José Santana (karateka)

José Santana
Santana Shihan (7th Dan)
Born (1957-05-17) May 17, 1957 (age 67)
Lisbon, Portugal
ResidenceSobreda, Portugal
StyleBoxing, Taekwondo, and Seigokan
Teacher(s)Seigo Tada, Katsumune Nagai
Rank7th dan Seigokan
Other information
Websiteaksp-seigokan.blogspot.com
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Portugal
Karate World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Himeji, Japan Kumite individual
Silver medal – second place 1998 Himeji, Japan Kata individual
Gold medal – first place 2004 Himeji, Japan Kumite individual
National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Lisbon, Portugal Boxing
Gold medal – first place 1977 Lisbon, Portugal Boxing
Gold medal – first place 1983 Lisbon, Portugal Taekwondo

José Manuel Guerreiro Santana (born May 17, 1957, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a karateka, and a two-time world champion in kumite.[citation needed]

Biography

José Santana started practicing martial arts at the age of fourteen under Luís Cunha, a Shotokan Karate instructor at Ginásio Clube Português (GCP) in Lisbon. He later trained at the Budo School in Sapadores, where Mitsuharu Tsuchiya founded Goju-ryu Seigokan.[1]

In addition to karate, Santana pursued boxing, achieving national championship titles for two consecutive years and securing a spot on Portugal's Olympic team for the 1980 Moscow games.[2] After a hiatus in Seigokan's practice in Portugal, he trained in Taekwondo at Sporting Clube de Portugal under Chung Sun Yong.[3] Santana traveled to Japan and Macau multiple times, where he met Kata World Champion Atsuko Wakai[4] to participate in seminars, championships and to take his Dan grading tests at Hombu Dojo of Seigokan, in the city of Himeji, Japan.

In 1998, Santana became the Seigokan Karate World Champion in Kumite and World Vice-Champion in Kata.[citation needed] He repeated this achievement in 2004 by again becoming the Seigokan World Champion in Kumite. In 2008, he achieved the 6th Dan rank and was appointed Chief Instructor of Seigokan for Portugal and Europe, a charge usually played by Japanese Masters.[citation needed]

In 2012, Santana was appointed a full member of the Nippon Seigokan Board of Directors by the Seigokan Japanese Masters collective at the annual meeting at Hombu Dojo in Himeji.[5]

In July 2017, Santana obtained the 7th Dan grade with distinction at an examination held at the Budokan in Himeji, Japan, under the supervision of a jury of several Grand Masters of Seigokan.[6]

Bibliography

  • "Seigokan Portugal (Genesis) - Photo Album" by AKSP. CreateSpace Edition (2017); ISBN 978-1981352623
  • "História da Seigokan em Portugal" by Eduardo Lopes. Bubok Edition (2015); ISBN 978-84-686-6750-8
  • "Karate-do Seigokan em Macau - UMA LONGA HISTÓRIA DE SUCESSOS". CreateSpace Publishing (2017); ISBN 978-1981340231

Press

References

  1. ^ Seigokan Portugal (Genesis) - Photo Album, by AKSP. 44 p. CreateSpace Edition (2017); ISBN 978-1981352623
  2. ^ "Record" newspaper, December 22, 1979
  3. ^ História da Seigokan em Portugal by Eduardo Lopes, p.118. Bubok Edition (2015); ISBN 978-84-686-6750-8
  4. ^ Karate-do Seigokan em Macau - UMA LONGA HISTÓRIA DE SUCESSOS, p.82-83. CreateSpace Publishing (2017); ISBN 978-1981340231
  5. ^ Nippon Seigokan Board of Directors Diploma
  6. ^ 7th Dan Diploma