Tributes
A Tribute to Sensei Kase
There are only a handful of men alive who can be credited with taking Funakoshi’s Okinawan art form and contributing to the developmentof what we know today as traditional Karate-Do. With the passing of Taiji Kase Sensei in November 2014, we have lost another “first generation” JKA Master
A Tribute to Steve Cattle
More than two decades have passed since the sudden and tragic death of Sensei Steve Cattle the founder of the English Shotokan Academy. Many of the current members of the ESA never had the privilege of training with him and so we would like to commemorate his passing.
