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Gender	Male
Occupation	Multi-Disciplinary Designer
Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
Introduction	Mike studied Judo for five years as a junior. It was not until 2001 he began training in Kusano-ha-Shitoryu Karate with Shihan Dai Paul Ferris (at that time 5th Dan). Mike was awarded his 1st Dan in 2004. and the rank of Shidoin-Ho in 2005. He taught classes in traditional Karate weekly during 2006-2008 and is still in contact with some of his students and fellow training partners from Kusano-ha. Mike trains regularly with other martial artists and focusses on the practical applications of Karate for self defence purposes.
Interests	Martial Arts, Self Defence, Multimedia, Films
Favorite books	Five Years One Kata (Bill Burgar, Bunkai Jutsu (Iain Abernethy)