Meet The Team
Stuart Amos Sensei, Chief Instructor
Stuart Amos Sensei started Karate in 2000, training with Linden Huckle Sensei. Falling in love with the martial art, he never looked back. After 11 years of training, Stuart Sensei made the step of moving to Liverpool to continue his training.
Stuart Sensei was selected onto the England Squad in 2012 and has competed as part of the team ever since, achieving enormous success both nationally and internationally. One of his proudest moments was when he, alongside his team mates, won the Team Kata event in Portugal in 2013, just the first of many placements in international competition.
Stuart Sensei achieved his 5th Dan in 2023. Having taught at the University of Liverpool Karate Club since 2011, Stuart Sensei is an experienced and knowledgeable instructor and is often invited to teach on courses across the UK. He is as passionate about his Karate now as he ever was and takes enormous pride in seeing his students achieve their full potential, both in Karate and their day-to-day lives.
In 2020, Stuart Sensei joined the HDKI and is excited and proud to take Randori Shotokan Karate Club forward within the organisation.
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Grade – 5th Dan
Favourite Kata – Unsu
Proudest Moment – Gaining his shodan, becoming a two time HDKI World Cup Champion, starting Randori Shotokan Karate Club
Dave Goodall Sensei
Dave Goodall Sensei started his training in the early ’70s at Birkenhead YMCA and was a formidable opponent in both kata and kumite.
Like many, family commitments became the priority, and he had to hang up his gi.
Moving forward to more recent years, he decided to join Randori SKC alongside a number of family members, including grandson Jamie who progressed all the way to Shodan with the club.
After a handful of years back, under Stuart Amos Sensei’s watchful eye, he passed his examination for Sandan in 2022.
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Grade – 3rd Dan
Favourite Kata – Unsu
Proudest Moment – Coming 3rd in the Senior Shotokan Cup (1976), and his grandson Jamie earning his Shodan in 2023
Joe
Joe may be the youngest member of the team, but don’t underestimate him due to that!
He has eight years of Aikido training under his belt, before joining Randori SKC in 2022.
In March 2025, he passed his Shodan assessment.
Currently completing his GCSEs, he has aspirations of a career in the fire service in the future.
Grade – 1st Dan
Favourite Kata – Heian Sandan
Proudest Moment – Winning silver at the HDKI National Championships for Kata
Kelly Crompton-Atkinson
Kelly’s martial arts journey started not with karate, but with Tae Kwon Do in 1995, earning her first degree black belt in 1998 at the age of eleven, and after some time spent away from the club, returning and working hard to obtain her third degree black belt in 2010. Throughout it all, she competed at National and International level, taking home many trophies for both kumite and kata.
Having left martial arts to focus on family, she began Iaido in 2021, a Japanese martial art focusing on katana based attack and defence, and earned her 2nd dan in May 2025.
Kelly joined Randori SKC in 2022 with her daughter, and has competed in multiple competitions, earning silver for sparring at her first event. She earned her Shodan in October 2025, meaning she holds Black Belts in three martial arts.
Grade – 1st Dan
Favourite Kata – Heian Yondan
Proudest Moment – Earning black belts in three martial arts
Paul Atkinson
Paul has some limited martial art experience as a youth, but mainly focussed on other sports, primarily rock climbing, athletics, and badminton. He was a leader in Scouting from 2005-2007, and 2021-2023.
He finally followed the rest of the family and joined Randori SKC early in 2024 as as student, quickly becoming involved in multiple aspects of the club. He won gold at the HDKI National Championships for kumite in his age and grade bracket.
Outside of Karate, Paul is a Liverpool fan, enjoys watching anime, or getting lost in a good book. He is also very partial to a ‘fancy’ coffee.
Paul will be mainly involved in administration with the club, and putting his experience in aspects such as safeguarding and website administration to good use. He will also be the first person in the club to complain about the weather as soon as it gets slightly warm.
Grade – 3rd kyu
Favourite Kata – Gojushiho Sho
Proudest Moment – Winning gold at the HDKI National Championships
