Sensei Tony Gray 6th Dan
Senior Instructor (K.D.F.)
Chief Instructor to the Barking Dojo
Sensei Tony Gray 6th Dan started Karate in 1984 aged 15 after a brief spell in boxing at the Aldborough Hatch Ishinryu Karate Club under Sensei Cecil Hackett 5th Dan (former 2 x world games Champion & British \ English International) and Sensei Dave Webster 5th Dan.
Tony graded to 2nd Kyu, and was then advised to train at the Atherton Sports Centre, East London under the Instruction of Former British, European and World Team Champion Sensei Tyrone Whyte 6th Dan.
Tony attained his
Shodan 1st Dan 1992
Nidan 2nd Dan 1995
Sandan 3rd Dan 1999
Yondan 4th Dan in 2003
Godan 5th Dan in 2008
Rokudan 6th Dan in 2014 六段
Tony was a Westminster Council registered night club door supervisor in central London for over 4 years working in several of Londons poplar clubs in the 1990s
During this time he started training on the Senior E.K.G.B all styles National Squad and regularly fought for a place in the Senior English and British Karate Team, being selected in 1995 at the of age 25 to compete at the World cup in Frankfurt Germany.
Tony has won 6 Senior National Kumite Titles plus European & World medals as a member of the English and British Karate Team. as well as having national champions and internationals training regular at his dojos in the Essex area.
He continued to compete Internationally for several years in World Cup, Europeans & World Championships under Sensei Ticky Donovan O.B.E. 8th Dan & later Sensei Vic Charles M.B.E. 7th Dan. Before retiring from International competition after starting his own Dry\cleaning business in East London in 1999.
In 2008 Tony traveled to Japan and trained under Sensei Tsuchiya 8th Dan, Sensei Fujita 7th Dan & Shotokan legend Sensei Mikio Yahara 8th Dan at his famous dojo in Tokyo.
After returning from Japan in 2008 Sensei Tony Gray 5th Dan & Sensei Steve Scott 6th Dan decided it was time to form their own Association, the Karate-Do Federation.
K.D.F. Sensei Tony was awarded his 5th Dan by the president of the English Karate Federation the senior grades of the K.D.F and it was sighned by his former National Coach \ sensei Ticky Donovan O.B.E. 9th Dan.
December 2014 Sensei Tony Gray was awarded 6th Dan, presented by former assistant national coach Sensei Greg Francis 6th Dan on behalf of the English Karate Federation (EKF).
Some Achievements
1992 Gold British student games Team (Nottingham).
1992 Gold Black Belt Trophy (Ticky Donovan, Seawick Course)
1992 Gold Team verses Switzerland (Ticky Donovan, Seawick Course)
1993 Bronze B.K.F. British Championships senior Team (Glasgow).
1995 Gold British Student Games Team (Nottingham).
1995 Selected for International Match England Team Vs France (Bordeaux)
1996 Gold E.K.G.B National Champion Senior (Heavyweight Category, Crystal Palace).
1996 Bronze B.K.F. British Championships Senior Heavyweight (Scotland)
1996 Silver W.K.F World all style Championships Senior Team (Sun City, South Africa)
1997 Bronze E.K.U European all style Championships Senior Team (Tenerife)
1997 Silver 3 ON 3 Team (Epping Forest Country club)
1998 Bronze E.K.G.B Nationals Senior Openweight (Crystal Palace)
1999 Silver Medal E.K.G.B Nationals Senior Open Weight (Crystal Palace)
1999 Gold A.M.A National Senior Heavyweight Champion (Nottingham)
1999 Gold A.M.A National Senior Openweight Champion (Nottingham)
1999 Gold A.M.A International Senior Heavyweight Champion (Nottingham)
2005 Gold E.K.G.B National Championships Masters Openweight Category (Sheffield)
2006 Gold K.E. Karate England Senior National Championships Masters Openweight (Sheffield)
2006 Silver B.K.F. British Championships Senior Openweight Masters (Sheffield)
2009 Bronze medal B.K.F. British Championships Senior Masters openweight (Scotland )
2011 Gold Medal E.K.F National Championships Senior Master Catagory Openweight (Sheffield).
2011 Gold Medal B.K.F. 4 Nations National Championships senior masters catagory openweight (Sheffield)
2012 Bronze Medal E.K.F. National Championships Senior Masters open weight category (Sheffield)- despite an injury!
Plus many open and regional championship medals over the last 25 years of competitive Karate.
