Gasshuku 2013 instructors
NEW ERA OF THE ITKF
This year the seminar Gasshuku will be conducted by the world’s top Karate Masters:
 | ROBERT FUSARO Sensei 9 Dan (USA) Technical Committee Chairman, Senior Council, Member of Senior Advisory Committee of the American Amateur Karate Federation (AAKF). First non-Japanese member of the Japan Karate Association. Photo K. Krzywanska | |
 | AVI ROKAH Sensei 7 Dan (USA) Student and assistant of Hidetaka Nishiyama Sensei. He started karate training in Israel when he was 15 years old. Right after he had completed military service, he moved to the United States and for 27 years he continued practising karate under supervision of Nishiyama Hidetaka Sensei. He was a repeated US champion in kumite and the world champion in team kumite from 1994 (Treviso, Italy). Photo A. Paczesny |
Special guest instructors:
 | KATSUYA ISHIYAMA Sensei 9 Dan (Venezuela) Member of the ITKF Technical Committee. Technical Director of the Pan-American Traditional Karate Federation. Photo K. Krzywanska | |
 | Prof. Dr. ILIJA JORGA Soke 10 Dan (Serbia) Founder of the Fudokan Karate and the World Fudokan Federation seated in Belgrade (Serbia). Mentor of many national karate federations in Europe and Middle Asia which became members of the International Traditional Karate federation (ITKF). Source: www.fudokaninfo.com | |
 | KEIBUN OURA Sensei 7 Dan (Okinawa – Japan) Shito-ryu instructor. Former President of the Okinawa Kobudo Karate Federation whose successor is Minoru Higa sensei of Shorin-ryu. He started his karate at 15 and participated in karate competitions nationwide and internationally. He has taught in Mexico for 13 years. Source: www.karatepassport.org |
Coordination of the Gasshuku:
 | WLODZIMIERZ KWIECINSKI Sensei 7 Dan (Poland) The ITKF Technical Committee Member, ITKF qualified instructor, Photo B. Zarach |