Shihan Roy Jerry Hobbs 10.Dan and founder (Soke) of Seiwakan-Budo. 28 years ago he started with martial arts. 24 years ago he began to train under Shihan Norbert Punzet (Germany) the style Kun-Tai-Ko. This style was created and formed by Soke Lucien Victor Ott in 1957 in Paris. He handed his system over to one of his ushi-deshi Punzet. After a long period of time of not beeing organized in any case, we had a foundation meeting to found the World Kun-Tai-Ko Budo Association. Belgium, Germany and Switzerland attended this meeting. The idea was to work together on an international basis and esspecially in a non-political manner. All not organized Associations and Dojos should find a new home of friendship martial artists all over the World. But after only a few years some officialls had the idea they must change already existing and very well working style. Watching this situation, Kleinschwärzer began to work against these way of leading the association. He was creating a new way of WKBA. A new, fantastic reorganization started and the members realized very soon, that this is a perfect way to stay without any interference. There is no politic at all. Only a few basic rules the members have to follow.

Shihan Jerry Hobbs 10. Dan from Illinois covers the back of the international Coordinator Freddy Kleinschwärzer and the K.I.A.B.. The international office (located in Schechen-Germany) organizes all events and occassions. There are no dealers in the K.I.A.B. like you find in other associations. Today you look around and soon you will realise, that there are a lots of associations, federations etc. orientated only in money of their members. The officials in these organizations use the power they got to change their characters and treat the members not with the correct behaviors. You find directors, presidents etc., but this is not neccessary for an friendship association.

The aim of the K.I.A.B. is, to give all non organized Dojos, Associations, Federations etc. a new, a better home to practice martial arts without any interference and with a absolutely non-political background.

They should get the chance to train together with friends in our small but growing martial arts family. We meet each year to train together during a international training camp and an international seminar or an international trainingcamp with great instructors and grandmasters from all over the World. The K.I.A.B. gives you an official recognition and of course a recognition of your current rank. There are no problems involved and no high costs or fees.

Since April 1981 I’m married to my wife Stefanie. I met her during my basictraining with the Federal Police Borderguard of Germany in Coburg. After some nice month we had together, I took her with me to my town Rosenheim near Munich. I’m very glad to have a wife like her, because sometimes she helps me to do two things at the same time. She is also extremely into the martial arts. 1987 she passed her blackbelt test. In 1985 she won the European Championships in Semicontact-Kickboxing. She bet a female fighter from Japan in the finals. 1987 she opened a martial arts school for children in Rosenheim/Germany. All the years before, she assisted me in developing the martial arts in our area and in our Dojo. After Dennis was born (now 12 years), she stopped with the martial arts to be 100 % mother. September 94 she started out doing education in fitness and she did get her degree as an Step-Reebok Instructor. Now she starts also to come back into the martial arts again. Even our son Dennis is now, after 7 years of children martial arts practising ready to get his kids blackbelt this december.

I came into the martial arts like a virgin to a baby. In my school class was always one of my friends running on his big toes through the classroom. We asked him how he can do something painful. His answer was quite simple. I do Kun-Tai-Ko Martial Arts. Now I was curious about this training and signed in on September 1977. After a few training events I recognized that this was all a big fraud. I found out very fast that there is more to do than to run on your toes all day long. From the first day on I was fascinated from all the possibilities you have with your body. About one year later I had a bad experience with a scumbag - guy on the street. There I had to use the first time ever my little knowledge about martial arts and it was my big luck. Otherwise I would be in the hospital and probably suffer on some serious injuries. From now on I swore to my self that I will never give up Martial Arts again. In January 79 I joined the Federal Police Germany, the former Federal Police Border guards. I had to stop my soccer carrier which was also very successful at this time ( I did play soccer beside the martial Arts training). The basic training for the Police was hundreds of miles away from my town and I was forced for a break. But Martial Arts I still could train, because it is an individualist sport you can train also as a single person. I trained for about 2 years on my own until I came back to my town. There a friend of mine and black belt opened his first school for Kun-Tai-Ko Karate and Self Defence near my town. He asked me whether I would like to help him as an assistant. Of course I did. And a close friendship started out. One and a half year later he had to leave to another town and he asked me whether I could take over this school. I did so and the Dojo is still running quite good. Sensei Bernard taught me more than just martial arts, he gave me the basics for my future. I have learned under him the respect, discipline and always to aim for an score. My score is to spread the name Kun-Tai-Ko all over the world and teach martial arts in honour and with proud to my students. Soon, after he left the Dojo I started to expand Kun-Tai-Ko Karate. I began near Munich to teach in a house of corrections for young people. It was a project I did together with a psychologist for one year. Right after my work in the police I headed of direction Munich to give the class. Afterwards I hurried back to my town to give the class there. My days were over every day at about 11 p.m. After this project was done, I opened an other Dojo in my town. It was called MTV - Rosenheim 1885 e.V. and it was always my dream to have Kun-Tai-Ko in this Club. After this Dojo was running very good too, I began to think about opening a new school. But one night my telephone rang. The US-Army Base sports director from the Bad Aibling Barracks called me to ask, whether I would like to become a Instructor for Karate and Self Defence there. It was a perfect timing, because I anyway was going to start a new school. At the first couple month I had problems with the language, but then everything turned out great for me. Now I was running 3 Dojo at the same time and I was it who gave the classes. That this is impossible for a long period is more than normal. So I decided to give one of my Dojo to my best Black belt student Günther Kurth. After a couple years I had some good new black belt students which need something to do. In 1991 I said to my self; Freddy it is time to open a new school and give one of the old Dojo to one of your masters again. I did so and Walter C. Riddle took over the Army-Dojo with all the American students. I started right afterwards my next school in downtown Rosenheim. One year long I had two schools running very good. In March 1992 I was thinking a little bit ahead into the future. I could go with my job as Bodyguard or Security to almost any country in the World to one of the German Embassies. I did the entire requirement I needed for this duty and they sent me for one year to Dublin Ireland. That meant that some of my other new black belts have to take over my schools in Germany. It was not difficult to find two honest students. Two of my black belts came along and offered their help while I am abroad. Meanwhile I studied in Dublin two new styles of Martial Arts.

With Anthony Carrick the style of Ryoi-Shinto-Ryu Ju-Jitsu and with Liam McDonagh, at present 4.Dan the traditional style of Chuan-Fa or Kenpo-Karate. In just a few month I was a kind of famous in Dublin because I won almost all the championships I entered. No matter which style. I won fighting and I won all Forms tournaments over there. With my special training in Bodyguarding and Police work, the English Grandmaster and Director of the International Bodyguard Association, James G. Shortt 8th Dan, appointed me as one of his national representatives for the IBA-Germany. My plans for the future: - spread out the name Kun-Tai-Ko, sooner or later to open a centre for fitness and martial arts- to establish a place for training of Bodyguards, Securities and Doormen. Right back from the Embassy I founded the Kun-Tai-Ko International Association of Budo, with the Hombu-Dojo in Germany. This K.I.A.B. is official recognized with the Dentokan Martial Arts Federation (World Hombu)! From December 1993 until 1995 I was working for the German Embassy as a special security in Peking / PR China. There I had the great opportunity to meet the Scotsman Colin Whitehead - now one of my best friends - and we shared lots of time together. He is a 3rd Dan Goju-Ryu Karate. Now he is living together with his lovely wife in Sofia / Bulgaria. After Beijing I had to decide to do something different in my job. I took the chance and went to lots of special education seminars for becoming a former instructor for self-defence for police special units. Also I did for several years a job, not many policemen like. I deported and deport until today illegal refugees and foreign criminals by airplane back to their Countries. For that reason I was already working in Vietnam, Thailand, Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria etc.! From 1999 until 2000 I served as Chief of Security again at the German Embassy. This time the Government sent me to Ankara/Turkey! I was responsible for 25 Turkish Security and taught them close combat and other important knowledge about security self-defence technique. At the end of my appointment I opened together with an Turkish Ju-Jutsu Instructor in Antalya a school for Ju-Jutsu in a Holliday Village near Kemer. Ali Cenap Ertay is a Professor of Psychology and teacher for history, martial arts and yoga.

My present assignment is Chief Instructor for the United Nations Mission in Kosovo at the Kosovo Police Service Training Department. In the Kosovo Police Academy in Vushtrri I am responsible to teach the Kosovo Police Officers in recertification.