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}} David 'Ticky' Donovan OBE (born 1947) is a renowned British karate competitor and coach.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ticky Donovan O.B.E )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Interview with Ticky Donovan )〕 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.〔 "brentwood-ishinryu.co.uk > History" (karate group), brentwood-ishinryu.co.uk, 2010, webpage: (BI-ishin ). 〕 During his tenure as coach, Britain won numerous European and World championship team gold medals.〔 It was for his achievements as a coach that he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1991.〔 Ticky Donovan currently holds a 9th Dan black belt.〔〔 "Ticky Donovan OBE 9", IshinryuAustralia.com, 2010, webpage: (IA ). 〕 He is based in Loughton, Essex. In 1973, Donovan formed his own style of karate〔 known as Ishinryu,〔 which means ‘All of one Heart’.〔 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.〔 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.〔 "Ticky Donovan OBE testimonial evening", KarateDoFederation.co.uk (KDF), 2009, webpage: (Karatedo Federation news ).〕 ==Early days== Ticky Donovan attended his first Karate lesson aged eighteen in 1965, at Tatsuo Suzuki's Clapham Common club. Having previously trained in boxing, Donovan found karate 'slow' and was ready to quit after his first lesson. I However, he changed his mind after seeing a dynamic demonstration from the legendary Tatsuo Suzuki himself, and from that point on, he was hooked. Donovan stayed with Wado Ryu for over three years, training with Tatsuo Suzuki and Len Palmer. When Mister Suzuki and Len Palmer unfortunately parted company, both men wanted him to stay with them and Donovan's loyalties were split, as Mr Suzuki was a great instructor and Len Palmer had helped Donovan in various ways. Donovan stayed with Len but did not forget Mr Suzuki and the fundamentals he had been taught. When Mr Kanazawa came over, the group switched to Shotokan, and at this point, Donovan trained with Kanazawa and Enoeda but fate was to play a hand again as Mr Kanazawa went to Germany and Mr Enoeda to Liverpool. To make matters worse, Donovan broke a bone in his hand at the selections for the European Championships and decided to give up karate completely. After six months out of the Dojo, Donovan got ‘the bug’ once more, and the nearest Karate club to him was Steve Arneil’s Kyokushinkai dojo in Stratford, where a lot of his friends trained. Donovan found the atmosphere electric, changed to Kyokushinkai and trained in the style for nearly four years, taking his second Dan with Mas Oyama. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ticky Donovan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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