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Stephan LEIFELD

born 11th August, 1967, Essen-Steele / Germany

Married, father of six children

Here below follows a short description of National and International honorary positions

and experiences within the field of sport and related activities:

1971 … starting with Judo at Sportschule Samurai Essen, Sensei R. Drechsler und D. Bruns

1993 … Founder of Judo section of Sportclub TV Kupferdreh 1877, Essen-Kupferdreh / Germany

2001 … Founder of HARA-(AI)KI-(YOSHIN-RYU)-JUDO // reg. MAA International / WOMA / MAH&FA / CCDF

e.g. rec. by Norbert KRAFT, Bernd HÖHLE, Joachim LEHMANN, Kevin O’CONNOR

2002 … Founder of Judo Section of youth club WIGWAM in Straelen /

Later from this groups three clubs were founded: Judo Section from SV Straelen, from SV Herongen

and SAMURAI Straelen/Walbeck e.V. // SAMURAI Dorsten / Pankration Dorsten

2005 … Founder of Judo-Section of Turnerbund Essen-Überruhr e.V. and later TVE Burgaltendorf Kampfkunst Section

7th DAN Nihon Shinbudo (ISA/ISO/WJJC) given by Kevin O’CONNOR / rec. Dr. Paul HOGLUND

6th DAN Aikijitsu (MAA/WOMA/ISA/ISO/WJJC), rec. by André le CAPITAINE / Heinz HAGEDORN

6th DAN Ju-Jutsu (ISA/SBC/ISO/WJJC), given by Dr. Ivica ZDRAVKOVIC / rec. by Bernd HÖHLE

5th DAN Judo (WJF/DJF), exam. Norbert KRAFT / rec. by Jaime Casanova MARTINEZ

3rd DAN Jiu-Jitsu (MAA/ISA/ISO/DJJU/WJJC), exam. Heinrich DROSTEN / rec. e.g. by Rainer GRYTT

2011 … Founder of Deutsche Judo Federation / World Judo Federation Germany

2013 … Co-Founder WJJ Confederation / Pavia ITALY

Functions:

Since

2011 … President of Deutsche Judo Föderation

Since

2014 … President of International Shinbudo Association

Since

2021 … Director of Marketing + Development WORLD JUDO FEDERATION

and Director of Marketing + Development WORLD JIU-JITSU CONFEDERATION

2021 … Founder of Ryushinkai Jiu-Jitsu

Masterstudent of Norbert KRAFT +

Student of Josef SCHRADE, Herbert DECHANT +, Ralf DRECHSLER, Dieter BRUNS.