“A black belt is a white belt that has never stopped training”, this sentence from Grandmaster Manfred Tiefenbach hits the nail on the head. The success story began when Manfred Tiefenbach realized as a child that sport would play an important role in his life.
“I found out that football isn’t the only sport for me. Motivated by films by Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Co., it soon became clear where my further sporting path would lead me. In 1982 I started judo and combined it with weight training for a few years and graduations. With the beginning of the karate training it was clear that this is more what I was looking for”, says Grandmaster Manfred Tiefenbach. He has been self-employed in martial arts since 2008 and has been teaching for 24 years.
After graduation to 9th Dan DKI (“Dillman Karate International”). Grandmaster Manfred Tiefenbach with his son Marco Tiefenbach and the diploma.
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Grandmaster Manfred Tiefenbach is a state-certified instructor for karate, trainer in all-round karate and Shotokan karate as well as a kata and kumite judge, representative, training and examination chairman for Kyusho Jitsu/Ryukyu Kempo according to DKI (“Dillman Karate International”) and Zendoryu Martial Arts for Austria. In 2022 he was promoted to 9th Dan DKI (“Dillman Karate International”) and he is the only grandmaster in Austria in Kyusho Jitsu according to DKI. He is also the representative in Austria for Zendoryu Martial Arts, Dillman Karate International Kyusho Jitsu/Ryu-Kyu Kempo, Master’s Qi Protection and Zhi Neng Qigong.
“I have received numerous advanced training courses in a wide variety of martial arts such as Zendoryu Martial Arts, Kyusho Jitsu, Ryukyu Kempo, Kobudo, Modern Arnis, Judo, various styles of Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido, Jiu Jitsu, American Kempo and Small Circle at home and abroad made and was six times for trainer training in connection with taking various exams in the USA,” says Tiefenbach.
In 2010 he was in America in Professor George A. Dillman’s “Muhammad Ali Camp” in Orwigsburg, which he looks back on with pleasure. “Professor George A. Dillman and Grandmaster Paul Bowman have shaped my Karate Do ‘Leere Hand Weg’ for many years,” says Tiefenbach. A special highlight in 2019 was attending the graduation ceremony of the Great Grandmaster Tae Yun Kim with his son Marco for the 10th Dan on the west coast of the USA in California as two of 72 guests of honor with over 500 handpicked guests from all over the world.
Manfred Tiefenbach lives martial arts with a lot of passion and emphasizes: “Hold on to your ideals, dreams and goals, train and work hard for them, don’t let yourself be dissuaded and one day they will come true,” said Grandmaster Manfred Tiefenbach.
