Welcome to The JNK Karate Club official website.

The JNK Karate Club was formed in 1996 at Tidbury Green with Rob Fernyhough, Phil Battle and Sue Fernyhough as it's founders.Both Rob and Phil had been training with a Wado Ryu based Karate club since 1987. JNK has grown very quickly and successfully but we felt that the true direction for the club was to return to the traditional training of Wado Ryu techniques as laid down by Professor Ohtsuka and to follow the teachings of Tatsuo Suzuki (Hanshi).

To this end Rob, Phil and Sue have trained under the guidance of Sensei Phil Martin (7th Dan). It is an honour for JNK that Sensei Phil Martin now attends our club three times a month to instruct our senior belts, and that he holds the position of Honorary President.

The lineage of Sensei Phil Martin is detailed below

HIRONORI OHTSUKA >

TATSUO SUZUKI >

PETER SUZUKI

>PHIL MARTIN