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SAMAN K WIJENAYAKE

​Dr. Saman K. Wijenayake was born in February on the 27 in 1977, in Hettipola City Matale in Sri Lanka. He established Ashihara Ceylon Fight Club International MMA Association ACFC, World Mixed Martial Arts Organization Mumonkan and Seishin Karate School. Saman K. Wijenayake started his carrier in Sports Martial Arts in March 1988. He Practised Kyokushin Karate. Further he improved his style with Ashihara Karate (NIKO) for 4 years from 1994 under Sensei D. C. M. Karunathilake. Saman was appointed as the Branch Chief of Nakayama Kaikan Karate in Sri Lanka in 1997. Saman holds the Guinness record for breaking 1500 tiles in 42 minutes in 1999. In the same year he toured India, Japan and Denmark to participate in Asian tournament , World cup and Special training of Ashihara Karate (NIKO) 2004 respectively to reach 2nd DAN Black belt. Then he was appointed as a Branch Chief and Chief instructor from 2003 to 2008 for Ashihara Karate (NIKO) in Italy. Saman won the Kick Boxing Championship in Europe in 2004 under the weight category of 70kg which was held in Belgium. He learned Mumonkai Budo Karate in France from the Founder Kaicho Togashi Yoshimoto in 2008 and achieved the 3rd DAN Black belt level. Saman went to Japan in 2010 and reached the 4th DAN Black belt in "50 men Kumite" and then was appointed as an Asian Leader of Mumonkai Budo Karate for South Asian Region in 2009. In addition to that he was appointed as the Branch Chief instructor for Sri Lanka, Dubai and Italy for the style of Toshin Kaikan Karate and Toshin Kickboxing. He learned Yoga in India and achieved the level of Yoga Instructor in 2008. He was appointed as International Japan Karate Organization Josui Kai East and South Asian Chief and the Chief Instructor in 2012. Saman won the 42 All Japan Budo Karate Championship (World Cup Mumonkai Budo Karate) in 2012 under the weight category of 70kg which was held in Japan. He was appointed as International Kyonewaza Federation (Submission Techniques) group leader and Sri Lanka chief instructor in 2014. In 2015, he was appointed as Italian Sport National Centre as a SHIHAN ( Master) and 7 th Dan Black Belt. He has toured more than 50 countries to participate in Karate and Kick-boxing tournaments, and he is an instructor for Martial Arts and has trained more than 1000 students with his unique techniques and styles of Martial Arts under the guidance of the founder of Mumomkai Kaicho Togashi Yoshimoto in Japan, the director of Ashihara Karate Kancho Hidinori Ashihara in Japan, the founder of Brzilian Jiujtsu Kyoniwaza, Shihan Babel Casaba, the founder of Yamato Judo Maestro Ruggiero Parente in Ialy, the co founder Mumonkan MMA Shihan Yashushi Frukawa in Japan and many more. He won the Phd in International Martial Art. (University of Martial Arts in Japan in 2016)