Sensei Damian Vella Lenicker started training Karate in June 1987 with the Corradino Karate Club started up by Sensei Mark Micallef. Rising through the colour belts in the following years, he had attained his green belt 6th Kyu, when the Corradino Karate Club split from the Malta Karate Association in 1990, and formed an agreement with the Italian F.I.K.T.A. under the overall technical direction of Sensei Hiroshi Shirai.
