About Me
MEET SENSEI CHRIS BROWN
4th Dan Black Belt in Karate | 30+ Years Teaching Experience
Hi, my name is Sensei Chris Brown, and Karate is more than just a martial art to me—it’s a way of life. What started as a personal journey has evolved into a passion for teaching, helping students of all ages develop confidence, discipline, coordination, and focus—both in Karate and in daily life.
I am proud to be part of the United Kingdom Seiki-Juku Association (UKSKO) and have spent years refining my skills under the guidance of Sensei Frank Perry, 9th Dan Hanshi—a formidable martial artist, mentor, and instructor.
At Karate by Chris, we train in Seiki-Juku Karate, a traditional Okinawan style that blends:
Kihon – Strong foundational basics
Kata – Forms that refine technique and mindset
Kumite – Contact fighting and self-defence, at the heart of our training
Unlike some martial arts that only focus on forms and theory, we are a contact club, where practical self-defence and real-world application are just as important as traditional practice.
WHAT DOES SEIKI-JUKU MEAN?
Seiki-Juku means ‘True Spirit’—a philosophy that extends beyond Karate. The word Karate itself means ‘empty hand’, symbolising an open mind and a disciplined body free from ego and selfishness. It’s not just about fighting—it’s about mastering yourself
Whether you’re here to learn self-defence, improve fitness, or challenge yourself, Karate by Chris is a place where you can push your limits, grow in confidence, and become the strongest version of yourself.
Samurai trained in its principles.
Special forces use its striking techniques.
It’s been tested in full-contact tournaments, real fights, and high-pressure situations.
Seiki-Juku means ‘True Spirit’. The word Karate itself means ‘empty hand’, one incapable of grasping or holding onto pride, prejudice or any other selfish desire. The empty hand is to be offered to others in the service of life itself.
Yours in Karate-Do,
Sensei Chris Brown
Our Philosophy – Toryumon
The Gateway of the Dragon
At Karate by Chris, our identity is built around the Japanese concept of Toryumon — “the gateway of the dragon.”
In Japanese legend, a koi swims against the current, battling upstream through powerful rapids and waterfalls. If it reaches the top, it transforms into a dragon: a symbol of strength, courage, and personal evolution.
This story is at the core of everything we teach.
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A Journey of Transformation
Every student who walks into our dojo begins as the koi — full of potential, capable of greatness, and ready to grow.
Karate challenges us. It demands effort, patience, resilience, and discipline. But with each class, each grading, and each breakthrough, students move closer to their own transformation.
Toryumon represents that moment of change —
the gateway you pass through when you overcome something you once thought impossible.
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Training That Builds Character
Our aim is not just to build strong karate practitioners, but strong people.
Through structured training, clear expectations, and supportive coaching, students develop:
• Confidence
• Discipline
• Respect
• Focus
• Physical and mental resilience
We train as a group, not a team — supporting each other without relying on each other.
Everyone moves at their own pace, but no one moves alone.
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Karate for Every Level
Whether it’s your first lesson or you’re working towards advanced belts, our philosophy remains the same:
Show up. Work hard. Keep moving forward.
The koi only becomes a dragon by choosing not to turn back.
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Your Gateway Awaits
Toryumon isn’t just our logo — it’s our belief in your potential.
Every student has a dragon inside them. Karate is how we unlock it.
Step through the gateway. Start your transformation.
Hanshi Frank Perry
Frank Perry is 9th Dan (Hanshi) and holds Dan grade levels in Judo, Aikido, Kendo, Kobudo and Jujutsu. As a Karate Master, he runs the United Kingdom Seiki-Juku Karate Organisation, has thousands of registered students.
Frank Perry worked originally with the first Japanese Budo and Karate exponents who came to Britain. From the former, he acquired what is now a rare knowledge of the Bushido Spirit (the martial way of the classical warrior) and this remains something he wishes to see fostered today in all Martial Arts.
As a competitor, Frank Perry has fought at national and international level and his students have won numerous honours. He has devoted much time and energy to the establishment of Karate as a fast-growing sport with behind-the-scenes work on the English Karate Council (the former governing body), of which he became Vice-Chairman in 1988.
He was also Chairman of the English Karate Council Technical and Coaching Committees and the English representative to the British Karate Federation. Other appointments include that of Chief Instructor of the United Kingdom Seiki-Juku Karate Organisation and of the Koku Sai-Budo-Shingi Kai.
Frank Perry has presented Martial Art techniques for television and was the subject of the first ever documentary Karate film distributed nationwide in cinemas. This film demonstrated, among other Karate techniques, the build-up to his successful breaking of a stack of nine huge ice blocks with a single hand strike in a display of tameshiwari never seen on screen before.
“In 1957, when I was only four years old, my elder brother took me along to see what went on at our local Martial Arts school where Sensei Kaoru Mishiku taught Judo, Ken-jutsu and Ju-jutsu. At first, my brother and other students regarded me as no more than their ‘mascot’, but what had started out as a joke soon became quite a serious business. For, despite my age, I established an almost immediate rapport and understanding with the sensei (teacher). I was accepted by him as a regular pupil and continued to study with him during the many years that followed.
Sensei Kaoru Mishiku was Japanese and of true Samurai stock. He had come to London from Japan in 1909 and he remained until his death. Around the early sixties, the first of the Karate Masters from Japan arrived in London, some at the invitation of Sensei Kaoru Mishiku. So, at the age of fourteen, I found myself taking up Karate as a natural follow-on to the other disciplines I had studied and continue to study today.
In fact, my whole life has been centred around and consumed by the study of Martial Arts and of Karate in particular. I can only assume that having taken up Martial Arts at such a tender age explains why I now regarded doing Karate and enjoying Karate as a normal way of life. Karate has taken me all round the world as a Martial Arts student, instructor, coach, competitor and simply as one in pursuit of personal knowledge about Karate and its roots. The physical and spiritual rewards have been limitless and have enjoyed the meeting and exchange of respects with many great people.”