Who’s who at Portchester

Instructors at Portchester

Sensei Merv O’Donnell 8th Dan

Sensei Merv was one of the fortunate people to benefit from direct instruction from the earliest of Japanese Senseis to come to England, such as Sensei's Kanazawa, Enoeda, Asano, Ochi, Sumi,Takahashi and Tomita. Following a number of years teaching at the original Portsmouth Karate Club and a range of clubs in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight area, Sensei Merv started the Portchester Club in 1982. From April 1982 until early 2016 Sensei Merv was the Secretary and a Senior grading examiner for the Shotokan of England Karate Union. Read More

The following are the main Instructors at the Portchester Karate Club. Other members help with the Instruction and their abilities to help others is much appreciated.

Faye Cappleman 5th Dan		Pat O’Sullivan 5th Dan		Zerina Shafi 4th Dan
Sensei Faye started training in 1985 and teaches all sections of the club. Read more		Sensei Pat was the co-founder of the club in 1982 and assists with instruction of the club’s senior section. Read more		Sensei Zerina is one of the clubs senior instructors. She also runs the Forest (Totton & Eling club), and other after school clubs.
Adrian Lewis 4th Dan			Dave Cox 3rd Dan
Sensei Adrian commenced his training in 1992 and attained his 1st Dan in 1996. With continued study he then attained his 3rd Dan in 2006 with Hanshi Asano SKIF. 4th Dan was then attained in 2016 with Rengokai karate. Sensei Adrian is a regular instructor and teaches all sections of the club.			Sensei Dave is a regular instructor with the junior section and the "parents class".