Jari Hiltunen

Information about the Chiefinstructor. I was born in Finland, Helsinki the year 1961, - 62 my family moved to Sweden were my father began his work. My martial Art training began at 9 years of age, and I practised Judo for many years. The first karate dojo I joined was "Göteborgs karate- kai" and the style was Kyukushinkai, my teachers name at that time was Attila Mezaros. I practised karate under many teachers when I was young and finally I found the right martial art method by Seiken Shukumine which at that time was called "acrobatic karate" - TAIDO. At the age of 21 I received the degree 3rd Dan Renshi by Seiken Shukumine, that was my first visit in Japan and the year was 1982. 1984 I dissolved the Swedish Taido oraganisation, in which I was the chairman, in order to concentrate on karate in the future. It was obvious that the style would be GENSEI RYU because TAIDO and Gensei Ryu has many resemblances, the arts are both created by Shukumine. The same year as the European Genseiryu karatedo federation was founded , 1988, I received 5th Dan. I worked as a director for this federation until the nordic countries Sweden Finland and Denmark created "The Scandinavian Gensei ryu karatedo federation", in 1993. I was choosen to be the director and Shihan for this federation. We strive to carry on the classical art of Gensei ryu karatedo, which is a unique mix between the Okinawa-te and the tactic Seiken Shukumine used from Tokotai.

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