{"id":3405,"date":"2025-12-04T12:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/?page_id=3405"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T13:01:19","slug":"lewis-heaton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/?page_id=3405","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Heaton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae-681x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3463\" width=\"272\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae-681x1024.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae-768x1155.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae-1021x1536.jpeg 1021w, https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/db602308-4aa7-4021-8d73-3d3ebbeb72ae.jpeg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I started karate when I was just three years old, training under my dad, Sensei Mark Heaton, in Carlisle and Brampton. Growing up around the dojo really shaped me &#8211; I fell in love with the art from a young age and found I had a knack for competition, whether it was kata or kumite, at club, national, and even international events.<br><br>I\u2019ve always enjoyed sports in general, too &#8211; gymnastics, long jump, pole vault &#8211; you name it. I began helping out in classes from Purple Belt onwards, and I\u2019ve been involved in developing the Little Dragons programme. You\u2019ll usually see me at Winter and Summer Courses, senior trainings, fun days, and other events throughout the year, supporting students of all ages.<br><br>When I turned 18, I worked as a door supervisor. It was tough at times dealing with challenging situations and aggressive individuals, but the experience gave me a lot of perspective that I bring into the dojo.<br><br>I\u2019m also a qualified joiner, but I now dedicate almost all my time to teaching karate full-time across Carlisle, Warwick Bridge, Brampton, Wigton, and Penrith, as well as in schools through PE lessons and after-school clubs.<br><br>I train every day, travel regularly to learn from some of the UK\u2019s top instructors, and have recently started practicing judo to add new skills and insights to my teaching.<br><br>I currently hold 3rd Dan\u2014the youngest in the association\u2014and I\u2019m always pushing myself to grow, both as a karateka and as an instructor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I started karate when I was just three years old, training under my dad, Sensei Mark Heaton, in Carlisle and Brampton. Growing up around the dojo really shaped me &#8211; I fell in love with the art from a young age and found I had a knack for competition, whether [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3471,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3405\/revisions\/3471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}