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Biography - (Sensei Des Tuck)

Des Shihan Goju-Ryu Karate
    • 1964-1965 Kodokwai Institute, Durban, South Africa, judo and karate
    • 1970- resent Student of Leo Lipinski Shihan (head of Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai, Great Britain, and JKF Goju-Kai, Europe)
    • 1972-1974 Student of Shihan Stuart Booth, present head of Goju-Ryu Kenwa-Kai, South Africa.
    • 1973-1978 Instructor, Karate-do Goju-Kai, South Africa.
    • 1973-1974 Student of Shihan Stan Schmidt, Shotokan, South Africa
    • 1974 Graded to Shodan-Karate-do Goju-Kai, Durban, South Africa
    • 1974 South African Championships, Durban, South Africa
    • 1976 Graded to Nidan by Shihan Goshi Yamaguchi. Appointed by him as Authorized Instructor and Authorized Branch Head, Karate-do Goju-Kai, South Africa.
    • 1977 Graded to Sandan-Ho - Karate-do Goju-Kai, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • 1977-1978 Chief Instructor, Transvaal province, Karate-do Goju-Kai, South Africa.
    • 1985 Graded to Sandan Karate-do Goju-Kai, South Africa
    • 1987 USA Team member, Pan American Maccabiah, Caracas, Venezuela
    • 1990 Sandan confirmed in both Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai
    • 1990 Present Chief Instructor, JCC Maccabi Karate Club, Palo Alto, California
    • 1990 IOGKF Seminar, San Diego, California with Shihan Morio Higaonna
    • 1992 Graded to Sandan under JKF Goju-Kai, London, England.
    • 1992 Formed Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai, USA with Vassie Naidoo, Chief Instructor. 1992-present President, Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai, USA
    • 1992 JKF Goju-Kai Seminar, London, England - Shihan Shuji Tasaki, Shihan Takeo Ohga, Shihan Seiichi Fujiwara, Leo Lipinski Shihan,
    • 1993 Manager, USA karate team to World Maccabiah, Israel
    • 1995 Coach of San Francisco Bay Area karate team to Youth Maccabiah, Long Island, New York.
    • 1996 Graded to Yondan - Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai, England
    • 1996 Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminars in London, England, Budapest, Hungary, St. Pölten, Austria, and Bratislava, Slovakia, with Shihan Seiichi Fujiwara, Leo Lipinski Shihan.
    • 1997 Graded to Yondan - JKF Goju-Kai in London, England
    • 1997 Coach of San Francisco Bay Area karate team to Youth Maccabiah, Seattle, Washington.
    • 1997 JKF Goju-Kai seminars in Nitra, Slovakia and London, England, with Shihan Shuji Tasaki, Shihan Takeo Ohga, Shihan Akira Shiomi, Shihan Seiichi Fujiwara, Leo Lipinski Shihan.
    • 1998 Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminar, Santa Monica, California with Leo Lipinski Shihan.
    • 1998 Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminar, Santa Monica, California with Leo Lipinski Shihan
    • 1998 Tibon's Goju-Ryu Seminar, Lodi, California
    • 1999 Coach of San Francisco Bay Area karate team to Youth Maccabiah, Rochester, New York
    • 1999 Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminar, Santa Monica, California with Leo Lipinski Shihan.
    • 1999 Present - President of JKF Goju-Kai, California branch (sole authorized US branch)
    • 2000 Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminar, Santa Monica, California with Leo Lipinski Shihan.
    • 2000 Goju Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai Seminar, Westonaria and Johannesburg, South Africa, with Seiichi Fujiwara Shihan and Leo Lipinski, Shihan
    • 2000 Coach of San Francisco Bay Area karate team to Youth Maccabiah, Staten Island, New York.
    • 2001 JKF Goju-Kai Seminar, Oxford, England.
    • 2001 Graded to Godan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa-Kai in USA and JKF Goju-Kai in Tokyo, Japan
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