Efthimios Karamitsos (born 1 August 1956 in Sykea, Greece) is a German

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

teacher (8th

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) and the author of various sports books.

Career

Karamitsos began studying medicine in 1975 in Italy. At the same time he trained Karate with Perlati and Hiroshi Shirai. In Germany he studied sports science in Frankfurt am Main and continued his training with

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and Mura. He was successful in competitions. His major achievements were in the field of

kata ''Kata'' is a Japanese word ( 型 or 形) meaning "form". It refers to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements made to be practised alone. It can also be reviewed within groups and in unison when training. It is practised ...

e.g. 1980 the 3rd place at the World Championship at Bremen, Germany. He teaches karate in his

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BudoCenter in Frankfurt am Main, Bornheim, and hosts international training courses. http://www.budocenter-karamitsos.de/

Achievements and awards

*6x German Champion *6x European Champion *2x 3rd rank in World Cup *" Silbernes Lorbeerblatt", awarded in January 1988 by Federal President

Richard von Weizsäcker Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (; 15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician ( CDU), who served as President of Germany from 1984 to 1994. Born into the aristocratic Weizsäcker family, who were part of the German nobilit ...

.Report in
Chronik des deutschen Karate Verbandes
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References

1956 births German people of Greek descent Living people German male karateka 20th-century German people {{Germany-karate-bio-stub