TKA Chief Instructor / Technical Director

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• Gordon Mathie – 7th Dan

Timeline

• 1971 
• Started Training, aged 8yrs old, at a local school in Kelty, Fife, Scotland
• At the age of 8yrs old, Gordon was sent along to his local Karate class, by his parents, as a way to use up his excess energy & instil some discipline.
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• 1971 – 1979
• Trained in Kelty / Cowdenbeath, gradings were held in Dundee with Pat & Paul Dempsey under Enoeda Sensei.
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• 1979 – 1984
• Trained in Woking, with J Beach Sensei, in Maidstone, Kent, with R Fuller & in Chelmsford with C Naylor
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• 1984 – 1989
• Trained with T Hynd & H Maxwell in Cowdenbeath, Kyu gradings with A McGregor (Budokan)
• Trained with Gene Dunnett (1975 World Champion) & Alex Duncan Sensei (KUGB), gradings with Enoeda Sensei.
• Trained with Hamish Adams (Scottish National Coach) in Edinburgh (WUKO Squad Training)
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• 1984 – 2014
• Trained within my own clubs & with A Duncan Sensei, in Cowdenbeath / Leven & Dunfermline. Kyu Gradings with Y Ohta Sensei & F Brennan, Dan Gradings with Enoeda Sensei
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• 2015 - Present
• Formed the TKA (Takushoku Karate Association)
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• Dan Gradings
• 1987 – 1st Dan – Enoeda Sensei
• 1989 – 2nd Dan – Enoeda Sensei
• 1992 – 3rd Dan – Enoeda Sensei
• 1996 – 4th Dan – Enoeda Sensei
• 2003 – 5th Dan – Sherry / Poynton
• 2012 – 6th Dan – Sherry / Poynton
• 2019 – 7th Dan – Awarded by the AMA

• Competitions
• Gordon seems to have found his vocation in life putting his whole heart and soul into his training. Sensei has been fortunate to compete at the highest level, being the first Scot, in the history of the KUGB (1966 to present day) to be selected to compete as part of the Great Britain Team, this was back in 1994, in 1998 GB lost to Japan in the final of the JKA (Japan Karate Association) World championships in Paris, France. 
• These championships are held every 2 years; in 2000 in Tokyo, Japan, once again Gordon was selected, again reaching the finals, on the way to the finals defeating the current World Champions (Sweden) but losing out to Belgium, finishing in 3rd place. 
• Gordon has been fortunate enough to win many, Scottish & British medals, including World silver and bronze medals before retiring in 2004 
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• Gordon, through forming the TKA, has returned to competition, in his 50's, proving that age is only a number, winning double silver (Kata & Kumite at the 2017 (WUKF) European Championships) & 2018 at the World Championships, taking Silver Medal in the veterans Kumite event. 
• Over the years of instructing / coaching (KUGB Scottish coach over 20 years), many of his students have also been successful in the competition arena, winning medals at all level, both domestic, European & World level. 
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• World, European & British Championships
• 1998 JKA World Silver
• 2000 JKA World Bronze
• 2000 BKF British Champion
• 2000 BKF British Silver
• 2017 KWF World Bronze
• 2017 WUKF Double European Silver
• 2018 WUKF World Silver
• 2023 WUKF British Champion
• 2023 WUKF World Champion
• 2023 WUKF World Bronze

• Instructors I have trained with:
• Sensei, has trained with and been taught by some of the World’s leading Shotokan Karate instructors over the years these being Sensei Enoeda, Andy Sherry, Frank Brennan, Terry O'Neill, Alex MacGregor, Gene Dunnett, Eck Duncan, Hamish Adam.
• More recently enjoyed training courses with Yahara & Malcolm Dorfman Sensei (KWF), John Mullin & Richard Amos (WTKO).
• Now (2023) training under the guidance of my new coach Lee Lamb - Kensho Karate
• Always looking forward to learning, teaching, more competition & catching up with our fellow karate-ka.