Kazen Kai Whitley Bay Karate

Classes will be held at The Gillian Quinn School of Dance

What does Kazen Kai mean?
Kazen translates into English as ‘natural result’. This encompasses the spirit we adopt when practicing martial arts. With hard work and dedication, natural results will be accomplished.
Kai translates into English as ‘School’. Therefore, Kazen Kai is the school of natural results.
When was Kazen Kai established?
The Kazen Kai Martial Arts Association was formed in 2001, when Sensei Kidd and his other instructors felt that the time had come for them to leave the Ishinryu Karate Association and to further develop their own style of teaching. In 2002 we opened our first fulltime Martial Arts Centre in Hutton, Brentwood. Since then Kazen Kai has gone from strength to strength with many clubs across Essex, including an additional fulltime Martial Arts Centre in Great Baddow, Chelmsford as well as additional clubs in Kent and the North East of England.
Kazen Kai is one of the founder members of the English Uniyed Karate Federation (EUKF) which is the National Governing Body for Karate in England.
Kazen Kai Whitley Bay
Kazen Kai Whitley Bay Karate Club is a club for all students over the age of 6 yrs old who are interested in training in Karate founded by Sensei Steve Wright 3rd Dan. Steve is a retired police officer who for many years delivered police Self-defence and Conflict Management as a serving police officer.
Steve started studying karate after a serious knee injury when looking for ways to strengthen his damaged knee and in turn found this improved his knowledge and understanding of self-defence. He initially trained twice a week but quickly found that he wanted to know more and was soon training most evenings around his shift patterns. Steve has been guided and trained by Sensei Ed Gillespie, 6th Dan, former British and English Champion, senior instructor Kazen Kai Tyne and Wear from the very beginning, and Sensei Simon Kidd, 7th Dan, former World Champion and founder of Kazen Kai Karate.
Steve has trained with many of the best Karate Sensei in the UK today including Sensei Simon Kidd, 7th Dan, Sensei Ticky Donovan, 9th Dan, Sensei Dave Hazard, 7th Dan, Sensei Moria Barber, 7th Dan and of course Sensei Gillespie.