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PROFILE~ Steve Colangelo Shihan.
Steve
Colangelo Shihan is one of the most senior and longest serving members
in the
Australian Branch of the IKGA. He was one of the original students of
Shihan
Tino Ceberano [a former Branch Chief of Goju-Kai Australia] , who first
started the Victorian Branch of the IKGA in the mid 1960’s.
Steve
Shihan is highly respected as a senior instructor not only within
Goju-Kai
circles, but also within the Victorian and Australian Karate
Federations as
well,having had a highly successful history as a competitor and a
champion of
tournament competition on a State and National level. After nearly 40
years of training, and teaching he is now concentrating
his efforts on coaching and instructing the younger generation of
upcoming
champions, drawing on his wealth of knowledge and experience. Next
to Iwan Pranatio Shihan, Steve Colangelo Shihan is recognized as the
most senior
instructor in the Victorian Branch of Yamaguchi Goju-Kai, and next to Paul
Starling Shihan [Vice President IKGA] and Brian Mackie Shihan
[Australian Chief
Instructor] , he is regarded as the most
senior instructor in length of
service to the Yamaguchi family & IKGA Steve Shihan runs an extremely successful full time Dojo in Mentone Victoria, assisted by his many talented Black Belt students. It is from this Dojo that he has taken many of his followers on to success in State, National, and International events, including tour groups to the Asian Pacific and World Goju Kai Championships, as part of the Australian Goju-Kai Team. Please visit the Mentone Goju Kai Dojo website @ http://www.mentonegojukai.com
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