Otter Valley Shikukai Karate Club.

Instructor:
Rob Selby 3rd Dan.

Exmouth, Devon UK.

Rob Selby began his training in Wado-Ryu Karate in 1982 at the age of 13 joining his local club ‘Scorpion' which was a member of the United Kingdom Karate-Do Wado-Kai headed by T Suzuki Sensei. When his club was passed to another association Rob stayed with the UKKW and continued his training with instructors with strong links to the founder of the style and eventually became a member of the ‘Suhari' group of clubs.

Having first trained with Sugasawa Sensei on one of the UKKW Summer Courses, Rob received further instruction from him when visiting Suzuki Sensei's dojo in London where Sugasawa Sensei often taught. Rob took his 3rd Kyu (brown belt) grading with Sugasawa Sensei in 1984. In 1990, and by now a regular student with Sugasawa Sensei, Rob joined Shikukai when Sugasawa Sensei founded it following a split from the UKKW.

In 1993 Rob became an Assistant Instructor at his sister's club ‘Hook Shikukai' but had to stop when he moved to Devon for his career as a secondary school teacher. He attained his 1st Dan (black belt) as a member of Shikukai in 1999.

With Sugasawa Sensei's approval, Rob began teaching in Exmouth in 2000 and ‘Otter Valley Shikukai Karate Club' was formed. Rob passed his 2nd Dan in 2002 and his 3rd Dan in 2008.