INSTRUCTOR TIMELINE

1999 – Danny began training at the age of 9
2003 – Passed 1st Dan Black Belt under Sensei Masoe Kawasoe 8th Dan
2003 – at the age of just 14 Danny began to teach, at the time there were very few instructors of his age.
2005 – Passed 2nd Dan black belt under Sensei Masoe Kawasoe,
2006 – Danny became a full-time professional instructor
2007 – Danny was selected for the traditional karate England squad UKTKF (Sensei Kawasoe group) and attended his first European championships in Slovenia.
2010 – Passed 3rd Dan black belt under the TSKUK/WTKO panel including Sensei Richard Amos 7th Dan
2010 – JSKA World Championships in Portugal, Gold in Team Kata
2011 – FSKA World Championships in Italy, Gold in Individual Kumite and Team Kata
2011 – Danny received Norwich City Council Adult Achiever Sports Award.
2013 – WTKO Championships in Switzerland, Gold in Team Kata
2013 & 2014 – Danny trained at the WTKO headquarters in New York
2014 – Formed Traditional Karate & Fitness (TKF) together with Jake Pointer, James Daniels and Matthew Yardy, becoming a joint director and full-time senior instructor.
2014 – Danny fulfilled a lifetime Karate ambition of training in Japan at the JKA headquarters.
2015 – JSKA European championships, Scotland Individual Silver Medalist Kata and Kumite
2016 – Passed 4th Dan under Shihan Masoe Kagawa 8th Dan in Nottingham. Following his grading Danny was invited by Shihan Masoe Kagawa 8th Dan to attend a month of training in Japan at the JKS headquarters and the famous Teikyo University
2016 – Passed International D Licence for instructor under the JKS
2016 – Danny was selected to JKS England referee team to officiate at the JKS World championships in Scotland 2016.
2017 – Trained in Japan for a month at the JKS HQ and the famous Teikyo University
2017 – JKS European Championships, Belgium Silver Team Kata
2018 – Article about Japan trip published in well-known Shotokan magazine.
2018 – Danny taught an away course for Red Tiger
2020 – Passed 5th Dan under Shihan Masoe Kagawa 9th Dan in Nottingham.

Danny was also UKTKF individual kumite champion for junior, cadet and adult. He has many local, national and international medals he has an NVQ Level 1 and 2 in teaching Karate, is a qualified JKS Kyu Grading Examiner. Danny also practises Jeet Kune Do and is currently on his 4th grade.

Personal Tuition

At the TKF we offer individual, bespoke classes for students who do not wish to attend normal classes or for those students that want to accelerate their progression. Personal Tuition is also great for students that wish to have a refresher lesson after a long absence from their training.

Our private tuition sessions are held in various locations:

Sewell Park Sports Centre, St Clements Hill, Norwich, NR3 4BX
City Of Norwich School, Eaton Road, Norwich, NR4 6PP
Beccles Sports Centre, Ringsfield Road, Beccles, NR34 9PF
The Norman Centre, Bignold Road, Norwich, NR3 2QZ
(Other locations are available if required)