Shihan Chris Rowen, sixth dan, has a karate lineage which can be traced back directly to the fifteenth century. He has the honour and privilege of being one of the few westerners to be awarded a teaching certificate directly from the late legendary Grandmaster Yamaguchi Gogen, tenth dan in Goju Ryu karate-do, having spent years studying at the hombu Dojo in Japan.

His studies led him to Okinawa where he studied Kobudo under the late master Akamine Etsuke and he is now in his fourth decade of martial arts training and teach the third decade of practising Kata Tensho.

Shihan Chris Rowen is the chief instructor of the Bunbakan Institute of Classical Japanese Budo Culture, which has branches around the world including England, Mauritus, France, Germany, Wales and America.

A highly regarded and sought after instructer, Shihan Chris Rowen is also a columnist whose work has featured in both the national and internation press, and he has acted as a consultant on television, film and radio.