IOGKF International Magazine April | Page 15

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.