Instructors’ profiles – Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS

He acted outstandingly as a professional martial artist until 2014, winning victories over top-class athletes of each association. His skills and techniques were highly evaluated during his active days. After retirement, he has served as a commentator on TV programs of martial arts. His conversation skills are top-class in the martial arts industry. He has an established reputation for his guidance filled with laughter and tears. In his private life, he is a doting father to his daughter.

– Representative of Wajutsu Keishukai HEARTS and HEARTS KIX
– Former martial artist (ranked 3rd in Japan Bantamweight Tournament “DREAM JAPAN GP 2011”)
– Trainer of kickboxing and MMA (coaching UFC fighters, etc.)
– Martial arts commentator (writing articles for professional journals, TV/DVD commentator, etc.)
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Instructors

Takeaki Kinoshita

< kickboxing, MMA, Jiu-jitsu >
He ranked 2nd in the world championships of karate and his achievements are famous in the karate world. In the finale of Season 3 of Fighting Proxy War which was a popular program on Abema TV, he knocked out Chang Min who was a champion of Season 2 with a high-kick. It was very shocking and impressive. Currently, he aims to become a world-class athlete in the MMA world!

– Ranked 2nd in KWU Kyokushin Karate World Championship 2015
– Ranked 3rd in the middleweight class of Eurasia Open Championship 2016
– Ranked 2nd in the middleweight class of Shinkyokushinkai All Kanto Tournament

Tenya Yoshimura

< kickboxing >
He came to Tokyo from Yamaguchi Prefecture following his elder brother, aiming to become a martial artist at the age of 16. He learned karate from his childhood and ranked 3rd in the world tournament during his elementary school days. He has the skills of blows and guts and makes strenuous efforts, so the representative of HAERTS highly evaluates him as a valuable person and expects that he will definitely become a world-class martial artist in the future.

– Achieved the 6th straight victory in All Chugoku Karate Championship for Eastern Japan Charity of Japanese Red Cross Society.

Simon Suzuki