Efthimios Karamitsos

Efthimios Karamitsos (born on August 1, 1956 in Sykea, Greece) is a German karate teacher (7 Dan) and the author of various sports books.

Career

Efthimios Karamitsos began studying medicine in 1975 in Italy. At the same time he trained Karate with Perlati and Hiroshi Shirai. In Germany he studied sports science in Frankfurt am Main and continued his training with Hideo Ochi and Mura. He was very successful in competition and won a lot of championships. His major achievements were in the field of kata e.g. 1980 the 3rd place at the World Championship at Bremen, Germany.

After he has finished his studies and successful career in competitions, he teaches karate in his dojo BudoCenter in Frankfurt am Main, Bornheim, Berger Strasse 275 and regularly hosts international training courses. Since 1992 he is the German federal trainer of kata.

http://www.budocenter-karamitsos.de/

Achievements and Awards

• 6x German Champion
• 6x European Champion
• 2x 3rd rank in World Cup
• "Silbernes Lorbeerblatt", awarded in January 1988 by Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker.^[1]

References