SHOTOKAN KARATE BACKGROUND

 

1981 – 1994 Began study of Shotokan Karate-Do under Adriel Muniz, Shihan 5^th Dan

1996 – 1999 Continued study under Derrick Williams, Shihan 5^th Dan            
 (Traditional Karate International) East Coast Representative

1999 – 2001 Training continued under Masataka Mori, Sensei 8^th Dan
(Japan Karate Association) Pan-American Regional Director

 

SHOTOKAN KARATE TRAINING SEMINARS AND CLINICS

 

Hedeitaka Nishiyama, Sensei 9^th Dan
(All American Karate Association) (International Amateur Karate Federation) Founder

Keinosuke Enoeda, Sensei 9^th Dan (Karate Union of Great Britain)Founder

Kurasako Kenro, Sensei 7^th Dan (Japan Karate Association) Tokyo

Toshiake Namiki, Sensei 8^th Dan (Shotokan Karate Alliance) Founder

 

OKINAWAN GOJU-RYU KARATE SEMINARS

 

Tetsuhiro Hokama, Hanshi 9^th Dan
(Okinawa Goju-Ryu Kenshi-Kai Karate-Do Kubudo Association) Founder

 

OKINAWAN KOBUDO TRAINING

 

Mikio Nishiuchi, Saiko-Shihan 7^th Dan
(International Okinawa Kobudo Association) Founder

Anthony Marquez, Kyoshi 8^th Dan
(Kokusai Ryukyu Kobujutsu Kankyokai) Founder

Fumio Demura, Shihan 9th Dan

(Shito-Ryu Genbu-Kai Karate International) Founder

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

USA National Karate Federation (State Level Official)

AAU Karate (State Level Official)

 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

Japan Karate Association 

Kokusai Ryukyu Kobujutsu Kenkyokai

 

MAJOR COMPETITIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

1993 North American Sport Karate Association – Nationally Rated # 1 (Kobudo)

1993 North American Sport Karate Association – Nationally Rated #1 (Kata)

1993 North American Sport Karate Association – Regionally Rated #1 (Kobudo)

1993 North American Sport Karate Association – Regionally Rated #1 (Kata)

1995 Garden State Games Governors Cup Winner

1997 USA National Karate Federation – NJ State Champion (Kata – Kobudo)

1997 USA National Karate Federation – NJ State 2^nd Place (Kumite)

1998 USA – National Karate Federation – NJ State Kumite Team Member
(National Bronze Medallist’s)

1998 Garden State Games Karate Hall of Fame Induction

Above: Photo was taken after a Martial Arts Exhibition held in the Bronx NY. Pictured from left to right Sensei Frankie Martinez, Sensei Derrick Williams, Senpai Mike(rear), Sensei Rodney Vargas.

 

Below: Photo taken after the Namiki Sensei Seminar. Left to right, Rodney Vargas Sensei, Angel Badillo Sensei, Toshiaki Namiki Sensei, and Derrick Williams Sensei.

Below: Photo from 1998 USA-NKF National Championships. Pictured are the USA-NKF NJ State Kumite Team (Bronze Medal Winners)Vargas Sensei (left), Team Coach (black suit) and NJ State President George Scordillis Sensei (rear right).