May 2008, Iran joined the ISKF. They have been working a long time to join our organization. Their Chief Instructor is Mr. Alireza Heydary. They bring with them a large group of approximately 500 members. We welcome all of them to our ISKF family.

May 2008, England joined the ISKF. The chief instructor for the ISKF England is Mr. Ahcene Moussaoui. He was a student of both Sensei’s Enoeda and Kase. Enoeda Sensei came to teach at our Master Camp many times and with the addition of Mr. Moussaoui and his students in the ISKF is yet another example of how we in the Shotokan family are all connected in some way. We are very happy to welcome them to our ISKF organization.

Shihan Masaru Miura will be teaching at our 2008 Master Camp along with Master’s Teruyuki Okazaki, Hirokazu Kanazawa and Yutaka Yaguchi. Shihan Miura is 9th Dan and President of the Technical Committee of the SKI (Shotokan Karatedo International) European Federation and Chief Instructor in Italy. Shihan Miura visited Shihan Okazaki in Philadelphia many years ago to help teach at one of Master Okazaki’s first clubs. We are very excited about welcoming him back to our area.

We are very fortunate to have 4 of the highest-ranking Shotokan Masters in the world coming to our camp to teach. This is an opportunity not to be missed by any serious Shotokan karate practitioner. We suggest you get your reservations in early because if last year was an example, we will be drawing in a large crowd once again.

Mr. Frank Woon-A-Tai of Canada (7th Dan and Vice-Chairman of the ISKF Technical Committee) will be visiting Romania on May 22nd to 27th, 2008