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Gursharan Sahota was born in Kenya, East Africa but moved to the UK at the age
of 12. He took up Karate at the age of 14 in the local Bedford club and was
awarded black belt 1st dan (shodan) four years later. Now an 8th Dan, Gursharan
has competed in a multitude of kata and kumite events, many at national and
international level. But the most significant event in his career was the visit
he made in 1984 to Japan. There, he fulfilled a great ambition by training in a
Japanese dojo under the instruction of Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa. This experience
proved to be a turning point for Gursharan. On his return to England, he
realised the trip had been the inspiration he needed to dedicate his future to
training and teaching karate as a way of life.
