THE FIRST KARATE MASTER --MASTER D A WEILGAMA ( LATE ) BORN ON : 08 - 10 - 1939 PASSED AWAY ON 29 - 10 - 1984. KARATE LIFE : FROM 1957 TO 1984. STARTED TRAINING KARATE UNDER GUELLERMO OLIVEIRA ( MEXICO ) HARRY SHAEFFER ( GERMANY ) SHOTOKAN AND SUZUKI ( JAPAN ) GOJU RYU IN 1957 AND JOINED SURVEY DEPT OF CEYLON AS A DRAUGHTSMAN. GAINED INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT FROM MASTER BRUCE TAGNER ( USA ) OF NATIONAL JUDO & KARATE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ON 18 TH JULY 1961.FORMED FIRST KARATE ASSOCIATION AS CEYLON KARATE CLUB IN OCTOBER 1961 WITH THE HELP OF DR FELIX SENANAYAKE, MALCOM ATHAPATHTHU, A B FONANDER& SUNIL ABEYSEKARA . CEYLON KARATE CLUB WAS NAMED AS CEYLON KORENKAI KARATE ASSOCIATION ON THE ADVICE OF THEN JAPANESE AMBASSADOR AND HE ACCEPTED THE PRESIDENT OF KORENKAI KARATE. STARTED CORRESPONDING WITH MASTER MASUTATSU OYAMA IN 1965 AND OBTAINED 1 ST KYU BROWN BELT BY MASTER OYAMA ON 15- 11 - 1966. SHODAN IN 1967 AND MASTER WEILGAMA WAS APPOINTED AS THE BRANCH CHIEF AND CHIEF OF CEYLON OF IKO KYOKUSHINKAIKAN BY MASTER OYAMA ON 15 TH JANUARY 1968. HE WAS THE FIRST BRANCH CHIEF OF IKO KYOKUSHINKAIKAN OF ASIA. HON. MINISTER OF NATIONALISED SEVRICES OF CEYLON ACCEPTED THE KORENKAI KARATE ASSOCIATION AS THE ONE AND ONLY CONTROLLED BODY FOR KARATE AND ORDERED TO APPOINT MASTER WEILAGAMA, DR L L F SENANAYAKE , M V ATHAPATHTHU AND A B FONANDER FOR THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR JUDO AND KARATE ON 7 TH SEPT. 1967.MASTER WEILGAMA WAS INVITED TO FIRST ALL JAPAN OPEN TOURNAMENT ( KYOKUSHINKAIKAN ) ON AUG. 15. 1969. MASTER WEILGAMA WAS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED AS THE HONORARY KARATE INSTRUCTOR FOR ARMY , NAVY AND SPECIAL DIVISIONS OF POLICE IN 1972.PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST WORLD OPEN KARATE TOURNAMENT IN JAPAN IN WITH FOUR STUDENTSIN 1975.. ATTENDED FIRST KYOKUSHIN OPEN TOURNAMENT IN INDIA AS A JUDGE WITH HIS TEAM OF SIX IN 1978.PARTICIPATED IN THE SECOND WORLD OPEN TOURNAMENT IN JAPAN WITH TWO STUDENTS IN 1979. LEFT KYOKUSHIN AND JOINED WITH NIKO ASHIHARAKAIKAN AS THE SRI LANKA CHIEF AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR S. E. A. PASSED AWAY ON 29 . 10 . 1984. AT THE AGE OF 45, AND HE WAS BORN AND PASSED AWAY IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.OSU...!!! THOSE WHO WERE WITH MASTER WEILGAMA UNTIL THE DEATH AND DID WONDERFUL SERVICE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. I, THAMARA NISSANKA, SENSEIS D C M KARUNATHILAKE ( MOST SENIOR KARATE INSTRUCTOR IN SRI LANKA ) U D K DE SILVA, GAMINI KARUNATHILAKE,AJITH DE SILVA, LEO PERERA, KAVINDA, NIMAL WIJERATHNA, MAHENDRA, GAMUNU WELAGEDARA, BANSAJAYA, ROHANA, RAVI, WASANTHA, GAMINI ( AIR LANKA) T M , JEEWAPPRIYA, CS NISSANKA, GUNASINGHA AND ZAWAHIR. POPULAR ACTOR MERVIN JAYATHUNGA ( LATE ) STUDENT OF MASTER WEILGAMA DID A WONDERFUL JOB FOR HIS MASTER AND FRIEND S DEATH.MERVIN JAYATHUNGA SERVED WITH MASTER WEILGAMA. I SALUTE CYRIL ANTHONY OF THEN CHIEF TAEKWONDO , A STUDENT OF MASTER WEILGAMA PAID HIS RESPECT WITH A CONDOLENCE MESSAGE. A VERY BIG OSU TO ALL.
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