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Shotokan-Ryu
Karate Dojo

Orangeburg, New York • Charles Valentin, Sensei

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Our Karate Dojo is located in Orangeburg, New York (Rockland County) offering “Traditional” Shotokan-Ryu Karate Instruction following the teachings of Kancho Kanazawa, Hirokazu 10th Dan and President of Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation with HeadQuarters at 2-1-20 Minami – Kugahara Ota-Ku Tokyo, Japan.

We are an “Official” Branch Dojo of (SKIF) & strictly adhere to the unique Training Standards and Structured Shotokan Syllabus adopted by the SKIF Organization.

Our Goal & Responsibility is to provide our students with quality Karate instruction,
continue to learn/grow (mentally/physically) in the spirit of Shotokan-Ryu Karate-Do
and to preserve the teachings/foundations that Kanazawa Kancho has provided us.

Chief Instructor: Charles Valentin (SKIF) 4th-Dan – Facebook: charles valentin-rosado
Instructors: Robert Lucca, Julio Villegas, Franco Cocucci, Kevin Duffy (SKIF) 1st-Dan

Members

SKIF-Orangeburg Dojo Members
(6th-Kyu to 4th-Dan):

  • Charles Valentin (4th-Degree-Black-SKIF)
  • Robert Lucca: (1st-Degree-Black-SKIF)
  • Julio Villegas: (1st-Degree-Black-SKIF)
  • Kevin Duffy:    (1st-Degree-Black-SKIF)
  • Franco Cocucci: (1st-Degree-Black-SKIF)
  • Steven Martinez:(1st-Degree-Black-Goju)
  • Sara M. Valentin:(1st-Kyu Brown-SKIF)
  • Luis Fontanez: (6th-Kyu Green-SKIF)
  • Yves Saint-Joy:  (6th-Kyu Green-SKIF)
  • Orencio Bitanga: (6th-Kyu Green-SKIF)

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