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About Włodzimierz Kwieciński
- Wlodzimierz Kwiecinski M.D.
- (8 DAN) was born on 3 July 1955 in Lódz (Poland).
- He is a pioneer of traditional karate in Poland – he started practising karate in 1970.
- Two years later, Poland was visited by the Japanese Karate Master Chiyomaro Shimoda.
- An incidental meeting of the teenager and the master gave rise to a passion which could no longer be stopped or confined to any boundaries. He graduated the Military Medical Academy (later he worked as the Polish Air Force medical doctor) and the Academy of Physical Education in Krakow graduated with specialization karate coach. On April 4, 2015, in Chokokuji Soto Zen Temple in Tokyo (Japan), Wlodzimierz Kwiecinski reached the 8 DAN. He is president of the World Traditional Karate-Do Fedearation (WTKF), former International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF) seated in Geneva (Switzerland).
- He is also founder and chairman of the Traditional Karate Federation of Poland (TKFP).
- TKFP has got about 200 member clubs and sections in all regions of Poland.
- Nowadays it is estimated that in Poland there are approx.
- 30 thousands people practicing traditional karate.
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