GKR Karate contacts

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You can contact all of GKR's regional instructors through this section. Individual branch instructors are not listed, but you can speak to their superiors if you have comments or suggestions to make.

I would advise you to start at the most local level, and only contact Shihan or Kancho if you really need to.

Australian regional instructors

Region name	Name	Region #	Email address	Phone/pager	Zone
Adelaide	Matthew Sullivan	9	msullivan@gkrkarate.com	08 8220 0637	SA
Adelaide	James Gray	23	jgray@gkrkarate.com	08 8220 0638	SA
Ballarat	Luke Carruthers	26	lcarruthers@gkrkarate.com	03 5202 0606	VIC
Brisbane	Andrew Cook	10	acook@gkrkarate.com	07 3811 0679	QLD
Brisbane	Gary Luxton	29	gluxton@gkrkarate.com	07 3811 0682	QLD
Brisbane - North	Anthony Crumpton	11	acrumpton@gkrkarate.com	07 3811 0680	QLD
Canberra	Matthew Johnson	16	mjohnson@gkrkarate.com	02 6102 0607	ACT
Central Coast	Bob Natoli	15	bnatoli@gkrkarate.com	02 4301 0602	NSW
Devonport	Kelvin Graffiero	18	kgraffiero@gkrkarate.com	03 6218 0602	TAS
Geelong	Luke Carruthers	26	lcarruthers@gkrkarate.com	03 5202 0606	VIC
Gold Coast	Craig Griffiths	25	cgriffiths@gkrkarate.com	07 5560 0606	QLD
Hobart	Kelvin Graffiero	18	kgraffiero@gkrkarate.com	03 6218 0602	TAS
Launceston	Kelvin Graffiero	18	kgraffiero@gkrkarate.com	03 6218 0602	TAS
Melbourne	Brett Vanderwiel	5	bvanderwiel@gkrkarate.com	03 9909 0678	VIC
Melbourne	Ralph Williams	6	rwilliams@gkrkarate.com	03 9909 0679	VIC
Melbourne	Paul Bernthal	7	pbernthal@gkrkarate.com	03 9909 0680	VIC
Melbourne	Jason Knight	8	jknight@gkrkarate.com	03 9909 0681	VIC
Melbourne	Briony Nicholls	20	bnicholls@gkrkarate.com	03 9909 0746	VIC
Newcastle	Mark Korzec	14	mkorzec@gkrkarate.com	02 4911 0512	NSW
Perth	Jan Lopez	12	jlopez@gkrkarate.com	08 9427 7305	WA
Perth	Kenneth Tun	13	ktun@gkrkarate.com	08 9427 7306	WA
Perth	Michael Armstrong	28	marmstrong@gkrkarate.com	08 9427 7307	WA
Sunshine Coast	Anthony Crumpton	24	acrumpton@gkrkarate.com	07 5414 0602	QLD
Sydney	Peter Durrant	1	pdurrant@gkrkarate.com	02 9696 0538	NSW
Sydney	Daniel Young	2	dyoung@gkrkarate.com	02 9696 0539	NSW
Sydney	Alex Pereda	3	apereda@gkrkarate.com	02 9696 0544	NSW
Sydney	Kevin Trembath	4	ktrembath@gkrkarate.com	02 9696 0541	NSW
Sydney	Chad Fanous	27	cfanous@gkrkarate.com	02 9696 0542	NSW
Woolongong	Glenn Hutchinson	17	ghutchinson@gkrkarate.com	02 4242 0606	NSW

New Zealand regional instructors

Region name	Name	Region #	Email address	Phone/pager	Zone
Auckland	Paul Hart	19	phart@gkrkarate.com	02611 4259	N
Auckland	MJ de Whyntre	20		02610 6793	N
Christchurch	Ray Bettridge	22	rbettridge@gkrkarate.com	02610 2964	S
Hamilton	Slade Martin-Simmond	17		02610 7325	N
Manukau	MJ de Whyntre	18		02610 6793	N
Wellington	Clint Mares	21	cmares@@gkrkarate.com	02610 3641	N

UK regional instructors

Region name	Name	Region #	Email address	Phone/pager	Zone
Birmingham	Simon Lewis	24	slewis@gkrkarate.com	07659 592 139	C
Birmingham	Ray Lambton	23	rlambton@gkrkarate.com	07659 592 524	C
Bournemouth	David John-Baldwin	45	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Bradford	Kenn Loke	10	kloke@gkrkarate.com	07659 592 145	N
Brighton	Simon Burke	39	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Bristol	Mark Burleton	49	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Coventry	James Walsh	28	jwalsh@gkrkarate.com	07659 117 032	C
Crawley	Simon Burke	36	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Derbyshire	Nik Jones	29	njones@gkrkarate.com	07659 185 573	C
Dudley	Daniel Eastman	32	deastman@gkrkarate.com	07659 103 504	C
Essex	Jason Smith	16	jsmith@gkrkarate.com	07659 594 701	S
Essex - West	Steve Johnson	21	sjohnson@gkrkarate.com	07659 171 679	S
Gloucestershire	Andrew Jordan	34	ajordan@gkrkarate.com	07659 106 376	C
Guildford	Terry McDonald	38	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Hertfordshire	Matt Leach	20	mleach@gkrkarate.com	07659 160 755	S
Hull	James Davey	41	jdavey@gkrkarate.com	07659 134 950	C
Kent	Peter Larsen	35	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Leeds	Eliot Kay	8	ekay@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 858	N
Leeds	Peter Devlin	9	pdevlin@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 378	N
Leicester	Daniel Taylor	27	dtaylor@gkrkarate.com	07659 106 676	E
Liverpool	Bernie Wright	5	bwright@gkrkarate.com	07659 593 208	N
London - East	Steve Johnson	21	sjohnson@gkrkarate.com	07659 171 679	S
London - North	Doug Connell	17	dconnell@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 540	S
London - North	Dipesh Patel	12	dpatel@gkrkarate.com	07659 592 097	S
London - South	Mitch Wilson	15	mwilson@gkrkarate.com	07659 595 135	S
London - South	Karl Eccott	18	keccott@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 718	S
London - South	Leke Prenga	19	lprenga@gkrkarate.com	07659 593 270	S
London - South	Paul Cramp	14	pcramp@gkrkarate.com	07659 595 138	S
Maidenhead	Neil Remy	48	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Manchester	Ben Walden	2	bwalden@gkrkarate.com	07659 595 588	N
Middlesbrough	Saul Thompson	1	sthomson@gkrkarate.com	07659 595 332	N
Milton Keynes	Adrian Elven	55	aelven@gkrkarate.com	07659 162039	S
Newcastle	Chris Brierley	11	cbrierley@gkrkarate.com	07659 592 711	N
Northampton	Daniel Frear	33	dfrear@gkrkarate.com	07659 590 013	C
Nottingham	Karl Hughes	30	khughes@gkrkarate.com	07659 185 572	C
Peterborough	Daniel Taylor	27	dtaylor@gkrkarate.com	07659 106 676	E
Portsmouth	Simon Link	47	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Preston	John Carr	6	jcarr@gkrkarate.com	07659 126 823	N
Reading	Neil Thomas	37	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Sheffield	Steve Shaw	26	sshaw@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 207	N
Southampton	John Wetherell	46	award@gkrkarate.com	award@gkrkarate.com	E
Stoke-on-Trent	Sean Hewing	22	shewing@gkrkarate.com	07659 108 859	C
Wigan	John Carr	6	jcarr@gkrkarate.com	07659 126 823	N
Wolverhampton	Martin Elson	25	melson@gkrkarate.com	07659 591 637	C

USA regional instructors

Region name	Name	Region #	Email address	Phone/pager
Houston	Todd Robinson	1	trobinson@gkrkarate.com	713 334 4880
Houston	Greg Brown	2	gbrown@gkrkarate.com	713 593 8400

Senior management

Area	Name	Email address
Australia	Nabil Fanous	nfanous@gkrkarate.com
Australia	Mark Case	mcase@gkrkarate.com
New Zealand	Antonie de Bruin	adebruin@gkrkarate.com
UK - North	Jason Wright	jwright@gkrkarate.com
UK - Central	Bob McCracken	bmccracken@gkrkarate.com
UK - South & West	Andrew Ward	award@gkrkarate.com
UK - East	Tyrone Coates	tcoates@gkrkarate.com
USA	Unknown	Unknown

Most senior people

Title	Name	Email address
Senior instructor & International vice president	Gavin Samin	gavinsamin@gkrkarate.com
Assistant chief instructor & Executive vice president	Stacey Karetsian	shihan@gkrkarate.com
Chief instructor & Founder	Robert Sullivan	kancho@gkrkarate.com