He has been training martial arts since the age of 13. He first started training Shito Ryu until he achieved his yellow belt. He wanted something more realistic so then started training Jeet Kune Do. He trained for about a year there and liked the realism but missed the traditional Japanese training. He then found out about Kempo karate from a friend. The same dojo Ben Bertrom started. Sean earned up to his green belt in Kempo, training about 3 years there, until the club’s closing. He was disappointed and searched everywhere until a friend told him about Kyokushin karate. Sean has been training Kyokushin ever since and joined at the age of 18, earning himself his blue belt in 3 months due to the very similar training styles and fighting as Kempo Karate. In 1997 Sean moved to Vancouver and trained under Sempai Tats Nakamura for approximately 4 years. Sean has had the privilege of training under many different instructors through-out the Okanagan as well over the years. Sempai Terry Shivaz, Sempai Brent Parker, Sempai Lyle Zimmerman, Sempai Eddy Deuschle, and Sempai Ken Hampson. Sean has entered numerous tournaments since he started training Kyokushin. Many with excellent records:

2003-Newton Tournament (1st place open division)

2002-Canadian Championships (Kyokushin Karate Champion Open Division)

2001-Vancouver Cup 2001 (Third place middle-weight Open Division)

2001-South Okanagan Kyokushin Championships (First place Open Division)

2001-Newton Tournament (1st place Open Division)

2000-Canadian Championships (2nd Place light-weight division)

1999-Langley Goodwill tournament (1st place middle-weight Division)