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Darek Spizewski

Benjamin Halcewicz 3RD DAN
Assistant Instructor
He has 24 years of karate experience that started in Paris, France at the age of 5. He has trained under his father, Sensei Thadee Halcewicz, who is a direct student of Sensei Kase of JKA. Ben became a student of Sensei Kanani since he relocated to San Diego in 1999, along with consistent training under Sensei Nishiyama in Los Angeles with Sensei Kanani.

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Frank McCarroll

Marcus Hinschberger 3RD DAN
Assistant Instructor
He started in Germany at an early age with his father Bernd Hinschberger which has been the JKA Germany president for such a long time, Marcus and Bernd Hinschberger have been Sensei Hideo Ochi's (the chief instructor of JKA Europe) students for many years and also training with other famous JKA instructors such as Shirai, Kase… www.tokon.com

Fatin Kanani

Farah Wittmayer 2ND DAN
Assistant Instructor
She has 19 years of karate experience. Before joining JKA of San Diego in 1991, she started at the National Karate Institute (Sensei Nishiyama's Los Angeles Dojo) at the age of 8 with Sensei Toru Shimoji (5-time US National Champion) and Sensei Kanani she received her shodan at the age of 11 from Sensei Nishiyama with consistent training under him in Los Angeles with Sensei Kanani.

 

Omar Kanani

John Merkel 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
He started training at JKA of San Diego in 1992 under Sensei Kanani, with some previous training in the shito-ryu karate style with Miki Minobu.

Brett Wells

Wade Cutler 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
Wade started training at JKA of San Diego in 1997 under Sensei Kanani

 

John Gierach

 

Richard Wilson 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
Richard started training at JKA of San Diego in 2005 under Sensei Kanani

 

Mike Kline

 

 

Darek Spizewski 3rd DAN
Assistant Instructor
He has over 29 years of karate experience that started in Poland. Before joining JKA of San Diego in 1994, he was a student of Sensei Akio Nagai of Kanazawa Sensei and then Sensei Hideo Ochi of JKA Germany.

 

 

Ben Halecewicz

 

Frank McCaroll 3RD DAN
Assistant Instructor
He began in 1991 in Detroit, Michigan in the style of Isshinryu. In 1995 he moved to Japan where he lived for 4 years and there he studied Judo at the Kodokan and received a shodan he also studied Shorinji Kempo and received a nidan, upon returning to the United States McCarroll relocated to San Diego where he began training in Shotokan karate with Sensei Kanani in 2004. Also, he consistently trained under Sensei Nishiyama in Los Angeles with Sensei Kanani.
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Marcus Hinschberger

Fatin Kanani 2ND DAN
Assistant Instructor
She has 19 years of karate experience. Before joining JKA of San Diego in 1991, she started at the National Karate Institute (Sensei Nishiyama's Los Angeles Dojo) at the age of 4 with Sensei Toru Shimoji (5-time US National Champion) and Sensei Kanani. Fatin received her shodan at the age of 10 and then nidan from Sensei Nishiyama With consistent training under him in Los Angeles with Sensei Kanani.

Farah Wittmayer

 

Omar Kanani 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
Omar has 14 years of training experience which started at JKA of San Diego at the age of 2. He received his shodan at the age of 9 from Sensei Nishiyama with consistent training under him in Los Angeles with Sensei Kanani.


John Merkel

Brett Wells 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
Brett started training at JKA of San Diego in 1993 under Sensei Kanani


Wade Cutler

John Gierach 1ST DAN
Assistant Instructor
John started training under sensei Kanani in 2004 and tested under Sensei Nishiyama in 2008. Before moving to California, John trained under Sensei Jay Nacu and Sensei Saul Notario at Enso karate in Chicago.


Richard Wilson


Michael Kline 2ND DAN
Assistant Instructor
He started training with Blair Sensei in Fontana, California in 1990. In 2002 became a Certified Police Self Defense Instructor. 2003 to 2004, teaching through Arizona Western College. Currently is a student at JKA of San Diego under Sensei Kanani