Chief Instructor
Ken Hori
6th Dan
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Club Instructors
CUKC is taught by a combination of professional and student instructors, supporting everyone from complete beginners to experienced competitors.
Current team
Club instructors
President 2025–26
Lukas Rossmanith
1st Dan
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Women’s Captain 2025–26
Angela Shang
2nd Dan
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Men’s Captain 2025–26
Dani Lucini
2nd Dan
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Vice-President 2025–26
Alex Lo
1st Dan
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Men’s Captain 2024–25
Nirmay Jadhav
2nd Dan
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Non-student Officer
Fatemeh Torabi
3rd Dan
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Experienced karateka who give their time to the club
All CUKC instructors are black belts. Many have substantial teaching experience and currently represent—or have previously represented—Cambridge in competition. Student instructors work alongside Sensei Ken and the club captains to provide consistent tuition throughout term.
The exact rota changes through the year around competitions, University terms and instructor availability. The current instructor for each scheduled class is published with the detailed training rota.
Weekly programme
Who leads each session?
Mondays
Kumite team
Competition sparring, tactics and fitness led by experienced competitors and club captains.
Tuesdays
Beginners’ instructors
A progressive introduction to Shotokan fundamentals, supported by student black belts.
Thursdays
Kata team
Technical kata development for all grades, with grading and competition preparation.
Sundays
Sensei Ken and teaching team
A general session for all grades, regularly led by the club’s Chief Instructor.
Questions about training?
Come along or speak to the committee
Your first three sessions are free, and you do not need previous martial-arts experience.