Lane Nevils, Yondan

Mr. Nevils has over 20 years experience teaching karate and is a five time U.S. National Team member, 1997 U.S. National Kumite Champion, and 2007 U.S. National Kata Champion. He has trained and competed throughout the U.S., Europe and Japan. Mr. Nevils is a student of Sensei T. Mikami, 8th Degree Black Belt and former All Japan Kumite and All Japan Kata Champion.  He is a JKA certified instructor.

Rose Shuff, Nidan

Ms. Shuff started training shotokan karate in 1981. She has over 20 years of experience teaching karate and is a former U.S. National Team member. She represented U.S. competing in 1994 5th JKA Shotocup held in Philadelphia. She has competed in regional, national, and international level tournaments.  She won National Collegiate Champion in both kata and kumite in her category in 1993.

Mike Junot, Nidan

Mr. Junot started training shotokan karate in 1996. He has many years of experience teaching karate. He has competed in regional and national level tournaments. He is a JKA certified Judge.

Reggie Buck, Nidan

Mr. Buck started training shotokan karate in 1997. He has many years of experience teaching karate. He has competed in regional and national level tournaments.

Soon Yeoh, Sandan

Mr. Yeoh is from Malaysia. He is currently working for a local offshore engineering consulting firm as a structural engineer. He has been training Shotokan karate for many years. He has competed in regional and  national level tournaments. He is a JKA certified Judge.

Holly Damico, Nidan

Holly Damico is the primary instructor for the Kids Class at Lafayette Karate Club. She completed Nidan (2nd Degree) ranking in 2007.  She has competed in regional and  national level tournaments. During the day, she is a speech-language pathologist with a clinical specialty in language and literacy development and is the Director of the Speech, Language and Hearing Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.