Sensei Derek Langham 6th Dan Derek Langham was born in Nottinghamshire where he has lived for most of his life, married and raised a family. After leaving Grammar school at the age of 16, he began employment in the electrical industry for some years until he decided to leave his position as Regional Sales Manager and in 1983 become the KUGB Administration and Finance Officer. Derek became interested in karate during 1965 and as a founder member of the Nottingham Karate Club, which was affiliated to the British Karate Federation, trained at their first dojo, aptly named 'The Oddfellows Hall'. Nottingham SKC joined the KUGB on its formation (one year later) and over the following years, Derek recieved instruction from Sensei Enoeda, Kanazawa and Asano, achieving his shodan in 1968. Since then he has been fully involved with the KUGB as a senior instructor, Grading Examiner, International Referee, he serves on KUGB and international Executive & Technical committees. Return to Instructor Profiles

Sensei K. Enoeda 9th Dan 1935-2003 Sensei Enoeda was born in Kyushu, an island in the South of Japan, on July 4th 1935. A strong and natural athlete, he initially took up baseball, kendo ... more