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Island Dojo Karate School was founded in 2010 by Sensei Nick Lemke
Sensei Nick Lemke
Founder and Chief Instructor of Island Dojo. Yondan (4th Degree) Seibukan Shorin Ryu, Sandan (3rd Degree) Matayoshi Kobudo.
Sensei Nick Lemke has been training in the Seibukan Shorin Ryu system of karate for almost 30 years as a direct student of Hanshi Dan Smith 9th Dan, President Seibukan USA.
Nick has also trained in the Okinawan traditional weapons system Matayoshi Kobudo as a direct student of Dan Smith 8th Dan Matayoshi Kobudo. Sensei Smith is a first generation student of Shinpo Matayoshi 10th Dan, son of Matayoshi Shinko Sensei and successor to the Matayoshi line of Kobudo
Nick has spent a considerable amount of time on Okinawa training at the Honbu Dojo for Seibukan with Hanshi Zenpo Shimabukuro. And also at the Matayoshi Kobudo Honbu training with Seisho Itokazu Sensei, the Kancho (Chief Instructor) at the Honbu.
He is also the founder and Chief Instructor of Island Dojo on Marco Island and the host of this annual training seminar.
