After watching my son at karate practice for a couple of years, I realised that karate had so many benefits that could apply to personal well-being and that would help me in my later years. I could see it gives cardio fitness, much better balance, hand-eye coordination, memory learning, all the moves, and at the end you come away with good self-defense techniques. So, rather than sitting there, I started training with the club at the age of 59. Now, 7 years later, with lots of hard training and commitment I have achieved my black belt. This was not my original goal, as the benefits I have gained with training have massively improved my quality of life. I am also now able to teach the young beginner classes, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Tania has been training in karate since 2007. She is one of Sensei Morgan’s original students when USKU started in 2008. With many starts and stops in training she has achieved her Shodan in 2022.