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The
grandmaster and founder of the
tai jutsu system and the
International Christian Karate
Association was first introduced
to the martial arts in Beirut,
Lebanon, at the age of 12, when
he came across an illustrated
text, handwritten in Arabic, on
the art of karate. Shortly
thereafter, his family moved to
the United States, where, as a
youth on the streets of Los
Angeles, he learned the basics
of combat by necessity.
In 1971, he began his formal
training under grandmaster Tak
Kubota at the Hollywood
International Karate
Association. Two years later, he
began training with grandmaster
David German, whose TAI karate
merged grappling with other
styles, such as kung-fu and
kenpo. It was there that Dr.
Harfouche began to conceive the
idea of shorite ryu tai jutsu, a
comprehensive system that
contained all the components
necessary to be a truly complete
art.
After earning black belt level
ranks in five different martial
arts and obtaining his 10th dan
in TAI karate, Dr. Harfouche
unleashed his own body arts
style on the world and took the
martial arts community by storm.
His passion for the martial arts
led him to create the
International Christian Karate
Association, headquartered in
Pensacola, Florida, where he
runs a world-class training
center.
A lifelong student of 39 years
of the
martial arts, he seizes every
opportunity he can to study
other disciplines and train with
experts in other styles. His
accomplishments include:
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founder and creator
if Shorite Tai Jutsu
system |
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10th-degree black belt in David
German’s TAI karate |
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• 5th-degree black belt in
Taekwondo |
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• 4th-degree black belt in
Kenpo |
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• 2nd-degree black belt in
Kyokushin Karate |
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• 1st-degree black belt in Al
Thomas’ Budo Jujutsu |
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• black-belt-level rank in
Kung Fu |
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•
black-belt level
rank in Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu under
Carlos Machado |
Within the years of 2003 and
2008, Harfouche has been
recognized and nominated several
times for Grandmaster of the
year by many institutions
globally. He also was
awarded the prestige's Global
Peace Award. He is truly
an ambassador of goodwill to the
martial arts community.
In addition to his commitment to
the martial arts, Dr. Harfouche
is a world-renowned minister and
founder of the International
Miracle Institute bible training
center in Pensacola, Florida.
Dr. Harfouche travels globally,
proclaiming a message of healing
and hope. Working with large
corporations, he oversees the
distribution of millions of
dollars worth of clothing and
food with his
humanitarian organization,
to stop oppression and bring
freedom to people in every area
of their lives. |
