Ms Kerin, who has been a karate coach for 12 years, said the man was dressed in black with only his eyes visible as he told the shopkeeper to give him all the money, during the incident in March 2023.

As the 42-year-old medal-winning Wadokai karate enthusiast, who is also proficient in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing, bought some chocolates a masked man came in and began threatening staff at ...

Ms Kerin, who has been a karate coach for 12 years, said the man was dressed in black with only his eyes visible as he told the shopkeeper to give him all the money, during the incident in March 2023.

Mairi Kerin, 42, a medal-winning Wadokai karate enthusiast, who is also proficient in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing, tackled the armed robber at LOCO Convenience Store in Telford, Shropshire.

The family of four, including father, mother and two daughters, have now earned black belts in karate. The most recent to reach the coveted rank in the karate belt order was 13-year-old Melanie on ...

Julius Manyoni, 66, who has been a Black Belt 6th Dan karate instructor for more than 40 years, was diagnosed with stage 3 myeloma, a type of blood cancer, after becoming breathless ...