Thomas started with martial arts in 1983 in Switzerland.
All began with Shotokan Karate.
Encounters with different styles and various instructors lead to more.
Always in search of answers to improve his abilities and understanding of budo.
He started teaching in Switzerland, with the move to Vancouver a long wish could be realized: opening his own dojo.
Vancouver, BC - Canada Chapter
Teacher of Kobudo and Karate Do, Functional Training Instructor
Thomas Wacker
Matayoshi Kobudo
Nidan
Passing karatedo shodan exam gave him the inducement to start kobudo. In 2011 in Bern he found the perfect dojo (marudojo.ch) of Marko Marffy sensei to learn and study Matayoshi kobudo.
During a study travel in Okinawa he passed the exam for shodan at the Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan.
2023 in spring he spent 1 month at the Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan in Okinawa and in fall, during a short stay in Switzerland, received his nidan.
Shotokan Karate
Sandan
Starting of in 1983, with a few business related pauses. It was at Karate Club Kanazawa Bern, Switzerland where he got deeply engaged in martial arts.
Business related travel brought the opportunity to train with a handful well known masters around Europe and Middle East.
Currently he holds a 3rd Dan Shotokan Karate Do.
Functional Training
Certified Instructor
The question is not „what kind of muscles do you have?“, but „what kind of patterns of movement do you have?“ – Ido Portal
Body mechanics and its applications for optimized development and improvements in ones every days life and in martial arts lead to diving a bit deeper into this topic with the result of becoming Functional Training Instructor.
又吉古武道
Matayoshi Kobudō History
Matayoshi Kobudo is a style of Okinawan Kobudo that was developed by Matayoshi Shinpo during the Twentieth Century. Martial arts have been practiced by the Matayoshi family for over 9 generations.
In the early 20th century Matayoshi Shinko 又吉眞光 was asked to demonstrate Kobudo to the Japanese Emperor. He did this twice alongside the likes of Chojun Miyagi and Gichin Funakoshi.
Following the death of Matayoshi Shinko in 1947, his son Shinpo, continued his father’s legacy by teaching kobudo. Matayoshi Shinpo started a dojo in the 1970s in memory of his father and called it the Kodokan 光道館. From the Kodokan he taught a wide variety of traditional weapons associated with Okinawan peasants. In 1972, Matayoshi Sensei created the Zen Okinawan Kobudo Renmei as an organisation dedicated to the teaching and studying of Okinawa Kobudo. Following the death of Shinpo Matayoshi in 1997, Matayoshi Kobudo practitioners now find themselves split into different organisations.
Thanks to the extensive teaching of Matayoshi Shinpo and his students, Matayoshi Kobudo has great influence and respect around the world and dojos can now be found worldwide.
The Honbu Dojo and the Matayoshi Family Home is the Kodokan in Naha, Okinawa. Matayoshi Yasushi is the spiritual head of Matayoshi Kobudo as appointed by his father.
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