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Gursharan Sahota was born in 1960 in Kenya, East Africa, but has lived in Bedford, England since he was 12. He took up Karate at the age of 14 and was awarded Black Belt 1st Dan (Shodan) four years later.

Now a 6th Dan, Gursharan has competed in a multitude of Kata and

Kumite events, many at national level. The most significant event in his career however was the visit he made to Japan in 1984 when he fulfilled a great ambition by training in a Japanese Dojo under the instruction of Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa.


This experience proved to be a turning point for Gursharan and on his return to England he realised his visit had been the inspiration he needed to dedicate his future to teaching karate as a way of life.

Gursharan opened his first club in Luton/Dunstable in 1981, and this is now the Association's Hombu (Headquarters).

In 1993, having been a teacher of the art for many years, he then formed his own Association, the Traditional International Shotokan Karate Association (TISKA) and he now has a wide network of clubs throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.