Ok, just for a bit of fun and historical record, let's draw up a top 50 list of the senior living British Karateka (we'll do American another time!)
Here's a criteria to narrow the field:
1) Must have been born in the UK and still living in the UK
2) Must hold the legitimate grade of at least 7th Dan in Karate
3) Must have been training since before 1965
4) Must still be actively teaching or studying
5) Start day of pror to 1965 must be with a formal Karate dojo not learning from books etc
I'll start off the list witha few that spring to mind, if you want to edit it, copy and paste it into a new message and then the next person can make their edits:
Terry Wingrove 8th Dan
Andy Sherry 8th Dan
Tommy Morris 8th Dan
Terry O'Neill 7th Dan
Charles Mack 7th Dan
Michael Randall 8th Dan
Roy Stanhope 8th Dan
John Smith 8th Dan
Bob Poynton 8th Dan
Over to you....