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Portsmouth Karate Club is the founder member of the Shotokan of England Karate Union (SEKU) and is affiliated to the National Governing Body - Karate England & Sport England. Instructors are fully insured and are qualified in the Governing Body Coach Education and Instructor Qualification Programme. Grading examinations take place four times a year and are held locally. There is also the opportunity to enter various local and national championships throughout the year. Sensei Mick Dewey 7th Dan (Chief Instructor of SEKU)
In May 1972, Mick too gained his black belt awarded by his instructor, the late Keinosuke Enoeda Sensei during the KUGB Summer Training Course at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, South London. During 1974 karate became very popular due to the Bruce Lee Kung Fu film 'Fists of Fury' Mick at that time was teaching karate within the Portsmouth City Council Further Education Scheme. The class was oversubscribed and unable to cope with the amount of people who wanted to take up karate, so he redirected them to the Portsmouth Karate Club. He then invited Phil Elliott to join him in partnership and to open a second club with the notion of teaching karate on a professional basis. In June 1974 they travelled along the coast to Brighton and opened the Brighton Shotokan Karate Club at the Brighton Sports and Social Club in the town centre (now an ice rink). The two instructed at both clubs for several years and also ran the Portsmouth Polytechnic (now Portsmouth University) and Carisbrooke Karate Club (now Newport KC) on the Isle of Wight. In 1979 Phil Elliott became a Jehovah Witness and retired from Karate. Mick continued spreading the word of Shotokan Karate and also began running the club at Fleming Park Eastleigh who were in need of an instructor. At that time Mick was also responsible for drawing up a teaching roster for other clubs in the area Selsey, Worthing, Portsmouth Juniors etc. the Polytechnic where instructors were pooled from the main Portsmouth Club. It was physically impossible for Mick to be at these clubs constantly and both Brighton and Carisbrooke clubs were put into the hands of their respective senior members overseen by Mick, allowing him to concentrate on the Portsmouth and Eastleigh clubs. From 1973 - 1979 Mick gained success in many Karate Union of Great Britain (KUGB) National and Regional championships. He was a member of the KUGB National Team for five years travelling with the team to Tokyo in 1977 for the World Championships at the Budokan at which GB came third. He was a member of the Gold Medal winning team at the European Championships in Brussels 1980. Team members at that time included famous names of the day including Bob Poynton, Terry O'Neill, Billy Higgins, Bob Rhodes, Dave Hazard, Steve Cattle, Jimmy O'Grady, Jimmy Brennan and his young brother Frank. Mick was also a member of the British Karate Control Commission all styles team 1975 - 1979 under the management of Steve Arniell (Kykoshinkia). In 1982 at its inauguration - Mick was appointed the Chairman/Chief Instructor to the South of England Karate Union SEKU (since renamed the Shotokan of England Karate Union) a position he still holds. Since its inauguration as well as its traditional base Mick has led the association to many championship wins both at home and abroad with countries visited including Slovakia, Holland, Italy, Brazil, Gibraltar, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. He has also taught in all of these countries. As well as training at the infamous Japan Karate Association (JKA) headquarters in Tokyo Japan Mick has trained in France, Spain, Portugal, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Russia. He trained extensively from 1979 till 1996 throughout Europe with the International Okinawa Goju Ryu Federation (IOGKF) under the tuition of Master Morio Higaonna. He also trained with all first generation JKA Instructors under the guiding eye of its chief Instructor Master Masatoshi Nakayama. As well as his prolific activities in Karate training/competition and Instructing, Mick has quite a record in administration serving on governing bodies. He was a member of the English Karate Governing Body (EKGB) National Executive Committee from 1994 - 2002 and from 1998 - 2002 doubled up as chairman to its Technical Committee. Micks student Stacey Crowe teaches the bulk of training sessions at the Portsmouth club now but Mick is usually not that far away and still puts in a regular appearance. Sensei Stacey Crowe 5th Dan (S.E.K.U. Senior Kata Coach)
Began training in 1984 at Portsmouth Karate Club (Honbu of SEKU), under the guidance of Sensei Dewey 7th Dan, and numerous Senpai. Progressed at a reasonable speed through the kyu grades, but didn't get seriously into my training until after having a 3 week lay off at red belt, that has been the longest time not training that I have ever had that was not down to any injuries. I then started competing in which would lead to my time in the SEKU squad . At brown belt I was invited onto the squads 'b' team which started my 21 year competition career , winning many prestigious titles in both Kata and Kumite, nationally and internationally with the SEKU Squad and with Portsmouth karate club. I have now moved on to refereeing and have as of recently been appointed senior Kata coach for our association, of which I am very honoured to have accepted. I started teaching for Sensei Dewey at PKC at 1st kyu with the job of teaching the beginners, that led to me doing more and more teaching over the years, and getting invited onto the SEKU Instructors class , which was run by Sensei Dewey , Sensei Hazard, and Sensei O'Donnell . This class was the highest achievement that SEKU could offer an instructor and you knew it too, as they were the hardest sessions that I have ever done running into 6 hours sometimes. I trained on these classes for many years with all of SEKU's top karate-ka until it unfortunately stopped, to be later replaced by a more instructor friendly version , which is of equal importance. As I have briefly mentioned earlier, I have been proud to compete for SEKU, which has taken me all over the globe, Brazil, Italy, Slovakia, Japan, to name a few, but one of the highlights of my karate life came when I, along with my great friend Simon Sta Having achieved the grades of Shodan (01/11/87), Nidan (05/11/89), Sandan (07/03/93) Yondan(15/09/02), and my current grade of Godan (24/01/10) I am at present the Principal Instructor at the Honbu dojo, Portsmouth Karate Club, imparting as much of my knowledge and wisdom that I can to all that want to learn; from that of which I have picked up through my ongoing journey in karate. 
I started training in 1984 after losing my way somewhat and needing a bit of discipline in my life. After walking into Sensei Mick Dewey's karate club and witnessing the intense and very disciplined training that was going on, I knew that was exactly what I needed. After 24 years of blood ,sweat , and tears (quite literally all of said ,in bucket loads), I think I have achieved some of what I sought, as I am by no means at the end of my journey.
ples, made the trip to the Mecca of Shotokan karate,the Japan Karate Association, in Tokyo, Japan. We stayed at Sensei Nakayama's private Dojo, the famous Hoitsugan in Ebisu , just round the corner from the Honbu JKA dojo, training 3 times a day (with a day off on Sunday) for 3 months, having to return as our funds ran out. I trained with many of the top instructors at the JKA and on some occasions had near on, one-to-one lessons with some. Training in England and Europe has meant that I could train with as many top Instructors outside of Japan as well. Sensei Enoeda is by far the biggest Karate name I have trained under probably in the world, and will be sorely missed now that he has sadly passed away. I still manage to get to courses with top instructors enriching my karate, and character, as well as training under my own instructors, Sensei Dewey, Sensei O'Donnell and Sensei Hazard whenever I can.