SAMA ORGANISATION

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ABOUT THE SAMA ORGANISATION experiences, and other information
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SAMA Organisation was established in 1978 and is the largest professional karate and kickboxing group in the U.K. with over 10,000 members training weekly
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SAMA Organisation is headed by Chief Instructor Hanshi Gibson 7th Dan. With a total of
50 years karate experience and 30 years kickboxing experience he is regarded as one of
the top martial artist in the world today. If you would like to know more about the history of SAMA and how Hanshi saved the lives of a mother and her 3 young children from a house
fire by punching through a double glazed window! please click here to visit the main SAMA Website
ABOUT THE HEAD EASTBOURNE AREA INSTRUCTOR
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Sensei Lee Gibson 3rd Dan is the head area instructor for Eastbourne. He was first asked by Hanshi to expand into the area around 8 years ago. Within that time the area has gone from strength to strength. Sensei is also in charge of the Bexhill, Hastings and St Leonards areas. There are now over 50 classes running weekly between these areas with new classes opening all the time. Eastbourne, Hastings and Bexhill also have seperate gradings held every 2 months. If you would like details of venues in Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill please click here
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Sensei Gibson has been training since the age of 3 years old. He is trained by his father, the chief Instructor of SAMA Organisation Hanshi Gibson whom he admits is his role model within martial arts and someone who he has great admiration and respect for. Sensei is lucky enough to be able to train with Hanshi every day and believes you should lead by example so puts 100% into his training. Sensei has trained in Japan, competed in many karate tournaments all over Britain and is undefeated in 7 full contact kickboxing fights and will be fighting in the ring again soon. Below is a slideshow showing a small collection of pictures of Sensei Lee Gibson 

 

 

 

 

ASSISTANT EASTBOURNE AREA INSTRUCTOR

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Sempai Matthew Harford 1st Dan is the assistant instructor for Eastbourne. As soon as

he passed his black belt at the age of 14 he began helping out in clsses and at gradings

to gain as much experience as he could.

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Sempai Harford is now a full time instructor under Sensei Gibson and teaches karate and

kickboxing lessons every day of the week. Sempai has been training for over 14 years and

continues to train hard every day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BLACK BELT CLASS ASSISTANTS

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Pictured below from left to right: Andy White, Christopher Blackman, Alistair Home, Stephanie Hyde

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Andy is a SAMA black belt in kickboxing and is a assistant instructor whithin the Eastbourne childrens and adults kickboxing classes. He also helps at Eastbourne kickboxing gradings. Andy has had several full contact kickboxing fights in the ring and with over 10 years training experience is a great asset to the SAMA Eastbourne kickboxing classes

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Christopher, Alistair and Stephanie are all youth class assistants. They help in many classes throughout the week under Sensei and Sempai to help them gain teaching knowlege and experience and hopefully one day they will become SAMA instructors themselves. They also help at gradings