Kyokushin Karate Club
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| Sensei Dave Dyas | |
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Sensei Dave was born and raised here in Tonbridge, and began his serious training in Kyokushin karate here in 1982 at the Teen & Twenty Club in River Lawn Road,
having trained sporadically in the 1970s as a young junior at the St. Dunstan's Hall Dojo of Tunbridge Wells Kyokushinkai. At that time, aged eleven,
juniors trained alongside seniors and the traditional training was tough and still consisted of many, many, repetitions of
techniques on most training nights, the main instructor at that time was Senpai Barry Henniker, and the club was later
taken over by then Senpai Dave Allen.
Dave continued to train and in 1989 joined the thriving BKK Gravesend dojo which was run by Sensei Norman King and was then based at the long since demolished Springhead Recreation Centre. It was at this time he began to travel regularly to the Crawley dojo of Hanshi (then Shihan) Steve Arneil. Grading to brown belt in 1992 and fighting in the Gravesend team in the same year to take the bronze medal (the first of many) in the BKK National Clicker Tournament, Dave went on to try his hand at Knockdown in June '93. Any aspirations of a major career in knockdown were cut short after suffering a badly cracked sternum. Dave remained at Gravesend throughout the 1990s, which was taken over by Sensei Ray Bond in 1998, and has become more and more involved in teaching as a matter of course. Sensei Dave is privileged to have been graded to all Dan grades by Hanshi Arneil personally, (Shodan-1999 Summer Camp, Nidan-2003 Summer Camp, Sandan-2006 Summer Camp). Sensei Dave opened Tonbridge Kyokushin Karate Club in October 2006 and is currently the BKK England Clicker Coach for men and women. Always keen to broaden his knowledge, Sensei has more recently also become a student of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under respected UK instructor Dean Taylor, student of Rickson Gracie and Rickson's UK Representative. Qualifications Black Belt 3rd Dan BKK Grading Examiner BKK England Team Coach (Clicker) National Referee - Clicker National Judge (A Class) - Kata National Judge - Knockdown CRB Enhanced Disclosure Checked - February 2007 Basic First Aid for Sport - 2009 Tournament Placings Record England V Wales Gold medallist Clicker 2007 England V Wales Gold medallist Clicker 2003 BKK Team Clicker Bronze 2002 BKK Team Clicker Bronze 2000 BKK Team Clicker Silver 1999 England V Wales Silver medallist WUKO 1999 BKK Kata Individual Kata Bronze 1999 EKGB Regional WUKO 1993 2nd BKK Novice Knockdown Event 1993 BKK Team Clicker Bronze 1992 |
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Below is a brief pictorial history of our instructors' time in Kyokushin so far.
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| Senpai Toyah Dyas | |
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Senpai Toyah began studying Kyokushin at Gravesend dojo in 1995 under Sensei Norman King. As a junior and cadet she showed
natural competitive promise and won many trophies. The first big test came in 2000 when Senpai Toyah was selected to
represent Great Britain at the first Pilatus Cup in Switzerland, fighting cadet knockdown, and she battled her way to
the final and won. Toyah continued competing in novice knockdown events and began carving herself a fearsome reputation,
usually placing as winner or runner-up. In 2002 Senpai achieved Shodan (1st dan black belt), which was awarded by Hanshi Arneil at national grading at Crawley dojo. Senpai Toyah continued to dominate the womens' knockdown scene, fighting in Belgium and France (achieving a third place at the French Shinkyokushin IKO2 national 2005), and placing second at the prestigious British National Knockdown in 2004, losing to the formidable Kurbanova from Russia in the final. Senpai also graded to Nidan (2nd dan black belt) at summer camp in 2004, awarded by Hanshi Arneil. The pinnacle of Senpai Toyah's career (so far) came in 2005 when she was selected to represent Great Britain in the 3rd IFK World Knockdown Championships, which was held at Crystal Palace in London. Toyah fought her way to the final and secured second place to a very worthy winner, Yulia Devyathuka from IFK Russia. Senpai Toyah is also currently the reigning BKK British Clicker champion 2006, and is qualified as a National Clicker Judge and is also a National Judge in Kata. Senpai Toyah is the club's nominated Child Protection Officer. Qualifications Black Belt 2nd Dan National Judge (C Class) - Kata National Judge - Clicker First Aid Appointed Person (2007) CRB Enhanced Disclosure - February 2007 Tournament Placings Record BKK Regional Knockdown 2007 2nd England V Wales Silver medallist Clicker 2007 BKK Regional Knockdown 2006 3rd British Clicker Champion 2006 IFK World Championships 2005 2nd BKK Regional Knockdown 2005 2nd IKO 2 ShinKyokushin French Knockdown 2005 3rd BKK National Knockdown 2004 2nd BKK Regional Knockdown 2004 3rd BKK National Knockdown 2003 3rd BKK Regional Knockdown 2003 3rd England V Wales silver medallist Clicker 2003 BKK National Novice Knockdown 2002 winner BKK Regional Novice knockdown 2002 winner BKK Team Clicker Silver 2001 BKK National Kata 4th place 2001 BKK Novice Knockdown 2000 2nd place Pilatus Cup 2000, Switzerland, Cadet Girls Heavyweight Knockdown winner ( Great Britain squad member) Cadet Wuko Silver 1999, and Bronze 1997 and 2000 Girls Challenge Cup 1997 2nd place Higashi 1999 3rd place Severn Challenge England v Wales Silver medallist 1998 |
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| Senpai Janet Dyas | |
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Senpai Janet has been helping with the juniors since Senpai Toyah has been taking a well-earned break to look after her and Sensei's recent addition to the
family. Janet started training in Kyokushin Karate in 1985 at the then Tonbridge club run by Senpai Dave Allen. At the time starting such a vigourous martial
art an age the wrong side of 35 was considered unusual. Along with husband Senpai Mick (who had trained in the 1970s and came back as a 5th kyu) Janet got
the 'Kyokushin bug' and on top of holding down a full-time job in the civil service was training virtually every night of the week. Janet and Mick achieved
Shodan at grading with Hanshi Arneil in 1992 and have continued to train regularly since. Janet also has plenty of experience teaching children karate as she
regularly taught at the old Tonbridge club during the '80s and '90s.
Age being no barrier to training, Senpais Janet and Mick have attended BKK Summer Camps 2008 and 2009 (four days intensive training) despite both being over
retirement age.
Qualifications Black Belt 1st Dan National Judge (C Class) - Kata National Judge - Clicker CRB Enhanced Disclosure - 2008 Basic First Aid for Sport - 2009 |
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