birth_place teacher martial_art rank article_title name
birmingham , united kingdom toru takamizawa wadō-ryū karate black 8th dan eugene codrington
 eugene codrington
eugene codrington

eugene codrington , birmingham , united kingdom -rrb- he is a british karateka .
he has an 8th dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple european karate championships and was part of first non - japanese team to win a world karate championships .
eugene is a founder member of the english karate governing board -lrb- ekgb -rrb- for whom he is senior coach .
