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| Ticky Donovan | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | David Donovan 13 November 1947 Loughton, England | ||||||||||||||
| Style | Karate | ||||||||||||||
| Teacher(s) | Tatsuo Suzuki,[1] Hirokazu Kanazawa, Keinosuke Enoeda, Mas Oyama | ||||||||||||||
| Website | Official site | ||||||||||||||
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David 'Ticky' Donovan OBE (born 1947) is a British karate competitor and coach.[2][3] He was the coach and manager of both the British and English national karate teams, from 1977 until he retired from that role in 2008.[4] During his tenure as coach, Britain won numerous European and World championship team gold medals.[4] It was for his achievements as a coach that he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1991.[4] Ticky Donovan currently holds a 10th Dan black belt.[4][5] He is based in Loughton, Essex.
In 1973, Donovan formed his own style of karate[4] known as Ishinryu,[5] which means 'All of one Heart'.[4] This style has had significant competition success over the years and continues to be practised at a number of UK clubs, as well as in Australia, Canada and New Zealand.[4]
On 28 March 2009, Karate England held a testimonial evening for Donovan, with many senior karateka present, including Steve Arneil, Dave Hazard, Tyrone Whyte, and Aiden Trimble.[6]
- ^ "Ticky Donovan OBE announces retirement as EKF coach" (PDF). Konnichiwa. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ^ "Ticky Donovan O.B.E". Blitz Blog. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "An Interview with Ticky Donovan". Theshotokanway.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g "brentwood-ishinryu.co.uk > History" (karate group), brentwood-ishinryu.co.uk, 2010, webpage: BI-ishin.
- ^ a b "Ticky Donovan OBE 9", IshinryuAustralia.com, 2010, webpage: IA[permanent dead link].
- ^ "Ticky Donovan OBE testimonial evening", KarateDoFederation.co.uk (KDF), 2009, webpage: Karatedo Federation news Archived 30 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine.