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Kancho
Mr. Weber, the SANSHIN-KAN founder, holds the
honored title of "Kancho".
Kancho is a well experienced and qualified
military person who served in the Foreign Legion
and is currently ranked as brigadier general in
the Swedish military reserve army. Mr. Weber was
honored to receive few bravery medals for his
achievements.
Kancho established the style as a result of his
deep knowledge and vast experience in close
combat fighting during war as a commander in the
Foreign Legion.
Kancho is well recognized as one of the Europe's
premier close combat experts. He has trained
Police and Armed Forces in close combat and
self-defense in various countries e.g. USA,
Canada, France, Turkey and Israel.
Kancho was born in 1942 and started to learn
Judo under the teaching of Kawaishi Sensei, 8
Dan. He is occupied by Martial Arts since early
50's and was fist graded to first Dan in 1957.
Today Kancho holds the rank of Kudan (9th degree
black belt) in World Karate federation and he
also has been honored the rank of Judan (10th
degree black belt) in Shito-ryu Motobu-ha.
During his more than 50 years of martial arts
experience he has also achieved black belts in
Judo, Aikido and Ju-Jitsu. Kancho startes to
teach in 1965 and he was also a member in the
Swedish National Karate Team.
In 1983 he received 7th Dan "Shihan" title by
Motobu-Ha Shito-Ryu.
In 1985 Kancho was responsible to promote
Shito-Ryu and was the official representative of
SeiShin-Kai in Europe and the Middle-East.
During his many visits in Okinawa he'd met and
worked with well known teachers: Nanbu Yoshinau,
Fujiware, Nakazono, Suzuki, Kazaki, Anai, Kawata,
Miyazato, Kuniba, Tani Chojiro, Hizatake,
Hayashi.
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Mr. Weber wrote two fascinating books in
which he gracefully describes his
exceptional life story: "Song of the Desert"
and "The Warrior's Rose". |
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In Addition Mr. Weber has published a
Video Cassette in which he explains basics
of his practical approach of Close-combat
Self-Defense under the name "Close
Encounters". |
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