Head of World Kyokushin Budokai to visit Sri Lanka for first time

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Head of the World Kyokushin Budokai (WKB), Grand Master Kancho Pedro Roiz, will visit Sri Lanka for the first time to conduct a special training seminar for future MKB masters which will be held at the Maharagama Youth Centre. He will be in Sri Lanka from 1 to 5 February.

WKB is an International Karate Kyokushin Budokai organisation; a nonprofit, whose main objective is to promote, support, train, promote, disseminate, unite and coordinate training sites (Dojos) of the Karate Kyokushin Budokai worldwide.

The inception of the WKB was to support the large number of people demanding an entity to identify with and to serve as a guide in the way of true Karate Kyokushin. A Group of Dojos were formed, whose only interest was to learn, teach and convey the true spirit of Budo with absolute freedom, under the supervision of the Grand Master Kancho Pedro Roiz in Spain.

The WKBs practices karate at its best, both in the technical side and as spiritual development, without any monetary interests, keeping the focus on karate and evolving this art form of the mind and body. WKB does not strive to be a large organization with many dojos but its priority is to function as a group in which each Dojo is a true and an authentic expression of Kyokushin Karate.

This occasion of the arrival of the Grand Master Kancho Pedro Roiz in Sri Lanka for the very first time will be a prestigious and noteworthy achievement for the country. This event is solely organised by Sensei Sampath Lasantha who is the Sri Lankan Representative of the WKB.

Sensei Sampath is a 4th Dan black belt with over 25 years of experience, he is the Assistant Secretary of the Sri Lanka Full Contact Karate Federation. He has undergone MMA training in Thailand and is a trained Thai kickboxing instructor. He has also trained as a yoga instructor in India and is a physical fitness and personal trainer with an NVQ Level 4 qualification.

Sensei Sampath conducts Kyokushin Karate classes and programs in physical fitness training at his main dojo and the Fitness360 Studio in Pita Kotte. He conducts classes in Karate, Kick Boxing, Cross Fit, TRX, Yoga, MMA, Circuit Training and Aerobics among others. For more information, you can connect with him through Facebook@lkFittness360.