Meet the Team
Hartlepool Wadokai is a constituted Not-for-profit organisation, the club is managed by a voluntary executive committee made up of Instructors, Parents and Students. The club has a great team of instructors whom have trained with many leading martial arts exponents from the UK and Japan.
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Meet the Team
SENSEI
LYNNE
JORGESON
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
4th Dan
EKF Level 4 Coach
EKF Kumite Judge 'B'
SENSEI
CARL
JORGESON
INSTRUCTOR
4th Dan
EKF Specialist Coach
International Kata and Kumite judge
Fdsc Sports Coaching & Exercise
Bsc(Hons) Applied Sports & Exercise
Carl and Amy lived in Japan from 1st July 2008 for 12 months. Whilst there, they trained at the Shiramizu Dojo run by Takamasa Arakawa Sensei, 6th Dan.
Both worked as English Teachers for the Shiramizu Dojo, and also worked at a number of kindergartens & private language schools.
Click here for the shiramizu intern blog.
Carl set up a website and blog where you could keep in touch with him and Amy on their Japanes adventure. View their Blog here
SENSEI
AMY
JORGESON
INSTRUCTOR
3rd Dan
EKF Level 3 Coach
International Kumite Judge and British Kata Judge
Gym Instructor Level 2
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Wado World Karate Championships
14th & 15th August 2010, Nagoya City, Japan
Double Bronze Medalist (Kumite)
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Carl and Amy lived in Japan from 1st July 2008 for 12 months. Whilst there, they trained at the Shiramizu Dojo run by Takamasa Arakawa Sensei, 6th Dan.
Both worked as English Teachers for the Shiramizu Dojo, and also worked at a number of kindergartens & private language schools.
Click here for the shiramizu intern blog.
Carl set up a website and blog where you could keep in touch with him and Amy on their Japanes adventure. View their Blog here
SENSEI
HARVEY
KERRIDGE
INSTRUCTOR
1st Dan
Wadokai England Squad
EKF National Squad
Northern Region Squad
Fight Coach
SENSEI
MOLLIE COOPER
INSTRUCTOR
1st Dan
Wadokai England Squad
EKF Northern Region Squad
SENSEI
KATE McCAFFERY
INSTRUCTOR
2nd Dan
Secondary School Teacher
SENSEI
ROY
SALMONS
INSTRUCTOR
2nd Dan
Association Judge
SENSEI
NEIL
CODNER
INSTRUCTOR
1st Dan
Safeguarding & Commitment to Excellence
The FULL Management Team have undergone enhanced disclosure checks to ensure their suitability for working with children and all are First Aid Qualified. All of the Instructors are fully insured and certified by the English Karate Federation to teach Karate and all are qualified competition Judges or Referee's.
Club Committee
Chief Instructor - Lynne Jorgeson
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Chairman - Julia Gowland
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General Secretary - Nick Gowland
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Development Officer - Carl Jorgeson
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Vice Chairman - Rachel Kerridge
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Training Officer - Kate McCaffery
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Welfare Officer - Amy Jorgeson
Fight Coach - Harvey Kerridge
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Committee Member - Michael Jorgeson
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Committee Member - Neil Codner
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