ABOUT US

Sensei Paul P. Belle Isle, 4th Dan, Shindo Jinen-Ryu Karate-Do Sensei Paul Belle Isle began martial arts training in 1985 at Cornell University, where he earned first dan ranking in Shito-Ryu karate. He has also trained extensively in Shotokan karate under Sensei Teruyuki Okazaki in the District of Columbia and Sensei Masataka Mori in New York City. Sensei Belle Isle joined Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai in 1999, training under Sensei Howard High, and is fourth dan in Shindo Jinen-Ryu karate. He taught in Kansas City from 2001-2005 and is now ranking instructor at the JKR-Saint Louis dojo. Sensei, Amir Kundalic, 2nd Dan, Shindo Jinen-Ryu Karate-Do Sensei Amir Kundalic has been training in karate since 1988, beginning in his native Bosnia. He holds second degree black belt rank in Shotokan karate from the Bosnian Karate Federation, as well as second degree rank in Shindo Jinen-Ryu from Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai. An instructor since 1990, he has taught widely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, providing training for the Bosnian Special Forces of Police. Sensei Kundalic was a member of the Bosnian National Karate Team, and national champion for that country for three years straight, beginning in 1993. He joined JKR in 1997, training under Sensei Howard High in Kansas City, before founding the Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai dojo in Saint Louis, where he is chief instructor.