Ilija Jorga

Ilija Jorga ( Serbian - Cyrillic Илија Јорга ; born November 15, 1940 in Belgrade ) is a Serbian karate teacher and founder of Fudokan karate ( Sōke 10th Dan ) and a physiologist.

Life

Early on, he paved the way for the development of karate in the former Yugoslavia.

He is the most famous senior karate instructor in the Balkans. Jorga teaches physiology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He incorporated the knowledge of physiology and anatomy into the development of Fudokan Karate when he created a unique style in traditional karate - Fudokan, for which he has become world famous.

• Styles: Shotokan, Fudokan
• Teachers: Tesuji Murakami, Taiji Kase, Hidetaka Nishiyama
• Graduation: Soke, black belt, 10th Dan,
• Karate master in the former Yugoslavia and today's Serbia

Karateka biography

He started karate training at the age of 19 (1959). His first teacher was his brother Vladimir Jorga, then he trained under the guidance of Tetsuji Murakami, after his death under Taiji Kase and Hidetaka Nishiyama.

Graduations

• In 1967 he received the 1st Dan from Master Tetsuji Murakami in Zagreb
• In 1968 he received the 2nd Dan from Master Taiji Kase in St. Raphail, France
• In 1971 he received the 3rd Dan from Master Taiji Kase in Paris
• In 1975 he received the 4th Dan from Master Taiji Kase in Belgrade
• In 1978 he received the 5th Dan from Master Taiji Kase in Belgrade
• In 1982 he received the 6th Dan from Master Taiji Kase in Paris
• In 1987 he received the 7th Dan from Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in Los Angeles
• In 1998 he received the 8th Dan from Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in San Diego
• In 2003 he was awarded the 9th Dan by the WTFSKF in Verona
• In 2008 he was awarded the 10th Dan by the IBMA in the USA

National and international successes

Jorga was European champion in the Kata discipline and 13 times in a row champion in the open weight class in Kumite, several times in a row European champion, winner and medalist in many international competitions. He only fought in the open weight class, although he is not of great stature.

He won 18 medals in international competitions, including European and World Championships. Ilija Jorga was the first non-Japanese to win the Kata World Championship in Tokyo.

Between 1968 and 1981 he was the head coach of the Yugoslav national team, winning more than 65 medals in international competitions, including 12 European and world championships.

Foundation of the Fudokan

On November 15, 1980, Jorga presented a new style of karate: the modern form of continuation of traditional karate called Fudokan. The kata he performed were Heian Oi Kumi, Taiji Shodan, and Kaminari. Since then he has organized international courses and seminars. He officially inherited the Yoshitaka Funakoshi Shotokan style. He is the author of many karate books and lives in Belgrade.

Personal

Ilija Jorga is the second son of Cornelius Jorga, a civil engineer and cousin of Nicholae Jorga. He moved around the country very often in his early childhood. He graduated from Belgrade Medical School, the city he calls his homeland, with a doctorate in medicine. Today he travels all over the world and spends several months a year in Russia and the United States.

He has three children: two daughters, Tijana and Anamaria, who are also doctors, and a son, MSc Finance Aleksa.

Publications in German: Traditional Fudokan Karate - My Way

Basic psychological and physical principles of karate, edited by Karl-Hans König, ISBN 978-3-8482-0452-6

This karate book by Jorga, first published in German, describes the basic physical and psychological principles of traditional Fudokan karate. Fudokan is an expanded concept of Shotokan Karate, which complements the traditional aspects of Karate from Shotokan, Shito-Ryu, Gojo-Ryu and Okinawa-Te with the knowledge of modern biomechanics and sports medicine. Fudokan means “house of stable foundations” and was founded in 1980 by Jorga. He still teaches and teaches worldwide today, including in Germany. In this book he goes into detail on the application of these principles in training and in combat and explains their connections and terminology. In addition, all Fudokan Kata are listed and the Fudokan-specific Kata such as Meikyo Nidan, Taiji Shodan, Heian Oi Kumi and Kaminari are described and illustrated.

bibliography

• Program for acquisition of student titles, Belgrade 1967.
• Karate - Introduction of a Fighting Art, Sports Book, Belgrade 1968.
• Karate in Yugoslavia, Special Booklet on the occasion of the First World Karate Do Championship in Tokyo, 1970.
• Heian-Shodan Kata, Sports Book, Belgrade 1973.
• International Karate Rules, Judging and Fighting, Sports Book, Belgrade 1975.
• Nunchaku and Karate. Fighting Arts of Okinawa, Sports Book, Belgrade 1975.
• Tekki and Enpi Katas, Sports Book, Belgrade 1976 (1978, 1980, 1984).
• Nunchaku and Karate. The Art of Nunchaku Fighting based on Ka-rate elements, Sports Book, Belgrade 1981.
• The Rules of Sports Karate Fighting, Sports Book, Belgrade 1981.
• Heian-Shodan Kata, Sports Book, Belgrade 1973.
• Masters Karate Katas (Bassai, Kanku Dai, Jion), Sports Book, Bel-grade 1986.
• Masters Karate Katas (Hangetsu, Gankaku, Niju-Shiho, Unsu), Sports Book, Belgrade 1986.
• Fudokan Karate Do Fighting Art, Fudo-Press, Belgrade 1991.
• Fudokan Karate, Fudokan International Press, Berlin 1994.
• Fudokan ABC, Fudo-Press Belgrade-Berlin 1994.
• First Aid in Sports, Belgrade 1997.
• Traditional Fudokan Karate - My Way: Fundamental Psychological and Physical Principles of Karate, BoD 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0452-6 .

Web links

• Website of the Fudokan Karate Academy Germany e. V. (FKAD)
• World Fudokan Federation (WFF) Website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.fudokan-deutschland.com/fudokan-karate/soke-prof-dr-ilija-jorga/