Our Instructors

Sensei Gurmare

Gurmare is chief instructor and founder of Tigerstyle Sports Karate and has been studying martial arts for over 25 years. Starting out at a traditional karate club and gaining his 1st dan black belt, he then moved over to freestyle/sports karate where he also gained a black belt.

Gurmare represents Tigerstyle at national and international competitions. He also represents Great Britain and England at World Championships being a multi British and World Champion for his weight division in both continuous and points fighting.

Gurmare has continued to develop whilst running his club Tigerstyle and is now a 4th Dan black belt.

 

Recent Achievements:

– Current Ranked World Number One – Point fighting Veterans -63kg

– Silver WAKO World Championships Abu Dhabi 2025

– Italian World Cup Winner 2026

– Hungarian World Cup Winner 2025

– Bristol Open Winner 2025 

 

Meet The Instructors

Alex

Alex


Alex has been training in martial arts since the age of 4 and joined the team in 2023. He has an ITF Taekwondo background with a 2nd Dan as well as a 1st Dan in Karate. He has a lot of experience on the mats competing and coaching all over the UK as well as internationally.

Meg


Meg regualrly trains and helps with classes and is always there to support you. She also attends comps sometimes competing herself as well as helping out with coaching. She is a 1st dan black belt.

Nick


Nick has put a lot of extra time helping out with classes and tournaments. He’s extremely approachable and always happy to help when it comes to progressing in your martial arts journey. He is a 2nd dan black belt.

Zach

Zach


Joined the club in 2016, Zach loves the technical side of martial arts and ensuring every technique is perfect. Zach is now a 2nd dan and regularly helps demonstarte and lead warm ups in Adults class.

Our Junior Instructors

We also have a number of qualified junior instructors who help with our kids’ classes week in and week out. These are the children who have trained with us for a number of years, are always there to help with teaching and set a great example for the other students in class.

You’ll see our junior instructors at our kids’ classes and little tigers’ classes and also at all the school clubs we run. If they could help with the adults’ classes too I’m sure they would!

If you’re not sure what you’re doing when you’re in class – ask them!

Denis has also been at the club a while now being Gurmare’s son. He’s been training since he was 3 years old. Denis is a multi British champion and WAKO World Champion. If you want a challenge you should spar with Denis! He’s particularly good at keeping everyone on track and working hard.

Summer is one of our students who’s been here the longest as she’s Gurmare’s oldest daughter! As you’d expect, she’s pretty good at kickboxing. So good that she’s a multi British champion and a silver and bronze world medalist! Summer is really good at helping students with their technique, so if you’re struggling with something ask Summer for help.