THE PRESIDENT
DR. Şakir Yavuz
THE beginning.
Sigung Şakir Yavuz, born in 1968, began his martial arts training in Turkey at the age of 8 with Taekwondo and Karate.
In the following years, he began to train Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Tan Tien Chuan, Judo, Ninjutsu, Yoga, Chi Gong and especially Kickboxing and Thai Boxing.
Even after moving to Germany in 1980, where he has lived with his family ever since, he continued his extensive and varied training.
The career as an athlete and teacher.
At the age of 16, Sigung Şakir Yavuz was already an assistant coach and leader of two groups of his own and opened his first Kung Fu school at the age of 17!.
In the years that followed, Sigung Şakir Yavuz was named Champion of the Year and Sportsman of the Year several times.
The successful martial artist contributed significantly to the development of many sports students.
From 1984 to 2006, Sigung Şakir Yavuz personally trained more than 21,000 martial artists worldwide, many of whom achieved great success at national and international level, including several European and World Championship titles.
In a total of 16 active years, Sigung Şakir Yavuz has trained winners of about 150 medals, cups and awards, including multiple European and World Champion in various martial arts, such as Taekwondo, Kung Fu and Kickboxing.
Developing of the own style.
As early as 1986, Sigung Şakir Yavuz achieved the perfection of his own style.
“TSUNG-CHUNG-CHI-LAK-KEN-HON”
“Fight with mind and body”.
During the development of this new style in Kung-Fu, Sigung Şakir Yavuz traveled almost all over the world (including several months in China) to present, discuss and disseminate his own style to various well-known grandmasters.
In the same year, Sigung Şakir Yavuz was awarded the title of “Si-Fu (World’s Youngest Master)” after the grandmasters had adopted his own style, and thus went down in history as the youngest holder of this title at the age of 19.
During a seminar in Europe, Sigung Şakir Yavuz met Josef Patterer and other martial arts enthusiasts who have just founded the International Amateur Allstyle Federation (IAF) in Austria two years ago. The IAF management convinced Sigung Şakir Yavuz to support the association as a member of the board.
The functionary.
In 1987, he was appointed Secretary General by the IAF Executive Board, ushering in a new era in which he made the most of the potential of the European IAF organization and organized more than 30 events, tournaments and seminars each year.
At the same time, his own modern style in kung fu and kickboxing became popular in Europe and worldwide.
Sigung Şakir Yavuz was the first to bring kickboxing to his country of birth – Turkey – and even achieved state recognition of this martial art.
which was one of the very first in kickboxing history!
In more than 1,000 courses in Turkey alone, Sigung Şakir Yavuz spread the word about kickboxing.
Well-known sports magazines in Turkey such as “Siyahkusak” and “Karakusak” as well as other international trade magazines have always reported on Sigung Şakir Yavuz’s successes. Not only did they ensure that Sigung Şakir Yavuz appeared on the front pages several times, but they also gave him the title of “Father of Turkish Kickboxing”.
This is the title under which the kickboxing legend Sigung Şakir Yavuz is known in Turkey and many martial arts fans around the globe to this day.
The Vision
Even after more than two decades as an athlete and teacher, who has realized numerous international sporting, social, humanitarian and economic projects, after long and intensively enriching stays all over the world, Sigung Şakir Yavuz has never lost touch with sports and martial arts. These experiences form the basis of his being. At the centre of his activity are the human being and his sporting, physical development, which must form a unity with the perfection of character.
To this end, the IAF provides an ideal platform to professionally promote martial arts in various forms on the international stage and to make it accessible to a broad audience via the media. However, this is always done under one maxim: the protection of the health of the athletes in body and mind.
This almost infinite wealth of experience forms the intellectual foundation for the IAMAA and combines physical skills with mental strength and a sound knowledge of the relevant areas in the field of martial arts. In this way, the Academy shapes the Master of Martial Arts.
"Victory starts in the head and ends in the head."
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