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.
Meet the Team
SENSEI
AMY
JORGESON
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR
3rd Dan
EKF Level 3 Coach
International Kumite Judge and British Kata Judge
Gym Instructor Level 2
Little Ninjas Specialist
Amy is an active international competitor and has been for well over a decade with the Wadokai England national team. Highlights include medals at both the Wado World Karate Championships (2010) &
Wadokai All-Nations Championionships (2015) and loads of Wadokai European medals!
Amy is now a European Karate Federation Kumite judge and British Kata Judge and regularly officiates at the highest levels, all over Europe.
Amy leads all aspects of Karate and Little Ninjas program alongside a great team of instructors.
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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 Japanese adventure. View their Blog here
SENSEI
LYNNE
JORGESON
INSTRUCTOR & Club President
4th Dan
EKF Level 4 Coach
Sensei Lynne was Chief Instructor for Hartlepool Wadokai from the day it was founded (over 20 years ago) until end of August 2023.
Lynne has recently became the Honorary Club President in recognition of a lifetime of service to Karate.
SENSEI
CARL
JORGESON
INSTRUCTOR
4th Dan
EKF Specialist Coach
International Kata and Kumite judge
Fdsc Sports Coaching & Exercise
Bsc(Hons) Applied Sports & Exercise
Carl started Karate at 5 years old, and as a senior, competed for well over a decade with the Wadokai England national team. Carl has many Wadokai European medals to his name.
Carl is now a World Karate Federation Kumite & Kata Judge and regularly officiates at the highest levels, all over the world.
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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
Fight Coach
Harvey is a very experienced competitor, being a Wadokai European Champion and an active competitor with the English Karate Federation squad for many years. Harvey leads the Fighting (Kumite) at the club and supports many of the regular Karate classes too.
SENSEI
MOLLIE COOPER
INSTRUCTOR
1st Dan
Wadokai England Squad
Little Ninjas Coach
SENSEI
KATE McCAFFERY
INSTRUCTOR
2nd Dan
Wadokai England Squad
Kate started training in Karate at Hartlepool Wadokai in 2003 and is a 2nd Dan.
She has trained with the Wadokai England National Team and has competed internationally. Highlights include competing in the Wadokai All Nations Championships (2018) and the 45th FEW European Championships (2018) in which she won Gold for Women's Individual Kata.
She enjoys all aspects of Karate, but has a particular interest in Kata training and competition Kata.
Outside of the Dojo, Kate is a secondary school teacher and teaches English in a local North East school.
SENSEI
ROY
SALMONS
INSTRUCTOR
2nd Dan
Association Judge
SENSEI
NEIL
CODNER
INSTRUCTOR
1st Dan
Neil has a special interest in close quarter Karate, and is one of the leads for this aspect of our syllabus.
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
President - Lynne Jorgeson
Chairman - Julia Gowland
Chief Instructor - Amy Jorgeson
General Secretary - Nick Gowland
Development Officer - Carl Jorgeson
Vice Chairman - Rachel Kerridge
Training Officer - Kate McCaffery
Welfare Officer - Amy Jorgeson
Fight Coach - Harvey Kerridge
Committee Member - Michael Jorgeson
Committee Member - Neil Codner