YUDANSHA

Yudansha

The Japanese word 'yudansha' is the term given to a group of people that have attained a certain level i.e. 1st DAN Black Belt and above. The English translation of Yudansha is derived as follows:

Yu - meaning "have"

Dan - meaning "grade"

Sha - meaning a group of people

The following people have either attained this status as a result of training with C.E.K. or at other clubs.

Instructors

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: November 1993

2nd Dan: June 1996

3rd Dan: June 1999

4th Dan: June 2003

5th Dan: October 2009

6th Dan: 6th Nov 2021

Alan Purdie

6th Dan

Home Club: Meadowbank Karate Club (until 2010)

Started Karate: 1990

1st Dan: November 1993

2nd Dan: March 1996

3rd Dan: June 1999

4th Dan: June 2003

5th Dan: June 2008

6th Dan: 3rd June 2017

Home Club: Meadowbank Karate Club(until 2005)

Started Karate: 1986

1st Dan: 1994

2nd Dan: 2001

3rd Dan: 2005

4th Dan: December 2012

5th Dan: 3rd June 2017

6th Dan: 13th May 2023

Home Club: Meadowbank Karate Club (until 2011)

Started Karate: 1997

1st Dan: 2001

2nd Dan: 2006

Chris Ewing

6th Dan

David Ewing

6th Dan

Home Club: Meadowbank Karate Club (until 2015)

Started Karate: 1980

1st Dan: March 2000

2nd Dan: June 2002

3rd Dan: June 2005

4th Dan: 3rd June 2017

5th Dan: 13th May 2023

NOTE: Adriano has achieved the level of 1st Kyu in Shotokan Karate prior to joining Meadowbank

Adriano Rossi

Steph Rodden

5th Dan

2nd Dan

Karateka

Started Karate: 2005

1st Dan: November 2010

2nd Dan: May 2015

3rd Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2010

2nd Dan: October 2015

Greg Anderson

3rd Dan

Courtney Szabo

2nd Dan

Started Karate: February 2009

1st Dan: 23rd March 2013

2nd Dan: 2nd December 2017

3rd Dan: 28th November 2021

William Leslie

3rd Dan

Lucy Cain

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2014

2nd Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2014

2nd Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Cameron Duff

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2014

2nd Dan: June 2019

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2014

2nd Dan: 30th June 2018

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2014

2nd Dan: 30th June 2018

Kori Fital

Neve Ewing

Leona Jack

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 10th June 2017

2nd Dan: 23rd November 2019

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

2nd Dan: 23rd November 2019

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

2nd Dan: 29th Nov 2020

Claire Conkey

Kieran Leslie

Danile Lyons

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 10th June 2017

2nd Dan: 29th November 2020

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

2nd Dan: 29th November 2020

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 30th June 2018

2nd Dan; 28th November 2021

Ryan Thinn

Ross Matheson

Lesley Pacitti

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 10th June 2017

2nd Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 9th December 2018

2nd Dan: 28th November 2021

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 9th December 2018

2nd Dan: 28th November 2021

Joe Gallagher

Lucy Masters

Lottie Burnham

2nd Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

2nd Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: TBC

2nd Dan: 28th November 2021

Jessica Packwood

Hannah Benson

2nd Dan

Olivia Hand

Rebecca Craig

Morgan Cunningham

1st Dan

Claire Logan

Katie Blain

Connor Bell

1st Dan

Barry Douglas

Rose Thomson

Rachel Scotland

1st Dan

Lucy Jardine

Murray Ritchie

Jessica Ramsay

1st Dan

Aaron Jardine

Rachel Bunce

Kyle Thomson

1st Dan

Started Karate: circ. 2007

1st Dan: November 2012

Started Karate: March 2009

1st Dan: June 2013

Started Karate: February 2009

1st Dan: June 2013

Struan Ritchie

Cara Murie

Caitlyn Lonie

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2013

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2013

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: May 2010

1st Dan: November 2013

Kerr Dobson

Brodie Mackay

Al Lonie

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: November 2013

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: November 2013

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: November 2013

Erin McLeod

Eilidh Ritchie

Conan Murie

1st Dan

Michael Lonie

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 4th June 2016

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 4th June 2016

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 4th June 2016

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Lucy Hunter

1st Dan

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: May 2015

Alan Rowan

1st Dan

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: May 2015

Ben Laidlaw

Aaron Peat

Joshua Bath

1st Dan

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Cameron Gordon

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Lauren Mills

Niamh McGregor

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

1st Dan

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 26th Nov 2016

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 10th June 2017

Orla McDonald

Harris Macintosh

Benjamin Packwood

1st Dan

Home Club:

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 10th June 2017

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Ben McCabe

Niamh Mullen

Eve Laidlaw

1st Dan

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Calum Peebles

Caitlin Peebles

Frank Kilfedder

1st Dan

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Pamela Sinclair

Joe Taylor

Kalib McIntyre

1st Dan

Home Club:

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

Daniel McCabe

Gregor Rogerson

Ellie Rogerson

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 8th December 2018

Brandan Kay

Sam Mills

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 30th June 2018

Scott Anderson

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 2nd December 2017

1st Dan

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 9th December 2018

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: TBC (Meadowbank)

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: TBC

Loukas Harrison

Caitlin Kelly

Carly McNab

1st Dan

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2019

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2019

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2019

David Donaldson

Luca Pacitti

Rosa Molloy

1st Dan

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: June 2019

Home Club: Portobello

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: TBC (achieved at another club)

Katie Davis

Sami Guettari

Josh McKissack

1st Dan

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

April Adamson

Sam Currie

Rebeca Currie

1st Dan

Home Club: Tranent

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Maia Ewing

Cameron Furness

Zain Guetarri

1st Dan

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: Longstone

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Mirren Kay

John Kelly

Sonny Reynolds

1st Dan

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 23rd November 2019

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 29th November 2020

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 29th November 2020

Bella Watson

Austin Cowe

Grace Cooney

1st Dan

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 29th November 2020

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 29th November 2020

Home Club: TBC

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 29th November 2020

Mathew Shaw

Arron Adamson

Liam McLeish

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Gillian Robertson

Rachael Steedman

Leah Stuart

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Leah McClung

Alexander Robertson

Katherine Robertson

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 28th November 2021

Rachel Radmore

Lujayn Elshawi

Harvey Neil

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Lewis Wood

Sam Robertson

Joe Spittal

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Louisa Duffy

Ciaran Duffy

Chloe Greenan

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 19th June 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 3rd Dec 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 3rd Dec 2022

Lily Watson

Emma Jordan

David Todorov

1st Dan

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 3rd Dec 2022

Started Karate: TBC

1st Dan: 3rd Dec 2022

Charlie Reeves

Lucy Walker

1st Dan