Steve Cattle

[Paul Bedard]

Wonderful memories! I don`t know if it`s right to ask as I`m sure the though hurts you. But what happened on the train. I`m sorry to delve into what I`m sure is a painful memory.
Paul B

[kanku]

I never met him, but I read so much about him and his skills as a karateka and instructor . he was indeed a very courageous man having to face Terry O'Neil on many occasions in KUGB championships is a proof of it ,his passing was a great loss to British karate .....RIP .

[ashjake0]

Wonderful memories! I don`t know if it`s right to ask as I`m sure the though hurts you. But what happened on the train. I`m sorry to delve into what I`m sure is a painful memory.
Paul B

Steve had acquired malaria twice when teaching in africa & as a consequence developed epilepsy from scarring on his brain.. he was training in europe with Sensei Kase (luxenburg) with loads of seasoned karate men from all over europe & the UK .. he had travelled there with some friends (mike fedyk etc i think) but after the training over that weekend was done he had a teaching assignment to do so the others travelled back as normal & steve travelled back on his own.

he was on a train in the UK from London to Liverpool in a carrige on his own & had had an epileptic seizure. he was found dead on the train i think.

i received a call on the weds night to tell me he had passed away.. truely shocking &so young at 47 with so much more to do!! god knows how strong he would have been now??

the training in luxenburg 12 months later with Kase was dedeicated to steve & became the steve Cattle Memorial course & was very emotional.

Rich (Leicester Karate Club)

[Paul Bedard]

Thank you for the info Don`t know what else to say. Wish that I knew him..
Osu
Paul B

[fujicolt]

Thank you for the info Don`t know what else to say. Wish that I knew him..
Osu
Paul B

Paul - you do NOW and shall know him cos we are all still here to pass on his wisdom and far sighted approach - that is what i aspire to - as i am sure many do!

but be warned - he was also a really LIVELY chap outside of the Dojo and loved to get karateka together after a session and really party and make friends!

SO - if you book one of his students - put yer dancing feet and singing head on after the session - it is part of it!

I could - as i am sure many could - tell you so many really funny and fun anecdotes!

So we shall miss him = YES - but not forget him without awestruck admiration and a lot of laughter = NICE!

[Paul Bedard]

Just love a sensei that also loves to socialize & make friends. You know I`ve trained with enough karateka that we have sweat together, got bruised up together, bled together, got totally exhausted together , travelled together & partied together that you become family. Reading this post gives me a good feeling that Sensei Cattle was like that.
Osu
Paul B
P.S. Read the post that I`m doing in instructors on Cathy Cline..

[d-star]

And the association he founded, the ESA, is still going... Mike Fedyk is the Chairman...


http://www.englishshotokan.net/

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1864&p=20745#p20745

[fujicolt]

And the association he founded, the ESA, is still going... Mike Fedyk is the Chairman...


http://www.englishshotokan.net/

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1864&p=20745#p20745

and i would recomend you all go and train with either Mike or any of his team - you will learn things i am sure.

[ashjake0]

also Dave Wilkins at Leicester Karate Club.. they have a long history of training with Steve, Kase & most of the ESA as well ....


http://www.leicesterkarateclub.co.uk/

Rich

[fujicolt]

this is fantastic folks - these are invites to come along - do it if you can - BLOW the myth that people from different organisations cannot be friends and train together - it is a myth!

[shotokan101]

Can I just ask - does anyone know the Liability/Insurance situation when training "Out of Org." ?

Jim

[james luke]

It can be a minefield Jim, I personally have £5mill personal liability cover plus an insurance that allows me to take students on activities unrelated to martial arts as well as my normal instructors cover on my licence, however looking at it I dont think it is specific to my current organisation, it just states it covers me for the normal practice of karate.

[shotokan101]

Thanks for that James - it was just something that popped into my head that I'd - quite frankly - never even considered before when going "off the reservation"

Logivally I think I'd expect the onus to be on the evnt organiser/host to be insured to cover the participants and hence if it's an "open" course all attending should be covered by the host organisations cover - or a special policy for the duration of that course/event.

Jim

[d-star]

Well, If you fancy a mornings training in lovely Bath. I have alan Armstrong 5th Dan ( a student of Steve's and Sensei Kase) doing an open pre-grading session at 10:30 on Sunday 15th August.

All welcome.

www.bathkarateacademy.co.uk