under Ueki Sensei
• 2003 - Returned to Tokyo and trained at the new JKA HQ Dojo
• 2004 - Attended the All Japan Spring training camp at the JKA HQ, Tokyo
• 2004 - Passed JKA Instructor test - G Licence
• 2005 - Attended the All Japan Spring training camp at the JKA HQ, Tokyo

Instructors

Dave has been fortunate enough to train under many of the worlds most senior instructors. Dave regards Ohta Sensei as his teacher and trains under him regularly at his own Dojo in Billericay as well as on the many JKA England courses and at Sensei's Oasis Dojo in London. Below are some of the other instructors who Dave has been fortunate enough to train under on occasion:

Sensei's Sugiura (9th Dan), Kanazawa (10th Dan), Enoeda (9th Dan), Tabata (8th Dan), Mori (8th Dan), Mikami (8th Dan), Yaguchi (8th Dan), Murakami (6th Dan), Tomita (6th Dan) as well as ALL of the JKA HQ Instructors in Tokyo during his five visits.