Mick Lambert 3rd Dan Malc Bradley 4th Dan
Isle of Wight Shotokan Karate. The first Shotokan Karate Club on the Isle of Wight was at Newport youth club back in the late sixties, In the early seventies the club moved to a larger Dojo (Training Place) at Carisbrooke high school. In 1974 Sensei’s Mick Dewey and Phil Elliot from the Portsmouth Dojo took over running the club until there was an established Dan grade to carry on instructing at the club. At this time the club was affiliated to the Karate Union of Great Britain, and in 1982 the club were founder members of the South of England Karate Union. The name has change over the years from Isle of Wight to Carisbrooke and finally Newport Shotokan Karate Club. Also some members who had achieved their Dan Grades at the club have ventured out and started clubs of their own these are Sandown Karate Club and the Fitness Factory Karate Club. Some members from the Sandown club started the Ventnor Karate Club. Sensei Malc Bradley 4 Dan has been chief instructor at the club for 30yrs with Sensei Mick Lambert 3rd Dan senior instructor for 27 yrs. In 1996 the club moved to its present Dojo's at St Georges School Newport.