Karate world champion tackles 'wannabe thieves' outside his home

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Dave Treadwell, 45, was asleep when his wife Kelly, 47, noticed their Ring doorbell alert going off.    Two men were seen near the couple’s BMWs which were parked outside their home in Bishopton, England.   Dave, a 6th Dan black belt and current World and European Champion, leapt into action and chased the pair down the road.   Doorbell footage captured the moment Dave sprinted after the suspects in the early hours of Tuesday (April 15).  The dad-of-two caught up with one of the men who he restrained until the police arrived.

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00:00So my name is Dave Treadwell, I live in Stratford-upon-Avon. I've been training and

00:09teaching in Shotokan Karate for the last 41 years. I'm current England Karate

00:14President and also hold World, European and British titles. In total I have

00:21approximately about 190 podium finishes over the 41 years of teaching and

00:26training. It was about three o'clock in the morning, my wife woke up again to the

00:31ring door bar and the camera going off. She looked out the window and she could

00:35see an individual outside the front of the house. So at this time she woke me up

00:41I decided to try and take chase. So what I'd done, when I got changed, quickly

00:47ran outside the front of the door and chased the individual. After I caught up

00:52with the individual. I retained him until the police turned up and there was a

00:57warrant out for the individual's arrest. At the time I'd just done it on instinct.

01:02I'm not telling any other individuals to do this type of thing. You know I've been

01:06training in Karate for 41 years so I hope to think that I know how to look after

01:11myself. In the heat of the moment it was just one of them things that I thought was

01:15the best thing to do and reacted and I just wanted to make sure that friends,

01:18family and individuals understand that you know there are people out there that

01:23are trying to break into our vehicles on our houses etc and I'm just trying to do

01:27the best I can to support us and others.

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