Martial-Arts




Inyo-Ryu Karate 2008	Inyo-Ryu Karate 2008

Black belt grading 2007	Black belt grading 2007

Inyo-Ryu Karate - Kihon 2003	Inyo-Ryu Karate - Kumite 2003

Karate grading 2003 (fourth from right standing up)	At a Karate class with Sensei Kase 1993

Practising Taekwondo 2000	Practising Aikido 1992

Practising Aikido in the French Alps 1992	Durham Summer School 1993 (fourth left)

MY MARTIAL ARTS HISTORY

Inyo-Ryu Karate: 1st Dan (Black Belt)
Dojo:
Inyo-Ryu Internationaler Karateverein Düsseldorf e. V., Sensei Kazunari Hiura (9th Dan), since October 2002

Tai Bo, Kiboe, Material Cross Training
Dojos:
Südsport, July - October 2002
Salomo Sports Club, July 2001 - June 2002

Jiu Jitsu & Karate
Dojo:
Judo Sportschule Düsseldorf, Jan. - April 2001

Taekwondo: 2nd Kup (Brown Belt)
Dojo:
Sportschule Jung, Instructor Jung-Geum Suk (8th Dan), June 1997 - Dec. 2000

Shotokan Karate: 6th Kyu (Green Belt)
Dojos:
Shotokan Karate EC Luxembourg Oct. 1996 - Feb. 1997
Düsseldorf University Karate Dojo, Sensei Burghard Rebmann, May 1992- May 1997

Karate Weekend Courses:
Dirk Schauenberg & Ludwig Binder 2009, Neuss
Achim Keller 2009, Erkrath
Georg Karras 2009, Bonn
Benefiz-Lehrgang 2007+2009, Unsui-Dojo Neuss
Yu-Ai 2004+2005, Overath
Shahrzad Mansouri, 2004, Remscheid
Susanne Nitschmann, 2004, Duisburg
Simone Schreiner, 1996, Leverkusen
E. Karamitsos, 1994, Leverkusen
Taiji Kase (9th Dan), 1993, Mettmann (Interviews with Sensei kase)

Karate Summer School:
2007+2008 Unsui-Dojo Neuss

Aikido: 4th Kyu (Orange Belt)
Dojos:
Düsseldorf University Aikido Dojo 1991-1995
Aikikai de France, Amiens, Jan. - Feb. 1993
Reading University Aikido Club Oct. 1991 - Feb. 1992

Aikido Summer School:
Hayden W. Foster (6th Dan), 1996, Durham, UK
Hayden W. Foster (6th Dan), 1993, Durham, UK
Jacques Bonemaison (6th Dan), 1992, Val d'Isère, France

Aikido Weekend Courses:
Franck Noel (6th Dan), 1995, Düsseldorf
Tamura Sensei (8th Dan), 1994, Cologne
Jacques Bonemaison (6th Dan), 1994, Düsseldorf
Hayden W. Foster (6th Dan), 1993, Edinburgh, Scotland
Jean-Michel Poiret (3rd Dan), 1992, Dortmund
Endo Sensei (7th Dan), 1992, Dortmund
Hayden W. Foster (6th Dan), 1992, Edinburgh, Scotland

BOOKS

A book I would highly recommend is "Karate-do. My Way of LIfe" by Gichin Funakoshi. It's a very wise book and an interesting read written by one of the great masters of karate. It's about the story of his life, the history of modern karate and the philosophy behind it. And many of Funakoshi's ideas remain valid still today.