I’m happy to have Margaret Thomas Sensei, Chief instructor of Karate Spirit, come to our class at Yale on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27th. It would be great to have a nice, big class in attendance for her. Please save the date!
Margaret Thomas Sensei holds a 6th degree black belt with the Japan Karate Association and is one of the highest-ranking women in the country. Thomas Sensei started studying karate in 1975 in Philadelphia. She moved to Connecticut in 1979 where she completed an M.S. in Geology. She has been teaching traditional Shotokan Karate to students of all levels for over 35 years. In 1995, Sensei graduated Master Masataka Mori’s (9th Dan) advanced Shotokan Karate-Do International Instructors Course in NYC. Sensei Thomas is also an accomplished competitor in sport karate. She has been a member of the USA Karate Team numerous times and has received regional, national, and international awards spanning more than a decade. Sensei is an internationally certified JKA Instructor, Rank Examiner, and Tournament Judge.