Slovak Society of Traditional Karate and Kobudo
Members of SSTKK
Karate club FATRA Martin
Karate club FATRA Martin was founded in 2010, when experienced former trainees and trainers of former big clubs in Martin as Medik and Tatran (later Seipai) decided to start common trainings. The bunch of enthusiastic returnees became a group, first recruitment occurred, then second and other. Today, after 15 years from the establishment, FATRA Martin has its own premises for trainings (app 250 m2 tatami) and more than 140 active members. Main trainers of the club are Erik Štefák (6. dan karate, 4. dan kobudo, 1. dan Iaido), Ondřej Novosad (4. dan karate, 2. dan kobudo), Jaroslav Krám (4. dan karate, 1. dan Ju-Jutsu), Peter Suchý (5. dan karate), Miroslav Krištofík (4. dan karate, 1. dan kobudo)), Ľubomír Bulvas (3. dan karate), Radomír Fleischer (4. dan karate, 1. dan kobudo) and Roman Pittner (3. dan karate). More information about the club you will find on www.fatramartin.com or www.facebook.com/fatramartin.
Karate club Okinawa Dolný Kubín
Karate club Okinawa Dolný Kubín was founded in 2010. Group of enthusiastic people around the Orava karate nestor Mr. Štefan Jány started to commute to the trainings of traditional karate in Martin. Gradually they started with the regular trainings at the Economic school in Dolný Kubín. Thanks to Mr. Peter Dobák, they have very nice premises for trainings to their exposal. Trainees of traditional karate from Dolný Kubín devote mainly to adult trainees. In this club you can find also karate trainees who are over 60 years old. Main trainers of the club are ŠtefanJány (1. dan karate) and Norbert Kustra (3. dan karate). More information about the club you will find on www.facebook.com/okinawakaratedk
Karate club Goju-ryu Karate-do Banská Bystrica
Constitutive meeting of the club was held in October 2011, as a reaction to the recovery need of Karate Clubu Elán. Constitutive members of the club are many experienced karate fighters, former charges of one bunch of the original club and former fighters of Slovak karate federation. Goju-ryu Karate-do club Banská Bystrica since 2012, when its members took part at the Okinawa visit, has started even more actively devote to training and spreading of traditional karate of Goju-ryu style. Nowadays the main trainer is Mr. Peter Krč (6.dan karate, 1. dan kobudo and the teacher of Tai Chi Chuan with more than 20 years of experience), another trainers are Ivan Sucháň (2.dan karate) and Zuzana Schlosserová (2.dan karate). More information about the club you will find on www.facebook.com/GOJU-RYU- KARATE-DO-Banská-Bystrica or www.karatebb.eu
Karate club FATRA Turčianske Teplice
Karate club FATRA Turčianske Teplice is the oldest among the clubs which are nowadays associated in Slovak society of traditional karate and kobudo. Already in 1999 Ľubomír Hanko and Erik Štefák founded OZ FATRA Society of martial arts friends as a superordinate society for martial arts trainings in Turčianske Teplice. Since that time up to now the traditional karate is being trained in Turčianske Teplice. At the beginning the amount of members vary between 15 up to 50 members during the times when karate was most popular sport, and later was this amount stabilized on app. 20 trainees under the guidance of experienced trainer Anka Jesenská (4. dan karate, 1. dan kobudo). More information about the club you will find on www.ozfatra.sk or www.facebook.com/Občianske-združenie-FATRA-166806359444
Karate club Survival Jissen Slovakia Handlová
Beginnings of the club Survival Jissen are dated since 1991, when KK Go ju ryu and Jissen jitsu was founded with KK ATJ Plameň. Members of the club penetrated under the guidance of various masters into the mysteries of different martial arts as Aikido / Štefan Kurila /, Seidokan karate / Bogdan Czapla, Polland / Aiki ju jutsu / Mgr. Michal Sliwka, Polland / and survival techniques / Pavel Trošák, Czech republic /. In 1998 the name of the club has been reduced to Survival Jissen Slovakia and we have started to cooperate also with the mountaineering club Prometeus Handlová. Actually, the club owns small dojo where the club members meet each other and train traditional Okinawa karate Goju-ryu Shodokanas well as kobudo. Trainings are guided by the trainers Mr. Milan Korec (3. dan karate) and Tomáš Kubány (2. dan karate).
Okinawa Karate Považská Bystrica – OKPB
The club was founded in 2018. Peter Haladej and the people around him were behind it: Vladimír Haladej, Daniel Nátter, Martin Brojo, who also became its chairman. At the same time, he holds the position of head coach in the club. Okinawa Karate Považská Bystrica is a member of the Slovak Society of Traditional Karate and Kobudo and a member of the Slovak Karate Federation, which are national organizations supporting the development of traditional karate and kobudo in Slovakia. Thanks to the club’s membership in these organizations, the club has access to the seminars of Okinawan karate masters held in Slovakia and can obtain valuable information about karate directly from its birthplace. Trainings are guided by the trainers Mr. Peter Haladej (3. dan karate) and Vlado Haladej (1. dan karate)
Okinawa-te Bratislava
At the beginning of 2023, we became members of the Slovak Society of Traditional Karate and Kobudo (SSTKK), thus becoming full members of the international Okinawan federation Gojuryu Kokusai Karate Kobudo Renmei. Our club is officially registered as a civil association with the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic. We regularly participate in seminars led by experienced Okinawan masters directly in Okinawa or during their stay in Slovakia. Our goal is not only to improve our martial arts, but also to build a community of people who share a love for traditional karate and kobudo. We are convinced that everyone contributes to the mosaic of diverse skills and knowledge. We currently have almost 40 members. Main trainer of the dojo is Mr. Roman Nano (3. dan karate). More information about the club can be found on the website https://okinawa-te.sk/.