Sensei Shiomitsu is the Chief Instructor of the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy. He is based in London, United Kingdom and regularly travels the world teaching karate in countries such as France, Canada, USA, Italy, Portugal, Finland, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Australia. He conducts regular academy instructor's courses as well as Summer and Winter course training followed by Dan grading examinations. Sensei Shiomitsu is one of the most respected and highly graded Wado instructors in the world and one of the most approachable. A truly humble karate master, his expertise leaves nothing to the imagination. He is the author of an excellent book titled 'Dynamic Kicking Method' which I highly recommend.

Sensei Masafumi SHIOMITSU is a long time member of the Wado Ryu style of karate. He was one of the leading pioneers of the style within the United Kingdom when karate first became popular in the western world. He established the Wado Ryu Karate Do Academy in 1989 and since then has traveled the world extensively providing expert instruction in this unique style of karate to all who wish to study it with an open mind and a martial art mind set.

Sensei SHIOMITSU is one of only eleven Japanese instructors officially recognised by the Wado Ryu Karate Do Renmei as being authorised to instruct Wado Ryu karate overseas. Within the Wado Ryu Karate Do Renmei he holds the position of chairman in charge of overseas (All Europe) as well as technical councillor.

In his younger days as a student at Nihon University he was notorious for his ferocious attitude towards karate competition and was particularly feared for his dynamic and technically excellent kicking techniques. He was regarded as one of the very best practitioners at the school at that time and has now progressed to be regarded as one of the very best instructors of the style anywhere in the world today.

Born in 1940 in the Kagoshima area on the Southern island of Japan Sensei SHIOMITSU was probably destined to become a leading martial artist. Kagoshima is very traditional area and is famous for its Samurai traditions and this history became part of the character of  Sensei as he grew up. Because of this history Sensei has always studied his karate as a martial art, not a sport.  At the age of 15 he first started to practice karate, at the time studying the Shorin Ryu style of karate which was prevalent in the Kagoshima area. At the age of 18 he moved to Tokyo to attend university and it was at this time that he first started to study the Wado Ryu style.

At the Tokyo university dojo Sensei studied directly under the founder of Wado Ryu karate, Grandmaster Otsuka. There were three main coaches at that time, Tanabe Sensei and two brothers named Arakawa.

Training at that time was notorious for its fierce kumite practice which often saw students engage in fighting resulting in serious injury.