Egea Karate Club, the new dojo of seven-time world champion José Manuel Egea once again demonstrates his tireless winning and disseminating spirit. Now, through his new project in Madrid.
The seven-time world and thirteen-time European champion, Jose Manuel Egea, He opened a dojo three months ago in Villanueva de la Cañada. The historic Spanish karate fighter is a tireless athlete who has already touched all the suits in the world.. “Parallel to the competition I was a coach and I started with a club at 21 years", tells AS the champion, who has always had an interest in training but also in training. “I wasn't a teacher at that age either.”, responds the athlete who went from zero to one hundred in just eight years.
Your journey. To the 11 years he discovered the discipline. “My parents gave it to my brother. (Francisco, another great karate fighter) and to me, and it was the best gift of my life”. The young man had all the qualities for the Spanish Federation to be interested in him at the 16 years, and to be crowned World Cup champion with 19, the youngest to do it. “I was privileged”, recognizes an Egea who competed against rivals who were older than him, but not in talent. Number one in the world ranking for almost 11 courses also had something vital: the support of your environment. “My coaches told me that I had the conditions to be champion. “I believed it and I trained for it.”.
The Spanish Daniel Larruso, that emerged during the karate film boom, He now gathers the experience and knowledge necessary to become a kind of Mr. Miyagi. To his 60 springs, can already be considered a level teacher who is “happy” with the reception of his new dojo. It opened its doors in February with the goal of “being a base school in the area”, something that implies being able to discover new promises, as he did during his time as national under-21 coach. “It still excites me”, admit.
The karate fighter continues to be an eminence. “I was a reference in modernizing work at an international level”. Now, Egea's method merges the traditional with innovative projects such as the website for online training and others that “I still cannot tell”. What does not vary from the one who could have been two-time Olympic champion (If karate had been an official discipline in the Games) It is the example that gives in values. “What I value most about these years are the experiences”. And from this new stage. “Train good people”.

