Sempai Jamie Wharram

Jamie was a gangly teenager who decided to try out karate as there was a club within easy walking distance of his home in Devoran.

After a short while he began to appreciate the both the physical and mental benefits of martial arts training. Hooked, Jamie started training at the Penryn club as well as the Devoran club, and attended every course, competition and/ or event he could.

His rapidly improving skills and physical abilities, not to mention his height, long legs and arms, made Jamie an awkward person to fight. However, Jamie has always been one of the nice guys, and felt particularly bad if he landed a good blow on his opponent.

Stern words were needed to prevent him from apologising to his opponent (for landing a good technique) in his black belt grading, and under threat of severe consequences from his instructors, Jamie combined technical excellence with 150% effort resulting in an immediate and unanimous PASS from the examiners.

Jamie loves his karate as a pure discipline, and intends to continue for many years to come.

Apart from continuing to gain from his personal voyage in the martial arts, Jamie intends to repay some of the benefits he has gained by passing the skills and knowledge he has gained (and will continue to gain) to future generations of karateka.