Last weekend (1st – 3rd March)  the EKO Black Belt Seminar and referee course was held in Poland, in a beautiful place, the Japanese Martial Arts Center “DOJO STARA WIES”. The seminar was fully booked, and with top names – some of the finest instructors in the lead, the value of the seminar could not be better!

Announced as top instructors and guest this year, they had recognized names like:

Brian Fitkin Shihan – Sweden,  Kálmán Furkó Shihan – Hungary, Jan Bülow Shihan – Denmark, Koen Scharrenberg Shihan – Netherlands, Jesús Talán Shihan – Spain, Alexander Goncharenko Shihan – Ukraine and Remigiusz Karpinski Shihan – Poland.

Pictures from Polska Federacja Karate Shinkyokushinkai

With participants from many of the European countries, and not only that but many of the seniors that leads the development in their own region or/and country. This means that there is very high level in the seminar, and not least is developing while keeping the tradition alike. Twelve countries with over 140 participants was attending the seminar.

Pictures from Hungarian Shinkyokushin