Chief Instructor
Michael Cormack
4th Dan Karate
1st Dan Kobudo
Began Martial Arts 1994
Founded HMA 2012
About Hattatsu Martial Arts
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Hattatsu Martial Arts (発育 武道) / HMA was founded in 2012 by Michael Cormack, originally the Potters Bar & Barnet branch of United Karate Association (PBB-UKA) it was renamed in 2024. Hattatsu means: continued growth, always improving. Our mission is to help each student "unfold the self". Through the practice of martial arts we enable the process of self-discovery, self-awareness, and personal growth.
At HMA we teach Karate and Kobudo.
Karate (空手), also karate-do (空手道) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called te (手), "hand", in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes, and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes as well as grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints, and vital-point strikes. A karate practitioner is called a karate-ka (空手家).
We practice Shitō-ryū karate. Shitō-ryū (糸東流) is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by Kenwa Mabuni. Shitō-ryū is synthesis of the Okinawan Shuri-te and Naha-te schools of karate and today is considered one of the four main styles of the art.
Okinawan Kobudō is a Japanese term that can be translated as "old martial way of Okinawa". It is a generic term coined in the twentieth century. Okinawan kobudō refers to the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts. These systems can have from one to as many as a dozen weapons in their curriculum, among the bo (six foot staff), sai (three-pronged truncheon), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), and nunchaku (two rope connected sticks).
We practice Yamanni-Chinen Ryū (山根流) Kobudo. It is a form of Okinawan kobudō whose main weapon is the bo, a non-tapered, cylindrical staff. The smaller buki, such as sai, tonfa, nunchaku, and kama are studied as secondary weapons.
Hall of Fame
2023 WUKF European Championships, France
- Luca Buonanno Silver medal in cadet A +75 sanbon kumite
- Luca Buonanno Silver medal in cadet A team sanbon kumite
- Luca Buonanno Bronze medal in cadet A team rotation kumite
- Reyhan Bilaloglu Bronze medal in cadet A -60kg sanbon kumite
2023 WUKF World Championships, Scotland
- Luca Buonanno Bronze medal in cadet A team sanbon kumite
- Reyhan Bilaloglu Bronze medal in cadet A team rotation kumite
- Sofia Buonanno & Nuran Bilaloglu Bronze medal in cadet B team roation kumite
2023 WUKF British Championships
- Sofia Buonanno Gold medal in cadet B +60kg sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet B open ippon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Silver medal in cadet A -60kg sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu, Sofia Buonanno & Nuran Bilaloglu Bronze medal in cadet B team rotation kumite
2022 WUKF European Championships, Italy
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet B -60kg sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet B open weight sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet B team rotation kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Silver medal in cadet B team sanbon kumite
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Nuran Bilaloglu Bronze medal in mini-cadet -55kg sanbon kumite
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Nuran Bilaloglu Bronze medal in mini-cadet team rotation kumite
2022 WUKF World Championships, America
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Sofia Buonanno Gold medal in mini-cadet +60kg kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Silver medal in cadet B +60kg sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Silver medal in cadet B team roation kumite
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Danial Meftah Bronze medal in junior -65kg sanbon kumite
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Sofia Buonanno Bronze medal in mini-cadet team rotation kumite
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Nuran Bilaloglu Bronze medal in mini-cadet team rotation kumite
2019 IKU Wolrd Championships, Brazil
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet team sanbon kumite
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Reyhan Bilaloglu Gold medal in cadet team rotation kumite
2018 WUKF World Championships, Scotland
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior team sanbon kumite
2017 UWK World Championships, Italy
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior -75kg sanbon kumite
2016 IKU European Championships, Romania
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Michael Cormack Gold medal in senior team sanbon kumite
2016 WUKF European Championships, Italy
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior -65kg sanbon kumite
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior team sanbon kumite
2015 IKU European Championships, Portugal
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Michael Cormack Gold medal in senior team rotation kumite
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Michael Cormack Silver medal in senior team sanbon kumite
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior -65kg sanbon kumite
2014 IKU World Championships, Brazil
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior -65kg sanbon kumite
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior team sanbon kumite
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Michael Cormack Bronze medal in senior team rotation kumite
2013 IKU World Championships, Slovenia
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Michael Cormack Gold medal in senior team rotation kumite
Accolades
2022
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Souad Bilaloglu awarded WUKF Judge A qualification
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Souad Bilaloglu awarded WUKF Judge B qualification
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Souad Bilaloglu awarded Karate England Referee B
2019
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Michael Cormack appointed to Karate England Referee Commission
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Souad Bilaloglu awarded IKU Continental Judge qualification
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Souad Bilaloglu awarded Karate England Judge qualification
2017
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Michael Cormack awarded IKU World Referee qualification
2016
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Michael Cormack appointed to the Karate England Board
2015
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Michael Cormack awarded IKU Continental Referee qualification
2013
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Michael Cormack awarded IKU Continental Judge qualification
2012
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Michael Cormack awarded Karate England Referee qualification
2009
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Michael Cormack awarded WUKF Kumite Referee qualification
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Michael Cormack awarded WUKF Kata Judge qualification
2008
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Michael Cormack awarded WUKO Judge qualification