OUR INSTRUCTORS

Our Black Belt instructors have trained under the guidance of Grandmaster Tadashi Nakamura in New York. Our instructors are not only chosen for their years of experience and teaching ability, but for their compassion and desire to help others.

Mainstream Program

Senpai Ben Farago is a 3rd Degree Black Belt with over 16 years experience. He commenced his training in Auckland, New Zealand. He has won several junior NAS Tournament and competed in the Seido 30th Anniversary 2006 Saiten Tournament in New York. Ben has 7 years of teaching experience including 3 years with visually impaired students. Ben works as a jeweller.

Senpai Kinga Farago is a 3rd Degree Black Belt with over 15 years experience. She has won several national and international competitions in Australia and in the United States and won the Grand Champion title in the kumite competition of the Seido 2003 Sydney International Benefit Tournament. Kinga has been visiting and training in different Dojos, in New York, Wellington, Melbourne and Geelong. She has 3 years of experience in teaching, including with visually impaired students. She is currently studying PE at UWS.

Sensei Nora Farago is a 4th Degree Black Belt with 15 years of experience. She competed in several national and international competitions in Australia and in the United States. She has been visiting and training in different Dojos, in New York, Tokyo, Osaka, Wellington and Auckland. Nora has 11 years of experience in teaching, including 5 years with visually impaired students. Nora is an accountant and runs her own bookkeeping business.

Vision Program

Sensei Miklos Farago is a 4th Degree Black Belt with over 15 years experience. He competed in several national and international tournaments in Australia. He won silver medal in Senior Black Belt Kumite, at the 2003 Seido International Benefit Tournament. He has been visiting and training in different Dojos, in New York, Wellington and Auckland. Miklos has 9 years teaching experience and started a Blind and Visually Impaired Program in 2001. His first two students graded for Black Belt in early 2007. Miklos works as a network engineer for IBM.