KARATE - Key Persons
Chief Instructor Rod Butler has also travelled to Japan, training at the famous JKA Dojo in Tokyo. He has a KARATE BOOK published about the late SENSEI ENOEDA 9th Dan with photos, notes and information collected over many years. You can have your own personally signed copy of this wonderful full colour karate book, ‘KEINOSUKE ENOEDA TIGER OF SHOTOKAN KARATE.' Just make contact with any one of our clubs to obtain your signed copy, or alternatively copies are available now on Amazon.
Rod now has his own biography published, detailing his own early Karate life and times. Read ‘War Baby' also available on Amazon.
As well as running the clubs, Rod has written articles for various Martial Arts publications including SHOTOKAN MAGAZINE, TRADITIONAL KARATE and FIGHTING ARTS INTERNATIONAL. He also assisted in the production of the late Sensei Enoeda's series of VIDEOS AND BOOKS. ADVANCED SHOTOKAN KATA DVDs.
The SKE Chief instructor Sensei Rod Butler has over 45 years of experience in Shotokan Karate and was a regular instructor at the Marshall St Dojo of Sensei Enoeda in London's West End. He was a long time member of the KUGB and the JKA and achieved his 4th Dan KUGB JKA under the late Sensei Enoeda in May 1999 at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre in London. Sensei Enoeda was the highly respected Chief Instructor of the KUGB as well as the Chief Instructor of JKA Europe. Sensei Enoeda was a regular guest instructor at the clubs which now form Shotokan Karate England and he always enjoyed visits and the socialising after the classes. Sensei Rod achieved his 5th Dan in October 2005 and his 6th Dan in April 2013.
As a respected Karate Association, we take our position responsibly and do our best to support you in your communities. Our Shotokan Karate Clubs have established a standard for Karate in London and the South of England that is unparalleled. More than 400 adults and Juniors who started as beginners in the clubs, have gone on to reach Black Belt level and some have gone on to achieve National and International success. Some have even gone on to become qualified SKE Karate Instructors themselves.