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		Shihan Nick da Costa - 5th Dan.... is the British Karate Kyokushinkai Assistant Chief Instructor and is also the Great Britain knockdown coach for Men, Women & Cadets. He is also a member of the executive & technical committees of the association. Shihan da Costa started karate in 1978 under the instruction of Sensei Bill Walsh 3rd dan who was 3 times B.K.K Wuko champion and a member of the first British World Knockdown Tournament team of 1975. His other instructor was Glen Sharp who also went on to be British Champion in Knockdown & Kickboxing. After approximately 6 months he earned his England colours representing the BKK in the All Styles Wuko Championship and followed that some months later by winning his first BKK British Championship in Clicker in 1979. Also, at the same tournament he was a member of the Millwall team who won the team event. In 1982 he won his first British Knockdown Championship in the middleweight division, which was the first of 3, also winning the Tameshiwari (wood-breaking) twice on the way. He also went on to win 2 European knockdown championships and the inaugural Commonwealth Knockdown tournament in Australia in 1988. In 1984 and 1987 he took part in the World open-weight knockdown Tournaments in Japan (IKO) and finished 6th & 8th respectively. Since retiring from competition in 1989 he has turned to coaching. Click here for an interview

		Shihan Maria da Costa - 5th Dan.... is the current B.K.K treasurer and has been instructing since the formation of Docklands in 1988. Shihan Maria started training in 1981 at RHQ, a club using the facilities of British Telecom in South London. In the early 1980's she was part of a team that won the ladies clicker. She started training with Shihan Nick da Costa in 1987 and won her first individual title in 1990 in Switzerland. She then went from strength to strength winning many individual titles and was also a member of the GB team that won the European Clicker Championships in 1991. nmn,mnm,nm,nm,n,m In 1993 she turned to knockdown, which was not available to women until then and won the British title 3 times, also winning Spanish and Belgian titles along the way. In 1997 she was selected to fight for Britain in the first IFK World Tournament in Russia and finished 3rd losing to the Russian winner by dubious decision. After retiring from Knockdown in 1998, she continues to compete in point scoring championships and has won two more national titles in consecutive years. Shihan Maria da Costa was awarded her 5th Dan on 3rd November 2007. Click here for a report by Liam Keaveney Click here for an interview

		Sempai Rakesh Patel - 2nd Dan Click here for an interview

		Sempai Gary Padget - 1st Dan Click here for an interview

		Sempai Charles McKinley - 1st Dan Click here for an interview

		Sempai Angela Bruce - 1st Dan Click here for an interview

		Sempai Reshat Kemal - 1st Dan Click here for an interview