Dave Jonkers was born in 1955 in the Netherlands and his profession is gym owner and sports teacher. He started at a young age with Judo and Kyokushin Karate in the city of Groningen. Dave Jonkers took several sports courses including CIOS, MO pedagogy and several nationally recognized sports specific courses including fencing instructor, strength sports and martial arts. Besides martial arts, Dave has extensive experience in coaching youth and youth problems. He started his gym at the age of 20 and from 1988 he and David Cook developed the karate style Ashihara International, a departure from Japanese Ashihara Karate. In the 1990s, with Jon Bluming and others, the International BudoKai was founded, making a name and reputation worldwide. In his role as a martial arts coach, Dave has produced many world-level champions in Karate, Kickboxing and MMA. And he is still active in coaching martial arts practitioners.
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de Millystraat 1A,
9471 AG Zuidlaren,
The Netherlands
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