User:Carlossilva2/Carlos Roberto Silva

Grandmaster Carlos Roberto Silva 10. Dan of Traditional Kickboxing and president of the Brazilian Confederation of Traditional Kickboxing and he is from Paraíba State, Brazil and was born on the fourth day of December, in the year 1961. At age 14 he began his studies in the martial arts practicing Judo in one of the only studios in Joao Pessoa city " The Judo Clube Pessoense “, although he liked Judo, soon changed to the Shotokan Karate style, which was very popular and very organized it was also linked to the Bahia Karate, led by the Caribe brothers and the Japanese Master Yoshizo Machida, Who gave him the first range of advancements.

When he had finished high school, and failing to be approved for your first Vestibular exam, a few weeks later he tried and succeed to get in a new course in the nearby city of Campina Grande. The course was business administration and there already pursuing his BA, he met Carlos Nunes, a master who introduced him to the art of Muay Thai. The use of the gloves enchanted him and thereafter he became involved with combat sports, allied to learning the traditional martial arts.

Later on he met Shihan Pericles Damiski Veiga and started learning the Karate style of Shorei Ryu, under Master Moritoshi Nakaema Style Head Chief, while he devoted himself to promoting events and the development of kickboxing, that started its growth in the country. After finishing his BA in Business Administration, he got an internship and later a job in the pharmaceutical industry, as Sales Representative, allowing him to travel between states and expand his network of leaders and fighters in Kickboxing, then a national fever.

Finally, after he received his black belt in Kickboxing from Master Alfredo Apicella from WAKO and with the help of several of his teammates, he took over the presidency of the Hammerhilt Kickboxing Association and later, with its already advanced graduated students and other leaders he was called to be the president of the Paraiba State Kickboxing Federation, later renamed to Paraiba State Kickboxing Full contact Federation, and developed to the point of having more than one thousand four hundred affiliates throughout the state. Even with the dispute between the leaders of the sport at national level, in the state of Paraíba everyone always worked together and there was never the political dispute in the state that made the sport Kickboxing remained active for many years in Paraíba. Despite the

Grandmaster Carlos Silva, now as 7o. Dan in Kickboxing have left Paraiba State in Brazil and gone to the United States, his students so as the teachers continued their work that persists to this day. Today a new generation of athletes and teachers, some students of students of Grandmaster Carlos Silva remain firm teaching the art he brought to the state. In 1990 he founded the Brazilian Confederation of Traditional Kickboxing, known as CBKBT right before leaving for the United States, with the proposal to improve the teaching of Kickboxing in the country. The CBKBT since its mission is to give more quality to the teaching of American Kickboxing known as "Traditional " by currents differ from those who do not follow the line adopted in the United States to teach this exclusive style.

One difference is that the traditional Kickboxing classes use different the name of the techniques in English and history teaching program that teaches and promotes the development of new techniques and strategies for Kickboxing. Because of his determination and desire to learn and propagate the sport and with the help of friends he made in the United States in many different martial arts organizations. Grandmaster Carlos Silva was able to make the CBKBT representative for Brazil and Latin in some cases to the most reputable organizations in the United States for the martial arts like WOMA, WAMA, USMTA, USKA, ISKA and America and is currently the responsible for Latin America.

Grandmaster Carlos Silva holds the title of 10th. Dan Kickboxing, 9o. Dan Shorei Ryu Karate, Kru in Muay Thai, 1st Dan Taekwondo Kukiwon, 5th Dan in Hapkido, 1st Dan in Shotokan Karate, and also devoted time to the study of Ninjutsu. His biography is found in several U.S. websites and it still keeps active in the mission of bringing people to compete in the United States over all the ISKA U.S. Open, which takes place every year in July at Disney. Since 2010 he has been working to join the ISKA members and take to compete at the event ISKA U.S. Open not only Brazilians, but also athletes from other Latin American countries.

Grandmaster Carlos Silva has been the cover in Brazil Magazine Fight Magazine and has had his work published by the Journal also KUMITE MAGAZINE Greece. Since coming to the United States he is committed to his professional development receiving two Masters degrees, one in Public Administration from Brigham Young University and the other on Educational Leadership given by Southern Utah University. He has received numerous titles and honors and is a member of the Hall of Fame of the most important American martial arts organizations.

Grandmaster Carlos Silva, also interviewed greats like martial arts Grandmaster Andre Lima Taekwondo, Master Boneco(Beto Simas) and Master Jamaika from Utah, MMA Coach Aldo Oreggia also from Utah, Don " The Dragon " Wilson, European Champion Kickboxing Rob Kaman, and direct student of Bruce Lee Richard Bustillo, and finally the Machado Brothers Rigan and John.

He received from of ISKA President Cory Schafer the mission of finding and developing leaders of this organization throughout Latin America and he is responsible for dissemination and promotion of the brand in the region, with support for local leaders of International Sport Kickboxing Association, an organization that promotes the largest event in martial arts of the World, the U.S. Open.