{"id":1377,"date":"2025-05-11T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T13:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsk.org.uk\/?page_id=1377"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T11:04:57","slug":"david-griffin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsk.org.uk\/index.php\/david-griffin\/","title":{"rendered":"David Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"

1st Dan KUGB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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I began my karate journey at the Vauxhall Karate Club in Ellesmere Port in 1974 training under the late Jim Smith Sensei. I passed my first grading in April of that year and was awarded my 9th Kyu by the respected Japanese instructor Tomita Sensei.<\/p>\n

I rose through the ranks to 1st Kyu before career commitments forced me to take a temporary break from regular training. What was intended to be a short interlude turned into a sabbatical lasting decades until I returned to training in 2012.<\/p>\n

Having opted to relinquish my grade, I started again from white belt and embarked on a second journey through the ranks. I eventually passed my Shodan Kuro Obi (Black Belt 1st Dan) in 2017, 43 years after that nervous 19 year old strutted his stuff in front of Tomita Sensei<\/p>\n

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1st Dan KUGB I began my karate journey at the Vauxhall Karate Club in Ellesmere Port in 1974 training under the late Jim Smith Sensei. I passed my first grading in April of that year and was awarded my 9th Kyu by the respected Japanese instructor Tomita Sensei. I rose through the ranks to 1st … Continue reading David Griffin<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"yoast_head":"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n