The Karate-Do style of preference on the islands was shifted from Wado-Ryu to Shotokan. The first lessons in Shotokan Karate were held at the Mtarfa Military Barracks under the tuition of 6th Dan Japan Karate Association Sensei Katsutaro Takahashi . The first Maltese Black belts were graded – Mr.Paul Attard, Mr.Ino Grech, Mr.John Tonna, Mr.Paul Wright and Mr.Adriano Santacesarea