GIORGIO VECCHIET- Tecnical Director of Shihan-Kai KISA
Black Belt 5. Dan
He was born in Corrmons - Gorizia - Italy on 17th june 1956.
He had his first approach to Martial Arts with JUDO in Trieste, town of his present day residence, in 1969, when he was fifteen years old,
After a short period of JUDO practice, he decided to give it up as he didn’t feel himself mature. But, in the meanwhile, he prepared his small constitution to face the Martial Arts in the future in a more complete way. When he was approximately 18 years old, he began to practice KARATE-DO SHOTOKAI. At that time (1973) in Trieste there were only two KARATE-DO schools and the practice of SHOTOKAI style was not as developed as nowadays.
His intense and convinced daily constancy in the KEIKOS made him understand the richness of SHOTOKAI style under all its aspects. His first meeting with his MASTER - SENSEI TETSUJI MURAKAMI - (responsible of SHOTOKAI style in Europe) happened in France in 1978. This meeting will confirm his WAY in KARATE-DO SHOTOKAI.
In 1981 he opened his school called SUISHIN-KAN - the School of Pure Spirit. , with the help of his wife, who has always been near him in his research. This name was given by his Master.
At first the practice had place in public schools.
At the same time he intensely followed the Master Murakami teaching, and in 1986 he succeeded in satisfying the dream of opening his DOJO SUISHIN-KAN, which represented, as many people say (among which also Japanese experts) the traditional Japanese DOJO.
In
the same year also Master Murakami satisfied a desire of his and
organized a travel to Japan with a European group of SHOTOKAI
practitioners. Giorgio Vecchiet was chosen by Sensei Murakami to
demonstrate and represent European SHOTOKAI with a KATA in front of the
Japanese highest experts of Fujitsu Dojo.
In spite of his bad health, Sensei Murakami gave to Giorgio Vecchiet the knowledge of Japanese Shotokai and this important appointment will be the last demonstration of his Master dressed in karategi
On the 24th of January 1987 his master died, at the age of sixty years old, with no few sufferings. His death is due to lung tumour. The loss of master Murakami shocked Giorgio Vecchiet very much, but, at the same time, convinced him even more to study the SHOTOKAI evolution.
Due to the will of Master Murakami SHOTOKAI remained without guide in Europe.
Many groups were inevitably formed all over Europe and among them the one that today Giorgio Vecchiet represents together with other Italian and foreign Masters.
Giorgio Vecchiet pursues unperturbed the teaching of Master Murakami, directing “stages” in Europe and trying to develop KARATE-DO SHOTOKAI in the chosen Way. After 20 years of teaching in his Dojo SUISHIN-KAN in Trieste and after 25 years of teaching, in a whole, today he is surrounded by 16 black belts and many practitioners, adults, adolescents and children who study together with him the WAY of SHOTOKAI