SENSEI TETSUJI NAKAMURA
IOGKF World Chief Instructor. A
World IOGKF Champion whom upon
traveling to Okinawa on vacation met a
Goju-ryu Master and student of Chojun
Miyagi Sensei. He returned after finishing his university studies to learn true
traditional Goju-ryu, which lead him to America
where he became Master Higaonna’s Uchi Deshi.
He followed his Master around to the World and
back to Okinawa. He is now country chief instructor
for Canada and a 7th Dan Black belt in Goju-ryu.
SENSEI ERNIE MOLYNEUX
IOGKF World Vice-Chief Instructor. A
World IOGKF Champion, he has been
training in Karate for over 40 years.
His studies of the art began long before
the IOGKF had been founded and he
was one of the top students of the man
who helped found the Federation with Master Morio
Higaonna. He is chief instructor of the English Goju
-ryu Karate Association (EGKA) and has more
senior black belt members than any other country. In
2012 he obtained the rank of 8th Dan.
SENSEI HENRIK LARSEN
IOGKF World Vice-Chief Instructor.
He began his training as a young man
of 15 years of age. In 1984 he became
country chief instructor for Denmark
and today it is the largest member
country in the Federation. The 2010
European Gasshuku in Denmark saw well over 1000
people in attendance making it one of the biggest
events in IOGKF history. In 1994 he was appointed
to the executive committee of IOGKF making him its
longest serving member. He currently holds the rank
of 7th Dan in Goju-ryu.