Michael Williams

Sensei Michael Williams has spent many years devoted to training in the art of Karate and other martial arts and have attained a certain level of expertise to qualify him as a teacher and also a mentor.

Through extensive testing, certification and tournament level competition, Sensei Williams has attained mastery in this martial art and now enjoy sharing his skill and passing it on to his students.

Sensei Michael Williams has been training in the martial Arts for nearly Thirty-years years and has been teaching since 1991. His studies have included Karate, Aikido, Kobudo, Modern Arnis, Kickboxing and some Tai chi training. He has studied with some of the great teachers such as Master Deno Cain, Fumio Demura, Mike Chat and the great O'Sensei Richard Kim, 10th Degree Hanshi.

As a competitor with wins at such national tournaments as the North American Nationals and the MKC (Michigan Karate Circuit) Sensei Williams has well over 300 trophies. Sensei Williams has ranked as a top Competitor for three years in a row. Coming out of retirement he has been ranked the top Forms, and Weapons Competitor for 2006 in the newly MSKC (Michigan Sport Karate Circuit).

Sensei Michael Williams is a true martial arts professional with total dedication to his students. For over nineteen years now his Tamashi Karate Dojo has set the standard for excellence. He is a teacher by example and continually raises the standards as a leader in the Martial Arts. In pursuit of excellence he refuses to specialize and continues to emphasize all aspects of Martial Arts training and moral education. In 2009 Sensei Williams obtained his 5th Degree Black Belt in Shorinji Ryu Karate and as recently as 2015 has qualified to compete in the WKC (World Kickboxing Counsel).