YAGI ISAO Hanshi – 9th dan Motobu-ryu Ryukyu Bujutsu Moudi – was born in 1961 and is an instructor in MOTOBU UDUNDI. MOTOBU UDUNDI, the ancient royal palace art which was kept secret until recent times. Motobu Udundi blends te (the precursor of karate) kobudo (weapons) and Ryukyu dance. The…

KIKUGAWA MASANARI Hanshi – 9th Dan Okinawa Goju Ryu – was born in Okinawa in 1946 and is a student of the late Master Eiichi Miyazato. He started Karate at the age of 15 and won a lot of kata championship titles in the 80’s (Japan Champion, Asian champion, Okinawa…

GAJA TAKEHIRO Hanshi – 9th dan Uechi-ryu, 7th Dan Matayoshi Kobudo. Hanshi was born in 1941 and is the master instructor and president of the Okinawa Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do Honzokai. Video of Kata Sanseirui: Special thanks to Chris Willson Photography – Travel 67 for the extra images.

GIBO GIYU Hanshi – 10th dan Kobayashi Shorin Ryu – was born in 1938 into a martial arts family of Urasoe City, Okinawa. He started karate training in 1957. Through his martial arts career, Master Gibo has received karate lessons from many of the karate masters in Okinawan history Grand…

Steven Sensei started with ju-jitsu in 1986 in the Belgium Ju-Jitsu Federation (BJJF), that later was renamed into the Flemish Ju-Jitsu Federation (VJJF). For many years, he also practised Wado Ryu Karate and Judo to get a 360° experience and expertise in his preferred style of Ju-Jitsu. Steven Sensei is…

Rob Sensei took up Judo at the age of 14. During his college studies in Leuven, he loved practising Judo and Wadoryu Karate. In 1997 he started to train more intensively in his current favourite style Aikijujutsu Yoseikan, but continued practising: Goju Ryu Karate and Katori Shinto Ryu. In whatever…

Rytis Bublevičius Sensei was born in Lithuania, on August 18, 1973. He started practicing Wushu in 1988 and soon also took on Karate and later Karate Jutsu. Rytis Sensei was also very known in the competition world, thanks to his many successes in various martial arts competitions from 2000 till…

David Van der Schoepen Sensei started Tai Jutsu in 1992 as a student of Jean Pierre van Vré Sensei. After two trips to Japan in 2005 and 2007, he obtained his black belt Tai Jutsu in 2010. In the meanwhile, David Sensei also qualified in Seishinkai Ju Jutsu under Kyoshi…

Sensei Vladimir Martynenko was born in Odessa – Ukraine in 1961. He began to study “Systema” in 1992 directly from the founder Alexey Kadochnikov and became a full licensed Instructor in 2007. Systema (Система, literally meaning “the system”) is a Russian martial art, originated from traditional fighting styles and the…

Czesław Stankiewicz Sensei was born in Poland on May 20, 1965. In 1980 he took his first steps in martial arts in Shotokan karate. Twenty years later, in 2000, he started teaching Aikijujutsu under the general lead of Kyoshi Jan Janssens and Koryu Karate Jutsu Jissen Ryu under Kyoshi Hubert…

Pekka Warling was born in Finland 1961. He started his martial arts career with judo in 1975 and got his 1st Dan in 1983. After that, he started other martial arts like: Aikido, Karate and many others. In 1994 he ‘fell in love’ with Kyushu Jutsu during a seminar of…