About the Instructors

Sensei Matthew Borthwick, Go-dan

• Founder and former Head Instructor of karate dojo (schools) at three universities:
  • Isshinryu Karate-do at MIT, Cambridge, MA
  • McGill University Isshinryu Karate Club, Montréal, Canada
  • Cornell University Isshinryu Karate Club, Ithaca, NY
• Former Assistant Instructor, Pittak's Isshinryu Karate dojo, Hudson, OH
• Student of Sensei Pamela (Myo Shu) Wren, Nana-dan (7th-degree black belt) and Sensei Deborah Pittak, Nana-dan
• Officially licensed Instructor by the Isshinryu World Karate Association (IWKA), based in Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan
• Former students include one 4th-degree, one 3rd-degree, one 2nd-degree, and one 1st-degree black belt
• Black belt since 1990
• Studying Isshinryu Karate since 1984