Instructor - Sensei Michael Lycett

Tertiary Instructor (Sandan)

Sensei Lycett began his studies with the late Sensei Peter Farrar - founder of The Jitsu Foundation.

Sensei Lycett demonstrating a passive defensive stanceIn the late eighties as a brown belt he set-up the University of York Jitsu Club.  After a few years out of training in the early nineties Sensei Lycett returned to running the club and has been developing Jitsu in York and the Yorkshire region ever since.

In 2008 Sensei Lycett was graded to Sandan placing him amongst the highest living graded Shorinji Kan jitsuka.  In recent times Sensei Lycett has also taken up a more active role in the coordination and building of the Yorkshire region and its clubs.