- Loek Hollander
Loek Hollander is a prominent karate practitioner. He began training
Kyokushin Karate inthe Netherlands in1962 . [ [http://www.kyokushin.co.jp/eng/ic_loek.htm Shihan Loek Hollander] ] Hollander earned his 1stDan in1965 . AfterSosai Masutatsu Oyama 's passing, KanchoShokei Matsui appointedShihan Loek to be a regional representative for the European and African nations to which he serves today. In1999 , Kancho Matsui honored Shihan Loek with the rank of 8th Dan, [ [http://www.europeankyokushin.org/ekko/ EUROPEAN KYOKUSHIN KARATE ORGANISATION] ] making him one of the highest-ranking members of the IKO Kyokushinkaikan. Shihan Hollander was the fourth person ever to complete the100-man kumite in1967 .References
External links
* [http://www.musashi.nl/Engels/dannetherlandsengframe.htm Dutch Kyokushin Black Belt Register]
* [http://www.cvdnet.com/sidneykai/knl.htm Kyokushin in the Netherlands]
* [http://www.europeankyokushin.org/upevents/ 40th WEST EUROPEAN SUMMER CAMP PAPENDAL 2007]
* [http://www.superkarate.ru/hyakunin/hollander/hyakunin_kumite_hollander.htm Loek Hollander's Hyakunin Kumite] in Russian
* [http://www.dutchkyokushin.nl/ Dutch Kyokushin] in Dutch
* [http://www.karate.org.pl/gallery/eco04/opening/11.html Shihan Loek Hollander receiving the souvenir "Thank you for Kyokushin in Poland"]
* [http://www.ikohonbu.com/w.euro_camp_071002.html West European Summer Camp 2002]
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