Audrius (to us "AJ") is originally from Kaunas, Lithuania where he started his karate journey in 1992.  He first was exposed to Shotokan Karate under the instruction of Audrone Sirokova 6^th Dan and it quickly became his life passion.

In 2004 he moved to Ireland and soon joined his local Shito-Ryu Karate club where he competed nationally and internationally.

AJ started training at the Hombu Dojo in 2013 where he attained his second Dan under Scott Langley. In September 2016 he joined the full time teaching team. AJ is a dedicated and enthusiastic instructor who teaches all variety of students of different ages and advance levels.

AJ achieved his third Dan (Sandan) at the HDKI Summer Camp held in Denmark in July 2018.