tai sabaki DO - self defence
karate - yorkshire
From 1980 until 2008 I trained at the Tai Sabaki Do karate dojo in Holt Park Leeds under Sensei Ben Warren achieving 2nd Dan status in 1989. Tai Sabaki Do : 'The Way of the Avoiding Body' is a karate style that came out of Wado Ryu that emphasises strong effective techniques that work practically for self defence.
Before leaving to go to University I helped to set up a new TSD dojo in Bradford with two other Black Belts. Following Sensei Warrens death and the closure of TSD in Holt Park in May 2010 I moved over to Shukokai Karate at Leeds Premier Karate under Sensei Michael Tattersall. Beginning as a white belt beginner and again achieving a 2nd Dan Black Belt by June 2017.
From 2015 I ran the Yeadon dojo of LPK as Senior Club Instructor until the Covid pandemic hit in March 2020 and the Yeadon club was forced to close.
My plans initially after lock down were always to come back to LPK in Yeadon but as a senior student to train, not as an instructor. However that has not proved to be possible as the location we used did not allow the booking to be renewed as lock down ended and many students had drifted away. I have now begun training as a senior student at Zetsurin karate in Otley, another Shukokai dojo.
Sensei Philip D Knight
2nd Dan Tai Sabaki Do and 2nd Dan Shukokai
September 2021
Before leaving to go to University I helped to set up a new TSD dojo in Bradford with two other Black Belts. Following Sensei Warrens death and the closure of TSD in Holt Park in May 2010 I moved over to Shukokai Karate at Leeds Premier Karate under Sensei Michael Tattersall. Beginning as a white belt beginner and again achieving a 2nd Dan Black Belt by June 2017.
From 2015 I ran the Yeadon dojo of LPK as Senior Club Instructor until the Covid pandemic hit in March 2020 and the Yeadon club was forced to close.
My plans initially after lock down were always to come back to LPK in Yeadon but as a senior student to train, not as an instructor. However that has not proved to be possible as the location we used did not allow the booking to be renewed as lock down ended and many students had drifted away. I have now begun training as a senior student at Zetsurin karate in Otley, another Shukokai dojo.
Sensei Philip D Knight
2nd Dan Tai Sabaki Do and 2nd Dan Shukokai
September 2021