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Prof. Univ. : MD. PhD Ilija Yorga (Serbian: Др. Илија Јорга), Doctor of sports medicine and one of the founders of Fudokan. He pioneered karate in former Yugoslavia. He is the best known senior instructor (Sōke 10th Dan) in Balkans. Prof. Yorga is a professor of physiology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He has incorporated the knowlegde of physiology and basic anatomy when creating a unique style in Karate, Fudokan for which he became famous,, pg. 120)

Karate Biography
Prof. Dr. Ilija Yorga began to study karate at the age of 19 (in 1959). His first instructor was his brother, then he was under the guidance of Tetsui Murakami, Taiji Kase and Hiditaka Nishiyama.


 * In 1967 he obtained shodan rank from Master Tetsuji Murakami in Zagreb.
 * In 1968 he obtained nidan rank from Master Taiji Kase|in St. Raphail
 * In 1971 he obtained sandan rank from Master Taiji Kase in Paris.
 * In 1975 he obtained yodan rank from Master Taiji Kase in Belgrade.
 * In 1978 he obtained godan rank from Master Taiji Kase in Belgrade.
 * In 1982 he obtained rokudan rank from Master Taiji Kase in Paris.
 * In 1987 he obtained shichidan rank from Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in Los Angeles.
 * In 1998 he obtained hachidan rank from Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in San Diego.
 * In 2003 he was awarded kudan rank by the WTFSKF in Verona.
 * In 2007 he was awarded judan rank by the AJJIF in Poland.

He was champion of Europe in (kata) and was following 13 times Yugoslav master in the open (kumite) and the repeated champion of the Europe, the winner and the prize-winner of many international tournaments. He fought only in the weight-open class, although he is of the small built. On international tournaments he won 18 medals, among them European and world championships (Ilija Jorga alias Yorga was the first non-Japanese, who won the Kata world championship in Tokyo. Between 1968 and 1981 he was a head coach of karate national team Yugoslavia, and they won more than 65 medals in international competition,among them 12 European and world champion titles. In 1980 he created Fudokan. From then on he organised international training courses and officially  successed  the Yoshitaka style.  Together with mr Hidetaka Nishiyama, he became internationally stated to be one of its potential successors. His organisation Fudokan is a fourth largest organisation in the world of the modern karate. He is autor of many karate books and currently lives in Belgrade.

Creating Fudokan
On November, 15th, 1980, Ilija Yorga has presented new style, modern continuation traditional karate-style Fudokan. Kata that he demonstrated are, Heian Oi-Kumi, Taiji Shodan, Kaminari.

Personal life
Ilija was the second son of Cornelius Iorga, a civil engineer (Polish by birth and cousin of Nicholae Iorga). He was born in Belgrade, but spent most of his early childhood moving around the country. He has finished medical school in Belgrade, the city which he considers his residence. He travels extensivelly around the world and spends several months per year in Russia and US. He is married to professor Dr.Jagoda Jorga (Yorga) and they have two children a daugther: Dr Anamaria Jorga (md, MSc), and a son: Aleksa Jorga (MSc in finance).He also has an older daughter,Tijana Jorga,from a previous relationship.