Pat McKean
Inducted into the A.M.A.H.O.F.(Inc) for 2003
INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR QUEENSLAND – KARATE
Inducted into the W.K.U.H.O.F. for 2003
INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR QUEENSLAND – KARATE
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Hanshi Pat McKean is regarded as one of Australia’s
leading martial artists and truly a master instructor.
McKean is the founder and chief instructor of U.K.B.
Kenkokan Martial Arts. He is a Hanshi Hachidan (8th
Dan) and one of the pioneers of karate in Australia.
Bom in 1950 in India, Hanshi Pat McKean has been
training karate continuously from the age of 4. He
has been
teaching karate in Australia since 1970. Hanshi McKean
is a Vietnam Veteran and served with the 3rd Battalion,
Royal Australian Infantry in Vietnam in 1970-1971.
He was the Outstanding Soldier of the Year in 1970.
Hanshi
McKean has competed in state, national and international
competition. He is a fully accredited
NSW Department
of Sport & Recreation Level 2 Coach, St John’s
Ambulance First Aid certified, an International
A Grade Referee and is the current National President
of the Australian Koshiki
Karate-do Federation.
Personal strict discipline,
good attitude and manners, a healthy diet and
good hygiene are stressed at
all times. Hanshi McKean makes no exceptions
regarding these principles and this ensures that all
students
receive maximum benefit from regular and sensible
training.
Unlike numerous Australian, New Zealand,
Japanese, Korean, European and American high-grade
instructors
who very seldom, if ever, train with their
students and do not participate in the physical training
of their students. Hanshi McKean trains daily
with his
students and gets to know all his students
personally.
He does not believe in any secret techniques
as the style he teaches is based on traditional
as
well
as modern, scientific and safe principles.
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