Do you know your Sensei, Part 3.
A few facts about Matt Sensei:
Matt retired from competition in 2007. Since then Matt has dedicated himself to studying all aspects of Shotokan Karate, he's a full time instructor and along with Nick Heald Sensei heads the famous Leeds
Karate Academy.
He has written many articles for Shotokan Karate Magazine and Ippon Magazine. He has a highly regarded instructional kumite DVD series.
Matt also trains in grappling.
Matt is the national squad coach for JKS England and an EKF Northern Region Coach gaining his WKF coaches accreditation in Dubai 2016.
In 2013 Matt was runner-up at the UK Coach of the Year awards.
In 2016 Matt was inducted into the Martial Arts Illustrated Hall Of Fame.
In September 2016 Matt coached the JKS England team to 2nd place at the JKS World Championships.
Matt was awarded the Martial Arts Illustrated Lifetime Achievement award in 2017.
Matt travels to Japan at least twice a year to train at the JKS Hombu Dojo with Kagawa Shihan 8th Dan and Technical Director of the WKF.