Karate Budokan International – Wales & Europe
Chief Instructor & Head of KBI-World
Shihan Mike Tan (8th Dan)
Email: mastermiketan@aol.co.uk / miketanKBIworld@gmail.com
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www.KarateBudokanInternational.co.uk
Fairwater Budokan Dojo at Cardiff Martial Arts Academy
Karate Classes
Monday and Thursday 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Address
Unit 4 Norbury Road, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3AU
Senior Instructor
Sensei Lee James (5th Dan)
Email
lj65@hotmail.co.uk
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K.B.I Fairwater
Karate Budokan International – Caerphilly Dojo
Karate Class
Wednesday 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Address:
St. Cenydd Leisure Centre St. Cenydd Road Trecenydd Caerphilly, Cardıff, CF83 2RP
Senior Instructor
Sensei Paul Wallen (Black belt 6th Dan)
Email
kbicaerphilly@talktalk.net
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KBI- Caerphilly Club
KBI Wales Headquarters Dojo (Honbu)
Address: Old St. Melons Village Hall, Newport Road, Llanrumney, Cardiff. CF3 5UN
Resident Instructor: Shihan Mike Tan (8th Dan)
St. Melons Budokan Karate Classes (St. Melons Village Hall)
Sunday: 3.30pm – 5.00pm (From January 2026)
Monday: 7:30pm – 9.00pm (Kobudo Class – except B/H)
(Last Monday of the month – Self-defence class 7:30pm – 9.00pm)
Newport Budokan Dojo Class
Thursday 6.00pm-7.00pm
Address:
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Instructors
Sensei Charlotte Perrott (4th Dan)
Email
KBInewport@gmail.com
Cathays Budokan
Thursday 6.00pm-7.00pm
Address:
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Senior Instructors
Alex becks (3rd Dan)
Email
Alexbecks@
KBI – England (Affiliated to KBI-World as a full member)
Dojo address:
Bushinkai Academy, Marksman Martial Arts Gym, 3 Berkeley
St, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7DR
Training time/day: Tuesday 8pm
Contact Simon on: ShobukanSKO@gmail.com
Simon Keegan (7th Dan)
Simon is the head of KBI-World for England, based in Manchester and is the chief instructor of the Shobukan Karate Organisation, succeeding his late mentor Shihan Philip Handyside.
Mr Handyside trained and graded under Budokan grandmaster Chew Choo Soot and was the first vice chairman of KBI in England in 1979. Simon has trained in this style and related styles for more than 30 years, on top of previous study. He is a third-generation martial artist.
As well as grading to 7th Dan in his core style, Simon was awarded Dan grades in Shotokan Karate and Nihon Jujutsu by one of Japan’s oldest martial arts organisations, the Kokusai Budoin, and trained under some of the senior Japanese masters in the world. He has also been recognised by the Dai Nippon Butokukai in Kyoto and the Rengokai in Okinawa. Simon has also studied Chinese internal martial arts for more than 25 years including Yang style Tai Chi (Taijiquan) and Chinese sword forms. He recently hosted a Chinese White Crane grandmaster at his Dojo. He has also studied various Okinawan styles of Karate.
Simon is the author of five books including “Karate Jutsu: History and Evolution of the Okinawan Martial Art” for which Japanese master Fumio Demura wrote the foreword, and he worked with the Japanese Honorary Consul, Japanese Embassy and Team GB on Tokyo Olympic preparations. He teaches Karate at Marksman Martial Arts, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester and his senior student Phil Jennings (4th Dan) run a Shobukan Dojo in Chorlton, Manchester. There are also associate clubs in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Simon’s approach to Karate is centred around practical close quarter Bunkai.
