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Shihan demonstrating a tobi yoko geri
with one of his former students, Sempai Neil Madden.
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Doug Turnbull started training in Kyokushin in 1971 under the then Sensei
John Taylor (now 9th dan) . He attained shodan in 1975, nidan
in 1980, sandan in 1985, yondan in 1990, and godan
in 1996, and in 2006, Hanshi Arneil awarded him rokudan. The
first 4 grades were obtained under the banner of the Australian Kyokushin
Karate Association (AKKA) which was at the time still affiliated with Sosai's
IKO in Japan. The latter 2 were obtained under Hanshi Steve Arneil's International
Federation of Karate.
He has been teaching karate since 1976, and founded his own dojo
in Marrickville
in 1982 at which he still teaches.
He attained an International Referee's certificate, which is for full-contact
kumite, is accredited for non-contact kumite, including
mirror judging, Kyokushin kata judging, and, while the Federation
of Australian Karatedo Organisations (FAKO) still existed, had a "C"
level FAKO accreditation as a judge. (The organisation has since been
restructured and renamed as the AKF (Australian Karate Federation). He
attainded a Level 4 accredited National All Styles (NAS) referee, and
was voted Best and Fairest Official for NAS NSW for 1999 and
2000. In AMAC he is a level B judge and referee.
Beginning 2007, Shihan Turnbull resigned from the NAS circuit and, together
with Shihan Peter Mylonas (Kempo Ryu Karate), they formed the Australian
Martial Arts (AMAC) tournament circuit.
His competition experience includes a first place in the NSW kumite
championship (quite an achievement for a man of his stature in the days
before weight categories), and two kata first place titles (one
at State and the other at National level).
On the administrative side, he was on the judging panel for the State
Senior Gradings during 1994 and 1995, and has been a Tournament Organising
Committee member since 1983. He was Editor-in-Chief of "SHIN",
the national Kyokushin magazine, from 1983 to 1987. He was also Junior
Vice Chairman for the New South Wales AKKA from 1990 until it split up
in 1994, and is currently Chairman of the IFKKA.
He has also had the good fortune of training at Honbu dojo in
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