
Mr. Miguel Villalobos
Mr. Miguel Villalobos has been training intensevely traditional Karate in the USA and Japan for about 45 years he started traditional Karate around 1970 in his lovely home town of Goleta, CA. Mr. Villalobos attended locally College and, under restricted tutelage learned the style of Shoto Kan from Master Hidateka Nishiyama and Mr. William Berk. Few years later in 1974 the Goleta dojo closed the doors; right after the closure of the dojo Mr. Miguel Villalobos joined Mr. David Krieger Sensei founder of Pacific Karate Do Institute (PKI) a traditional Shito Ryu, and under restricted tutelage learned the style of Shito Ryu Karate from sensei Krieger in Montecito, CA. With permission from Mr. David Krieger sensei Mr. Miguel Villalobos instructed in Santa Barbara,YMCA from 1976-1980.
By the spring of 1980 Mr. Miguel Villalobos relocated to Santa Maria, CA and opened his dojo in the Minami center. By 1995 Mr. Miguel Villalobos was accepted a direct student from Master Soke Kenzo. Master Kenzo Mabuni the son of the founder of the shito ryu system grand Master Kenwa Mabuni. Mr Villalobos learned the the original Shito Ryu Karate style, and with headquarters Hombu Home Dojo in Osaka, Japan.
Mr. Villalobos currently holds the rank 8 Dan Hanshi. Currently he lives with his family in Orcutt, CA and instructs traditional Shito Ryu Karate at Maramonte Center in Orcutt, CA.
Mr. Villalobos currently a cancer survivor
Haiku
Great battle been fought, a surviving warrior,
cancer free,
great desire for learning is born.
Mr. Miguel Villalobos