He started practicing karate at the age of 17 and loved it. Sensei Perry practised constantly either at classes or with a friend or on his own. He moved quickly through the grades. While in his teens and early twenties he studied yoga with Hildagard Armatage, who was the tutor for the teachers of The British Wheel of Yoga.

Sensei Perry moved to Australia in 1968 at the age of 18 in order to surf. While there he had the opportunity of training with Japanese masters as well as teaching others. He trained with Yamaguchi (The Cat) , the bare-handed tiger killer. He travelled to Japan on many occasions training with H. Kanazawa, whose style and grace of movement grounded Sensei Perry in his love of the art. Kanazawa Sensei was Sensei Perry’s main influence and teacher. Sensei Perry therefore is a 3rd generation Karateka with direct lineage from the main introduction into the west via Gichin Funakoshi. Sensei Perry is also a Tai Chi Master having studied with Yang Ming Shih. While in Japan he trained in as many different martial art and yoga Dojos as he could.

The time spent in Australia and Japan cemented Sensei Perry’s love and practice for the art of karate. He tells a story when one day while meditating in a park in Melbourne, a ninja warrior leapt over a hedge and challenged him! Sensei Perry calmly told this fierce warrior that he would have to wait while Sensei finished. Eventually they bowed and commenced their battle. In an instant it was over with one of Sensei Perry’s legendary kicks and the fierce warrior sailing back over the hedge from where he had come.

Back in England Sensei Perry continued practicing and teaching. He is a relentless practitioner, always perfecting and deepening his art. He realized the emotional and spiritual freedom that is at the heart of karate and moved towards this goal as he moved towards perfection.

One day, while nursing an injury, Sensei Perry made a breakthrough. Because of his injury, he could not practice as hard as he normally would have, but he went to the dojo anyway. While practicing kumite with a partner, he discovered that his blocks, punches and kicks were faster and more powerful by not trying so hard.

He loved the way that his body felt when he moved and so he studied body mechanics, reading and talking to professionals and experts in the field. He began picking apart every karate stance and movement making them bio-mechanically perfect. In so doing he developed the Jin Sei Kai style of ‘perfect movement and exact placement‘.

The power and accuracy of this style is fantastic. Once thoroughly learned, the body recognizes and knows where it is supposed to be, comfortably falling into the same position time after time. The body, the feeling, becomes the conscious element and not the mind. This feeling generated by ‘perfect movement and exact placement’ plus soft flowing movements ending in muscle contraction (called kime) releases built up tension or energy and frees the self. It is a primary element of the practice but very hard to master. With ‘perfect movement and exact placement‘, the attaining of this goal is made easier. ‘Perfect movement and exact placement’ is the key to the Jin Sei Kai style of karate. It was inspired by and researched and developed by Sensei Perry.

A no fear attitude is also a characteristic of Sensei Perry. He absolutely and completely trusts himself. This feeling of self-trust is also at the heart of Jin Sei Kai. Sensei Perry is a modest and wholly honest man. He is not self-inflated and does not teach karate for any other reason than to help others. Encouraging students to be the best that they can be is his philosophy.

Sensei Perry grew up in a more peaceful time than the warring environment found around the birth and development of martial arts. In those days warriors fought in life and death situations. In order to explore his strength and trust, Sensei Perry sought to challenge himself in dangerous and life threatening experiences. He tells stories of searching for crocodiles in a little 10 foot “tiny” in the middle of the night. He also tells a story of daring when he and a friend stood on a ledge at the top of a 20 foot wall.. They leapt around each other, not holding on, practicing a movement that is sheer and utter danger. The movement was out of the kata Meikyo and Sensei Perry wanted to find out whether it worked in a real situation. Sensei Perry doesn’t expect his students to be the daredevil that he is. ‘We live in a different world than the warriors of old’, explains Sensei Perry, ‘Karate today is not about the battlefield, it is about health and fitness and finding the strength and trust within so that each of us can achieve our own goals and ambitions.’

For about 8 years, Sensei Perry represented England in international championships for the SKI British Team. Because of his karate style, he was invited by Sifu Wong to be an instructor for the Chin Woo International Body. He won the Wilkinson Sword for his attainments and contribution to Karate.

He has been invited to the British Olympic Medical Centre while they were researching the biochemical movements of karate.

He was invited by DERA, the research centre of The MOD, to help in their research of energy transmission. During experiments there, Sensei Perry was tested on the speed and strength of his punch. He was tested at sending out as many kilojoules of energy as a 9mm bullet!

Sensei Perry is a master of the art of karate, tai chi and yoga and he is a shiatsu body work therapist. He has and is training professional boxers, rugby and football players, skiers and cyclists and racing car drivers and he has been invited to train special forces. He spends a good deal of his time working in the corporate world teaching karate to senior and junior executives with the goal being enhanced performance in their professional careers. He is the author of the book ‘Injury Free Karate’ and he is in the process of producing a series of DVD’s which will present the entire Jin Sei Kai curriculum.