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DAVID WILSON Born 1956 in South London United Kingdom. Residence now Braintree Essex. Style Japanese Karate. Teachers were M Loke and S Kidd. 4th Dan Karate to read more visit www.themartialartscentre.com. David Wilson (born 1956) is an English Martial Arts Instructor and has won titles in National and International Competitions in both Kata and Kumite. He began Martial Arts training 1984 in Tang Soo Do (Korean Karate) and was graded to 1st Dan in 1989. In 1999 he joined Ishinryu Karate under the guidance of Simon Kidd and he was graded to 2nd and 3rd Dan and 2012 was graded to 4th Dan. In 2012 Wilson independently became a member of the English Karate federation through The Martial Arts Centre which is also the base for the Martial Arts Centre Kickboxing (WAKO) style. THE Centre has various regional and national Champions in both Karate and Kickboxing. Wilson had a successful Competition career in Tang Soo Do culminating in a Silver Medal and the World Tang Soo Do Championships in 1991. Latterly Wilson has achieved a Silver Medal in the 2008 European Masters Games Kumite, repeating this in 2011. In 2012 Wilson entered and won the Italian Open Karate Kumite Masters section and 2013 Bronze medal (3rd place) at The World Masters Championships in Italy. Wilson was and also an inaugural Director of the English Karate Federation when this body was set up to Govern Karate in England.