The International Traditional Karate Seminar in Warsaw
On 9-10 May in Warsaw (Poland) sensei Avi Rokah 6 Dan ITKF conducted the International Traditional Karate Seminar. This year course was the continuation of the seminars conducted annually by Nishiyama Sensei in Poland since 1992. Sensei Włodzimierz Kwieciński 7 Dan ITKF – coach of the traditional karate national team of Poland and Chairman of the Traditional Karate Federation of Poland coordinated the seminar. The seminar took place in the sport hall "Saska". In the seminar there participated 250 people from: Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania, Russia, United States and Poland.
Avi Rokah 6 Dan ITKF – student and assistant of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama. He started karate training when he was 15 years old. Right after he had completed military service in Israel, he moved to the United States at the age of 21. He has continued practising karate under supervision of Nishiyama Sensei. From that time he spent every day at Sensei’s Dojo and shares his knowledge all over the world. He is the one who introduced karate to many traditional karate practitioners in the world. Except for his experience as an instructor, Avi Rokah is a repeated US champion in kumite and the world champion in team kumite from 1994 (Treviso, Italy).
