Dr. Sobhi H. Berri

Président

Kansho Sobhi Berri, founder of the Kyokidokai and mix martial arts style . And Global self-defense federation

About

Kansho Sobhi Berri was born in Lebanon in 1959 and began practicing karate in 1973 with Master Okamoto and Master Nakayama for six months. He earned a yellow belt in Shotokan. In 1975, he began practicing Kyokushinkai with Hanshi Hashim Makiya. He earned a 1st dan black belt in 1977. After that, he trained this sport, Kyokushin, alongside his teacher, Al-Hanshi Hashim Makiya, until 1979. In the same year, 1979, he obtained a contract with the Iraqi government to train the Iraqi police and army, as well as to train the Palestinian Karate Federation (Iraq branch) and at Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad. In 1980, he obtained a 2nd Dan in Kyokushin and continued to train Kyokushin. In the same year, 1980, on the tenth day of the seventh month, he had a real and major fight with Master Sakat, who held a 4th Dan belt in Shotokan. The fight was a challenge in Baghdad until one of them bleeds the other. In 1982, he trained the Lebanese police for 15 years. In 1982, the Lebanese government sent him to Paris for a four-month training course with the French police.

He completed courses in martial arts, self-defense, French boxing (Savate), boxing, and wrestling. The training lasted eight hours a day. At the same time, He trained some French police officers in the Koikoshinkai system as actual training units. After returning to Lebanon, he began training the Lebanese police in martial arts and self-defense techniques. He was also a Kyokushinkai instructor at the Oyama Sports Center alongside Shihan Hisham Makiya. In 1987, he earned a 3rd Dan black belt in Kyokushinkai. In 1993, he earned a 4th Dan black belt. In 1993, he started his own martial arts and self-defense system under the name of the Lebanese Karate Federation. He traveled to the United States for several years to seek a higher level of martial arts and self-defense. He contacted the Scientific Self-Defense Federation and obtained representation from the International Self-Defense Federation, representing Lebanon. In 1994, he returned to the United States to earn a 5th Dan black belt in martial arts and self-defense. He also obtained representation in the Middle East. He began receiving requests from Arab countries, ignoring all the groans. And the complaints of all the people who knew him or didn't support him. In 1997, he earned his 6th dan black belt. In 2001, he earned his 7th dan black belt. In 2005, he earned his 8th dan black belt. On October 7, 2011, he earned his 9th dan black belt and the title of Kansho. Finally, he created a fighting style: Kyokidokai and Mixed Martial Arts and global self-defense federation .