Born in 1963 in Nottingham. Pasq first started karate at the tender age of 9 when
Bruce Lee was all the rage, he trained for one year and then started for real in 1979,
aged 15.
Pasq's first Club was Chilwell Olympia, which was run by Albert Hampson (former secretary
of SKIGB) at the time. Other instructors during the early years at
Chilwell were Al Jones, Mick Simpson and John Crowther...who is still training and teaching
today nearly 30 years later! Hanshi Asano would visit the club on a monthly basis, top SKI
instructors such as Paul Mead and Keith Barnes would also regularly teach at Chilwell.
Soon after, Pasq began weekly training under Master Hanshi Asano at Carlton Forum &
Honbu Dojo in Nottingham. Over the years has trained with many top Japanese and European
instructors however most training has been with Hanshi Asano 9th dan and Keith Barnes 5th
dan. Pasq continues to train on all of the SKIEF courses as well as at the Honbu Dojo.
In addition his personal training includes circuit trainng, running, bag work and makiwara.
After passing his 1st Dan in 1983, he recently graded to 5th Dan at the August 2004 Summer School.
All his grades have been
awarded by Asano Hanshi 9th Dan, Chief instructor to SKIEF.
Pasq started competing soon after joining Chilwell Olympia in 1979. He entered his
first S.K.I competition in April 1980 as a yellow belt, where he achieved second place in
the junior grade kata. He remembers being inspired by the winning Nottingham team, which
included Roy Harrison, Paul Mead, Keith Barnes and Aiden Trimble.
In 1984 Pasq was a member of the Chilwell Olympia team that won Shiro Asano Champs. The
same year he also achieved 3rd place in the individual kumite at S.K.I. Nationals and EKC
All-styles Championships. In the years since he has gone on to win the Team Kumite title
with Chilwell Olympia four times. He has also been a member of Nottingham Team which won
numerous team kumite and kata titles during the late 80's and 90's.
In August 1988 Pasq became S.K.I. British Champion for the first time, beating John Allen
of Wales in a close final. He has now been British Kumite Champion an unrivalled
14 times (!) and Kata Champion 4 times and is still going strong.
Pasq was first selected to compete at the 1986 European Championships in Cork,
Ireland for the England Team. Here they won silver medal getting narrowly defeated by
Italy in the final.
Has now competed in four European Championships and five World Championships spanning
15 remarkable years of competitive karate. Highlights of his international career
include - GOLD medal at the 1991 World Championships in Mexico for Mens Team Kumite and
GOLD medal at the European Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark 2001 for Mens individual
Kumite (65kg).
Pasq has been teaching for over twenty years and is now the chief instructor of
Chilwell Olympia Karate School, and assistant honourary secretary of the SKI GB. Pasqualino
is a karateka who upholds the traditional aspects of karatedo and strives to impart to
his students all that he has learned, and continues to learn from his Sensei's.Pasq also teaches as guest instructor
at other clubs.
Pasq with members of the British Squad Steven Farr, Keith Barnes and Paul Mead after coming 3rd in the 1994 World Championships in Yokohama, Japan