LESLIE SAFAR
BIOGRAPHY

Leslie Safar (left, in picture), 9th Dan and AJKA co-founder, has practiced Shotokan karate since 1958. He is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his mastery as an instructor, his intense focus on the core technical principles of Shotokan Karate, and the development of instructor training programs dedicated to building the total instructor.

Today he is Technical Director of the American JKA Karate Association-International (AJKA-I) and Chief Instructor of AJKA Europe. Sensei Safar tours the United States on a regular basis, but spends the majority of his time teaching, directing, and developing AJKA karate in Hungary, and throughout Europe.

His newest DVD is Shotokan MASTER Seminars Controlling the Center of Gravity

His other DVDs are Shotokan MASTER Seminars: Blocking Techniques As Attacks and Shotokan MASTER Seminars Competition Kumite with Edmond Otis.