About Sensei Deddy Mansyur, Shotokan Rokudan:
Sensei Mansyur hails from Jakarta, Indonesia and is a student of Sensei Sabeth Muchsin, who himself trained with Sensei Masatoshi Nakayama, chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) and student of the founder of Shotokan, Master Gichin Funakoshi. Muchsin later established the Karate-Do Institute of Indonesia (INKAI) and the Japan Karate Association (JKA) of Indonesia - a direct extension of the JKA.
On December 12, 1976, Mansyur earned his Shodan (first degree black belt) from the INKAI. The following year, September 16, 1977, he moved to Houston, Texas, USA, where he enrolled at the University of Houston (UH) to pursue his degree in industrial distribution technology. However, with karate-do being his first love, he established the UH Shotokan Karate-Do Club, which became Houston's first traditional Shotokan dojo. Since that time, Mansyur has continued to pass down the teachings of Funakoshi to countless students from across the globe.
He also continues to work as a Shotokan contract instructor to martial arts business owners from across the Houston area.
He has had the opportunity to train with world-renowned karate masters, including Nakayama, Nishiyama, Enoeda, Okazaki, Takashina, Mikami, Higaonna, Toyoda, Chinen, Yaguchi, Sato, Kanazawa, Koyama, Mori, Okamoto, Kagawa, and Kohama. Mansyur also serves as technical self defense advisor to the Indonesian Special Forces and is a SKIF-certified Rokudan (sixth degree black belt).
In 2003, Mansyur officially joined the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF), which was founded by Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa in 1977.
Sensei Mansyur hails from Jakarta, Indonesia and is a student of Sensei Sabeth Muchsin, who himself trained with Sensei Masatoshi Nakayama, chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) and student of the founder of Shotokan, Master Gichin Funakoshi. Muchsin later established the Karate-Do Institute of Indonesia (INKAI) and the Japan Karate Association (JKA) of Indonesia - a direct extension of the JKA.
On December 12, 1976, Mansyur earned his Shodan (first degree black belt) from the INKAI. The following year, September 16, 1977, he moved to Houston, Texas, USA, where he enrolled at the University of Houston (UH) to pursue his degree in industrial distribution technology. However, with karate-do being his first love, he established the UH Shotokan Karate-Do Club, which became Houston's first traditional Shotokan dojo. Since that time, Mansyur has continued to pass down the teachings of Funakoshi to countless students from across the globe.
He also continues to work as a Shotokan contract instructor to martial arts business owners from across the Houston area.
He has had the opportunity to train with world-renowned karate masters, including Nakayama, Nishiyama, Enoeda, Okazaki, Takashina, Mikami, Higaonna, Toyoda, Chinen, Yaguchi, Sato, Kanazawa, Koyama, Mori, Okamoto, Kagawa, and Kohama. Mansyur also serves as technical self defense advisor to the Indonesian Special Forces and is a SKIF-certified Rokudan (sixth degree black belt).
In 2003, Mansyur officially joined the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF), which was founded by Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa in 1977.
Mentions and credentials
Instructor teaches mind, body control - Houston Chronicle
Cougars kick off semester with karate - The Daily Cougar
Giving women options in face of assault - The Jakarta Post
Catch Sensei Deddy on OSH TV during SKIF Worlds in August in Indonesia!
https://youtu.be/7qXBTdrSQwc
* Shotokan/kickboxing/physical education college instructor
* Founder and chief instructor of the University of Houston Shotokan Karate-Do Club, est. 1978
* Technical self defense advisor to the Indonesian Special Forces
* 2010 JKA AF U.S. National Karate Championships Gold Medalist, University of New Orleans
* 2009 WUKO World Championships Bronze Medalist, Guadalajara, Mexico
* 2007 SKIF Pan American Gold Medalist, San Jose, Costa Rica
* 2006 SKI-USF National Gold Medalist, Martinez, California
* 2-Time USA-NKF National Champion
* 9-Time All South JKA AF Champion
* 20-Time State of Texas Champion