“I took up karate for the same reason lots of kids from my kind of background take up karate - I was being bullied.'
Tell us why they should win and remember to include lots of detail and photographs to support your entry.A shortlist will then go to a public online vote to determine the winners in each area, who will progress to the Grand Final at Glasgow City Chambers on December 7.Seon says it was"fantastic" to be involved.
"Winning a Glasgow Community Champions Award has also given us a lot of recognition. It is great for the parents and kids who support me in what I do. Without them, this would not exist, after all.” This class, aimed at four to six-year-olds, is one of 21 sessions for all ages that Seon runs across the north west of the city, reaching around 330 people .
“I thought if I was teaching, I was losing out on time training, and training was my passion,” he explains.“I started doing it more regularly, and loved the sense of pride I got from seeing people get their belts. So I decided to start my own classes on a part-time basis at first.”“I was doing anything I could around the classes - factory work, restaurant breakfast shifts, you name it,” he smiles.
Seon and the club also fundraise for local charities – a recent event which saw the club members collectively walk the equivalent number of miles from Glasgow to Okinawa, the birthplace of karate, raised more than £1000 for“Heart of Scotstoun especially has been an amazing support to us, we wanted to help them out in return.
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