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This is a photo of Sensei Eric Marn with the governing board of the
Asociacion Cubana de Shotokan Karate-do (ACSK). This photo was taken
in the dojo of Sensei Salvador Perez in Cojimar, Cuba.
Standing, from left to right are Sensei Tony Souto,
4th dan, director of public relations; Sensei Salvador Perez, 5th dan, president of ACSK; Sensei Eric Y. Marn, 6th dan; Sensei
Eugenio Marti, 4th dan, vice-president for public relations; Sensei
Pedro Falcon, 4th dan, executive vice-president of ACSK.
Kneeling: Sensei Arsenio Marti, 5th dan,
vice-president for instruction standards; Sensei Francisco Perez, 4th
dan, vice-president for sports activities; and Sensei Giovani Araujo
3rd dan, director for arbitration.
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Left to right: Sensei Lazaro Diaz, 4th dan, president of the Villa Clara
Shotokan Karate Federation; Sensei Eric Y. Marn, and Sensei Felipe
Romero, 3rd dan, vice-president of the Villa Clara Shotokan Karate
Federation.
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Senseis Marn, Romero and Diaz are surrounded by the black belt students
of Caibarien
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Sensei Romero (left) with his student Yasunari Hernandez, nidan. Sempai
Hernandez is the Cuban national champion in the 75 kg. black belt open
category.
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Sensei Eric Marn on one of his frequent flights to Cuba,
where he teaches seminars at Sensei Pedro Falcon Lopez's Dojo. Sensei Eric
Marn is helping Cuba become part of the FSKD organization, and provides the Dojo
with new uniforms, belts, training equipment, karate seminars, referee
clinics, and technical support. Sensei Marn has found the Cuban
karateka to be enthusiastic in their pursuit of all aspects of the martial
art of Shotokan Karate. The Cuban karateka are ferocious sparring competitors
and take to kumite like ducks to water.
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This is a group picture is of all the students of NCA Dojo (Sensei Pedro
Falcon's Dojo) in Havana, Cuba.
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Here is Sempai Carlos Rodriguez receiving his shodan promotion
certificate from Sensei Salvador Perez (left, Godan) and
Sensei Pedro Falcon (right, Yondan). These instructors are the
President and Executive Vice-President, respectively, of the Asociacion
Cubana de Shotokan Karate-Do (ACSK). The ACSK has over 161 affiliate
dojos with over 8,000 students. Spectators seated to the right are the
spouses of Sensei Salvador Perez (Zoe, on the left) and Sensei Pedro
Falcon (Odalys, on the right).
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This group is the joint dan examination committee for Havana, Cuba. Left
to right: Sensei Francisco Perez (Yondan), Sensei Salvador Perez (Godan
), and Sensei Pedro Falcon (Yondan ).
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To the left is Sensei Pedro Falcon Lopez, instructor in
Havana, Cuba.
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To the left is Sensei Salvador Perez Quevedo (Godan) who is the
president of the Association Cubana de Shotokan Karate-Do. Sensei Perez has
been appointed by the Cuban government to the position of Chairman
of the Cuban Martial Arts Federation. As the chairman, he is charged
with overseeing all of the different martial arts (judo, Tae Kwon Do,
Shotokan karate, Shito Ryu, Goju Karate, aikido, Kung Fu, etc.) in Cuba. He makes
the decision as to which athletic events and which Cuban athletes will
participate in competition against other countries.
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Photo of the training facility at the Pan American Village. Left to right are: Senseis Tony Souto, Salvador Perez, Eric Marn, Pedro Falcon,
Eugenio Marti and Arsenio Marti.
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Sensei Eric Y. Marn poses for a
photo with the governing board for the Pinar del Rio Province. Standing
left to right are: Sempai Carlos Alberto Marquez, Nidan, who graciously
donated the use of his home to entertain Sensei Marn; Sensei Jesus Fonte, Yondan, who is the president of the Shotokan
Association of Pinar del Rio Province and whose dojo is located at the
Pinar del Rio University; Sensei Eric Y. Marn; Sensei Mario Ramirez,
Yondan, who is the vice-president of the Shotokan Association of Pinar del
Rio, and whose dojo is located in Consolacion del Sur; and lastly, Sempai
Manuel Gomez, Sandan.
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This is a photo taken in Nassau at the All Star Traditiona Karate School
Sensei Eric Y. Marn and Datu Lowell Manabe flank Sensei D'Arcy Rahming in
his All Star Traditional Karate dojo. Datu Manabe gave a short exhibition
of kali/Escrima to Sensei Rahming's class which was well received.
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From left to right: Sensei George Braynen, Sensei Teruo Chinen and
Sensei Eric Marn. Sensei Braynen is an instructor of Shotokan Ryobu Kai in Nassau Bahamas and
Sensei Chinen is with the Jundokan Style of Karate and is headquartered
in Washington State. This photograph was taken after a seminar in
Nassau, Bahamas in Feb., 2001.
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Kali/Escrima Seminar conducted in Cienfuegos, Cuba in March, 2007
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Instructors who attended a Kali/Escrima seminar in Cojimar, Cuba. The instructors came from 6 different provinces to attend the seminar.
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