Black Belt Instructors &Staff
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Through extensive testing, certification and tournament level competition, Budo-Kan Fighting Arts of Fresno staff has attained a high level of expertise in Wado Ryu Karate.
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They enjoy sharing their expertise and passing it on to other students,
all the while continuing to further their own skills and training.
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Our Instructors have spent many years devoted to karate and are highly qualified as both teachers and mentors.
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Headed by Larry Heredia (Sensei)
Staff include: Storm Heredia ( Senpi )
Dojo Manager: Sandy Tumoine
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Budo-Kan Fighting Arts of Fresno offers a number of programs for physical fitness and instruction in Karate, Olympic Style Fighting, Kickboxing and Muay Thai.
Budo-Kan Fighting Arts of Fresno has produced champions in life as well as in the martial arts.
Sensei Larry Heredia
Owner & Head Instructor
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Budo-Kan Fighting Arts of Fresno
I began training at the age of 11 in Fresno, California. My first Karate Instructor was Sensei, Greg Dow; who moved to California in the early 70’s and trained under Sensei, Toyotaro Miyazaki, in New York. I achieved the rank of (Purple II). After a year off of training, I joined Sensei, Stuart Quan, School who was Sensei Dow’s outstanding student and for his own reasons he broke away to begin his own Karate School. Sensei Quan was a Second Degree Black Belt and opened up his own dojo in Fresno, California. Sensei, Greg Dow, moved away and opened up another dojo in the Pacific Grove, Ca. I received my Black Belt December 20, 1989, and began teaching full-time for Sensei Quan shortly after achieving my Shodan.
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Sensei Quan had numerous achievements and National Ranking in the Open Tournament Circuit during the 1980 to 1990’s. I continued training in Shotokan Karate under Sensei Quan until he passed on January 8, 2006.
I competed in Open Style Tournaments and fought Open Style Fighting/Team fighting for many years and I competed in Traditional Japanese Karate tournaments. In addition, I trained and competed in Boxing and Kickboxing.
Instructor
Senpai Storm Heredia
First Degree Black Belt with 17 yrs of experience. Accomplished National and International Competitor. USA Team member. Winner of the Wado World Championship 2017. Passion for this wonderful art and teaching and learning everything about Karate.
