Javier Galan Vazquez
new President EJJU(European Ju Jitsu Union)
 
 
 Grandmaster Javier Galan Vazquez, 10 dan Hanshi, is the new President of the EJJU (European JuJitsu/JuJitsu Union) and of the IJJF (International JuJitsu Federation).

He succeeds Grandmaster Vernon C F Bell, deceased on February 27, 2004
 
 
 Born in Madrid, Spain, at the end of the 1940s, Francisco Javier Galan Vazquez, began practising martial arts in 1962 with Kodokan judo, at a time at which judo was the only martial art allowed in Spain.

His instructor was Takeda Sensei, Soke of the Takeda family.

Thereafter, other martial arts having been introduced in Spain, he practised hapkido and karate Shito Ryu.

He becomes university champion of Judo and self-defence.

After this, he went to the United Kingdom and benefited from  there from intensive training in a multitude of martial arts, and he participated in a great number of training courses.

During this time, he found, in his own words, 'his teacher and guide, Dr Vernon C F Bell, the father of British karate.

 Dr Galan Vasquez has been practising martial arts for 40 years and is highly appreciated and known for his loyalty and for his honesty.

Currently he is President and international oordinator, in charge of the world affairs for the EJJU ("European Jujitsu/Jujutsu Union) and the IJJU (International Jujitsu Union).

He is also:

Vice-president of the "Nippon Seibukan Academy - All Japan Budo Federation" (Kyoto) and of Nihon Buguel (Okinawa), and European representative of "Hikari Ryuza Ryu C Kan®".

Elite member of the Hikaryu Ryuzado Yudanshankai.

Representative of Kaizen Ryu Aiki Ju-Jutsu for Europa.

Soke 10th dan of Kaizen Ryu Aiki Ju-Jutsu.

Elite member of the World Butokukai Institute (WBI), chaired by Grandmaster Stefano Surace, and representative of this organization for Spain.

Elite member of Hanshi No Iinkai. Honorary member of Hikari Ryuza Ryu Yudansha Kai®.

Member of the Hall of Fame of the USJJA (United States Jiu Jitsu Alliance).

Dr. Galan has more than 30 years of experience in the security services and is associated with countless organizations of international security and teaches combat techniques to the special forces of the United Kingdom, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, and naturally of his country, Spain.

The "All Japan Budo Federation", Kyoto, awarded him a Doctorate in Budo to him, in addition to his degrees in economics, English language. He also holds an M.B.A.

Dr. Galan, who makes a point of declaring himself a disciple of Grandmaster Stefano Surace, is highly appreciated and respected throughout the world for his knowledge, his qualifications and his professionalism.
 
 
 

 

A brief history of the Seibukan,the IJJF, the EJJU, the WBI and the FFJJBA
 

 
 In 1968 Hanshi Suzuki Masafumi formed in Kyoto (Japan) the "Japanese Seibukan Académy - All Japan Budo Federation", the official Japanese federation for all Japanese Martial arts.

In 1968 Hanshi Masafumi formed the IJJF (International Ju Jitsu Federation) with Alfred Hasemeier and Vernon C. F. Bell.

In 1968, Alfred Hasemeier and Vernon C. F. Bell create the EJJU (European JuJitsu/JuJutsu Union), linked with the IJJF for Europe.

In 1973 the Japanese Seibukan Academy recognizes the IJJF as its world branch for Ju Jitsu and the EJJU as its branch for Ju Jitsu in Europe.

In 1984 the IJJF and the EJJU are recognized as members of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and of the ICSSPE (International Council of the Science of Sports and Physical Education).

UNESCO and the ICSSPE recognize the IJJF as the world-leading organization for Ju-Jitsu.

The directory of international organizations, qualifies the IJJF as "the world-leading organization for all styles of Japanese Ju-Jitsu based martial arts".

"The IJJF establishes training in the original ancient styles of Japanese Ju-Jitsu, including unarmed self-defence, and cultivates the spiritual values of Japan, including the Buddhist underpinning; it carries out scientific research on the physical and mental aspects of the ju-jitsu."

In 1988 Grandmaster Stefano Surace assumes the presidency of the WBI (World Butokukai Institute) and founded the FFJJBA (French Federation of Ju Jitsu Butokukai and associated disciplines).

In 1995, the Japanese Seibukan Academy, and its representatives for Ju Jitsu (IJJF and EJJU), recognize grandmaster Hanshi Stefano Surace as 10th dan Menkyo Kaiden in Ju Jitsu.

In 1998, the FFJJBA, chaired by Grandmaster Hanshi Stefano Surace, becomes the French branch of the EJJU, and thus of the IJJF and of the Seibukan Japanese Academy for Ju Jitsu.

In 1998, World Butokukai Institute recognize Grandmaster Javier Galan Vazquez, at the time vice-president of the executive IJJF and chairman of the EJJU, as an elite member and Spanish representative.

In 1999, the EJJU makes Grandmaster Hanshi Stefano Surace its vice-president and technical director for Europe its representative in France.

In 2004, the EJJU recognizes Grandmaster T R. Crimi and Hikari Ryuza Ryu its representative in the United States.

February 27, 2004, Vernon C. F. Bell, President of the IJJF and of the EJJU, dies and the presidency of these organizations is entrusted to Grandmaster Javier Galan Vazquez.