OSTMA instructors

Sensei Lee Willis was just 7 years old when he began his karate journey in 1995 with chief instructor Sensei Paul Wood. Throughout his time training with OSTMA Lee is heavily involved with Karate competition. Competing in many international tournaments in New York, Sweden, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Ireland, Romania, Serbia, Hungry and Paris. During this time he achieved some of the following titles. 2019 - EKF National Silver medalist - EKF2017 / 2018 - EKF Regional Squad Member - EKF2012 3x World Gold Medalist - TYGA2011 World Silver Medal Kumite - WUKF2009 European Champion - WIKF2006 Junior World Cup Gold - WKF 5 x National Champion - Sport England 3 x Shikon International Champion Karate Competition has pushed him beyond what he thought was possible when he started as a young and insecure student.

OSTMA classes have given him the motivation and determination and resilience to become the character he is today. After achieving black belt at 15 years old, he was assisting Sensei Paul Wood in junior classes; leading the stretches, warming up the children and teaching small groups at a time. This would prove to build his confidence even further and provide a teaching foundation which would later enable him to conduct his own karate classes.

After finishing school, Lee went onto studying a HND in Procurement and supply at Brunel University and travelled around europe with his job. Although a great opportunity it did not fulfil his desire to help others and so returned to his roots and went into teaching Karate full time, making it his treasured profession as this is where his passion lies, giving back to the club that started his journey in 1995.

Lee is still training under Sensei Paul Wood to further develop his knowledge and continue teaching the highest standards of karate.