Walter Sensei is a Yondan (fourth-degree) black belt and is one of the founders of Lahaina Dojo. He has been training in Shotokan karate since 1981 and has had an opportunity to learn from such masters as Masatoshi Nakayama, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tsutomu Ohshima, and Kenneth Funakoshi. Walter Sensei guides his students to respect traditional karate-do, while maintaining a dedicated, gentle, and jovial approach to teaching.