Chicago, USA, April 20, 2015

I would like to submit my official resignation to Honbu from my position of Branch Chief of International Karate Organization and as a member of the Organization.

I also would like to thank for all those years of cooperation in the past.

Unfortunately stagnation of last few years in IKO in United States, lack of any activities and leadership, lack of communication for years and lack of prospects for any progress in the future, forced me to take this decision.

I will continue my Kyokushin journey looking for improvement of my skills but first of all, for enhancement of knowledge that, unfortunately I now, I will not find in IKO.

I wish the best for Kancho S. Matsui and all members of IKO.

Thank you,

OSU!

Leslaw Samitowski

GALLERY

On 18 February 2015, in the Hall of Martial Arts at Polish YMCA Krakow, Shihan Lesław Samitowski from Chicago held a three-hour seminar on techniques and kata. The seminar was attended by sixty Branch Chiefs, instructors and fighters from KWF branches. Shihan Samitowski conducted a half-hour full-contact warm-up and during the main part he shared his knowledge about unknown in Poland training elements borrowed from the Chinese Shaolin which are based on energy flow, and then he showed the interpretation of selected elements of bunkai kata. The final part of the seminar was devoted to dynamic fighting combinations. Shihan Samitowski was applauded by the participants at the end of his presentation. In the view of this seminar, Shihan considers coming back to take part in the Seminar on April 11 and the Summer Camp in Krakow. During the seminar, Shihan Samitowski answered many questions about the methodology, map energy flows, the interpretation of difficult concepts, self-defense etc. The seminar was highly appreciated by all senseis. 

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On 19-23 February 2015 the KWF Seminar was held in Tambov, Russia in which participated about 150 instructors, fighters and young karatekas.
The seminar was led by shihan Andre Drewniak and the main theme of the seminar was the unification of techniques and kata.
In addition, two meetings were held and they were devoted to cooperation in the European and World Federations.
One of training elements for branch chiefs including in the event, was hardening of the body in the snow.
At the end of the seminar shihan Andre Drewniak conducted examinations for Kyu and Dan.
The Sayonara took place in the popular banya (Russian sauna).

The seminar was organized by the Russian Kyokushin Federation led by shihan Sergey Soldatov and it was organized personally by its Tambov leader sensei Sergey Bondarenko

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