The winter edition of the International Traditional Karate-do Seminar Gasshuku 2018 took place on February 14 to 18, 2018 at the Japanese Martial Arts and Sports Centre Dojo – Stara Wies in Poland. The seminar gathered 167 participants from the following countries: Austria, Japan, Italy, Poland, Peru, Romania, Serbia and Uruguay.

The trainings were conducted by the very special instructors:

ILIJA JORGA Soke 10 DAN (Serbia) – Founder and Executive President of World Fudokan Federation (WFF),

NELSON CARRION Sensei 7 DAN (Uruguay) – General Secretary of World Traditional Karate-Do Federation (WTKF), General Director and instructor of Traditional Karate Do Institute (TKI),

WŁODZIMIERZ KWIECIŃSKI Sensei 8 DAN (Poland) – Gasshuku coordinator – President of World Traditional Karate-do Federation (WTKF), Chairman of Traditional Karate Federation of Poland.

The event was also attended by:

• Chiyomaro Shimoda Sensei – legendary first Japanese karate instructor in Poland and supporter of idea of traditional karate-do development,
• Vladimir Jorga – President of European Traditional Karate Federation (ETKF),
• representatives of World Fudokan Federation (WFF): Atti Monia – WFF Vice-president, Igor Gajic – Vice-president of WFF Committee from Serbia, Aleksandar Simic – Executive Secretary and Davide Temporin – competitor from Italy.

International Traditional Karate-do Seminar Winter Gasshuku was an inaugural event of “2018 – year of Sensei Nishiyama’s legacy”. It is a very special time because in this year is the 90^th anniversary of Sensei Nishiyama’s birthday and the 10^th anniversary of his passing away.

The accompanying event was the Plebiscite for the Best Polish Traditional Athletes 2017 which was held on February 17.