World-class teachers

100+

Combined Years of Experience

At IkeNamiKan we practice karate under direct influence of Shirai, Kase and modern insights in biomechanics and didactical methods. Our teachers are life-long practitioners of karate who trained karate under direct students of Shirai, Kase and Aschieri.

Elmo Diederiks, Ikenamikan

Elmo Diederiks

Elmo Diederiks is a 6th dan and level 4 NOC-NSF certified teacher recognized by the ministry of Health and Education (“rijkserkend”). He has represented the Netherlands as member of the National team, has been Dutch Champion three years in a row, and is former National Technical Trainer and National Coach.

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Mauro Barbieri

Mauro Barbieri

Mauro Barbieri is a 5th dan and level 4 NOC-NSF certified teacher. He is a student of Ricardo Pesce (7th dan), who is a direct student of Shirai, who as trained world-class karateka such as Marchini. He has previously represented his hometown region in the Italian regional team.

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Ildiko Redai

Ildiko Redai is a 5th dan and level 3 NOC-NSF certified teacher and responsible for our youth classes.  She is well connected in the global SKI federation, currently SKI world champion kata masters and National Coach of the Belgian SKI team.

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Classes

Ikenamikan Karate is characterised by an emphasis on motoric skills, natural movement, effective techniques and realistic application, all in order to build physical and mental resilience. Respect and safety are core values, and we make classes challenging for both beginners and experts.

Classes are open to everyone. We train every Monday and Thursday at 18:00-19:30 in the Fontys Sporthogeschool at the Theo Koomenlaan 3 in Eindhoven.

Ikanemikan is a non-profit foundation, but we do need to cover cost (Read more about Ikanmikan as an organization). Therefore we have the following minimum donation levels, to be fulfilled upfront:

(Individual classes are 7.50 EUR, but this will be discounted when people sign up).


Single Class: 7,50 EUR
1 training per week: 25 EUR / month
2 trainings per week: 35 EUR / month

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About Karate

Everyone has heard about karate at some point in time, but did you know that karate is relatively young, that ‘true traditional karate’ does not exist and that you cannot really learn karate from a book or video?

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Start Your Journey

At Ikenamikan we look at karate in a holistic and integrative way: Karate is one. We train with an emphasis on building high quality movement capabilities to allow safe and natural movement and training.

Book a class today and get started on your journey!

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