Sensei James Walker
4th Dan,
6 time USKK Champion
Sensei Walker has studied karate since 1991, and began teaching at the rank of Blue Belt in 1993 while under the instruction of Master Rick Hall. Currently holding the rank of 5th Dan, Sensei Walker’s lifetime dream of training in the martial arts and passing that experience on to others has culminated in his appearance in many local television programs teaching such fundamentals as child safety to parents and abduction prevention and awareness to high-schoolers, teaching at over three dozen seminars about rape prevention, “stranger danger,” and environmental awareness to seniors (how not to be a target).
Sensei Walker brings over twenty years of experience to the Aurora area and may be counted upon to act as a role model for the city’s younger citizens as well as a teacher for adults who wish to learn the discipline and freedom of Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate.
An avid student, Sensei Walker constantly seeks opportunities to further his knowledge of the martial arts. In pursuit of this knowledge he’s attended the USKK National Convention since 1993 where he’s had the opportunity to learn from some of the finest karate-ka in the world—even those outside the Matsumura Seito system. Among those Masters he’s trained with are Takayoshi Nagamine and Patrick McCarthy.
A long-time friendship with Grand Master Koeppel has resulted in Sensei Walker’s MC’ing the USKK National Convention every year since 1994. While there, Sensei Walker competes in the kumite event
and earned the National Championship Award every year between 1998 and 2005,
winning first place in 2003 & 2004.
Following in the tradition of those before him, Sensei Walker has added his own contribution to the Matsumura Seito system by way of creating the Pinan flow drills. These drills enhance the quality of karate training by exposing students to an interpretation of the Pinan katas and how to apply them in real situations.
Sensei Walker brings over twenty years of experience to the Aurora area and may be counted upon to act as a role model for the city’s younger citizens as well as a teacher for adults who wish to learn the discipline and freedom of Okinawan Shorin Ryu karate.
An avid student, Sensei Walker constantly seeks opportunities to further his knowledge of the martial arts. In pursuit of this knowledge he’s attended the USKK National Convention since 1993 where he’s had the opportunity to learn from some of the finest karate-ka in the world—even those outside the Matsumura Seito system. Among those Masters he’s trained with are Takayoshi Nagamine and Patrick McCarthy.
A long-time friendship with Grand Master Koeppel has resulted in Sensei Walker’s MC’ing the USKK National Convention every year since 1994. While there, Sensei Walker competes in the kumite event
and earned the National Championship Award every year between 1998 and 2005,
winning first place in 2003 & 2004.
Following in the tradition of those before him, Sensei Walker has added his own contribution to the Matsumura Seito system by way of creating the Pinan flow drills. These drills enhance the quality of karate training by exposing students to an interpretation of the Pinan katas and how to apply them in real situations.