SANTO TORRE C.N. 7° TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF THE C.S.K.S.CENTRO STUDI CATANIA AND VITTORIA BORN IN ACICATENA (CATANIA) 10/6/53. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AND BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPORTS SCIENCE SANTO TORRE EX COMPETITOR AND MEMBER OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM (FESIKA) ITALIAN KARATE SPORTS FEDERATION. FROM 1969 TO 1984 HE WALKED ALMOST ALL THE TATAMIS OF ITALY AND EUROPE, TAKING PART IN MANY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND INDIVIDUAL TEAM GETTING EXCELLENT RESULTS, MAINLY KUMITE AGONIST, AND AFTERWARDS SPECIALIST IN KATA. SANTO TORRE IN 1967 HAD GONE TO MILAN TO STUDY KARATE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF RENOWNED JAPANESE MASTER , THE MASTER WHO BROUGHT FAME TO THE OLD ITALIAN KARATE, SANTO TORRE HAS ALSO STUDIED KARATE WITH OTHER FAMOUS MASTERS SUCH AS NAKAIAMA, MASATOSHI, , KATSUMIRO, TSUIAMA, ETC. NAGAMINE SHOGI. SANTO TORRE IN 1977 RETURNED BACK TO HIS HOMELAND, SICILY, WHERE CATANIA TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE ELEONORA FOUNDED THE FIRST ASSOCIATION OF THE CENTRO STUDI C.S.K.S. KARATE SHOTOKAN KARATE, THEN HE WAS FORCED TO TEACH "KARATE DO" AND AS A RESULT HE HAD TO ABANDON THE COMPETITION, CONTINUING ALSO TO TRAVEL FROM CATANIA TO MILAN, WHERE HIS TEACHER LIVES; IN ORDER TO FURTHER REFINE HIS "KARATE DO" AND STAY ABREAST , AS WELL AS PARTICIPATE IN SOME INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT .

DEGREES ACQUIRED IN 1970 PASSES C.N. 1° DAN ---- IN 1973 C.N. 2° DAN---- IN 1976 C.N. 3° DAN----4TH DAN IN 1980--- IN 1984 5° DAN IN 1990 6 ° DAN. AND IN 2001 WAS AWARDED THE 7TH DAN BY MASTER JAPANESE TATSUNO KUNEO THE 7TH DAN, HE WAS RECOGNIZED IN 2003 FOR SPECIAL MERITS FROM THE FEDERATION F.I.J.L.K.A. M

QUALIFICATIONS ACQUIRED IN 1973. ASP. INSTRUCTOR WITH THE AIKA-ITALIAN KARATE ACADEMY (FESIKA) IN 1975. INSTRUCTOR WITH THE ITALIAN KARATE ACADEMY OF AIKA (FESIKA) IN 1977. MASTER WITH THE ITALIAN KARATE ACADEMY OF AIKA (FESIKA)

POSTS HELD FROM 1978 TO 1989 (A ) TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF SICILY; (B) REGIONAL MANAGER SHOTOKAN STYLE; (C) ) DIRECTOR OF C.A.S. SPORTS STARTING CENTERS; (D) EXAMINER'S STEPS DEGREES AND QUALIFICATIONS; (E ) SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF SICILY REGION POSTS HELD FROM 1990 TO 2000 (A) MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL SHOTOKAN STYLE COMMISION F.I.J.L. KA.M. DAIRY.KARATE (B) LECTURER AND EXAMINER FOR ACHIEVING THE GRADE OF DAN AND QUALIFICATIONS FOR TECHNICAL TEACHING (C) TECHNICAL CONSULTANT OF THE ROMANIAN UNION OF KARATE

POSTS HELD FROM 2001 TO 2013 (A) NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR OF THE SHOTOKAN STYLE AND DAN EXAMINER (B) ) MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH TECHNICAL COMMITTEE (C) TECHNICAL CONSULTANT OF THE MALTA KARATE FEDERATION - M.K.F. (D) TECHNICAL CONSULTANT OF THE POLAND KARATE FEDERATION (E) NATIONAL ITALIAN TEAM COACH OF KATA WORLD AND EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS BOTH (F) LECTURER AT THE SEMINAR JAPAN JUNIOR IN CHIBA, JAPAN "JAPAN 2010" (G) LECTURER AT THE SEMINAR JAPAN JUNIOR AT THE BUDOKAN IN TOKYO "JAPAN 2010" (H LECTURER AT THE SEMINAR NAGANO IN YAMANASHI "JAPAN 2013" (I) LECTURER AT THE SEMINAR FEDERATION OF NAGASAKI "JAPAN 2013"

SECOND PART OF SANTO TORRE'S CURRICULUM RESULTS AS A COACH OF THE ITALIAN NATIONAL F.I.J.L.K.A.M. GREECE YEAR 2005 JUNIORES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: (ITALY FIRST CLASSIFIED) FIRST CLASSIFIED IN FEMALE TEAM KATA AND SECONDS IN MALE TEAM KATA

CYPRUS YEAR 2005 JUNIORES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: FIRST CLASSIFIED IN FEMALE TEAM KATA AND SECONDS IN MALE TEAM KATA

PODGORICA YEAR 2006 JUNIORES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: (ITALY FIRST CLASSIFIED) FIRST CLASSIFIED IN MALE TEAM KATA AND SECONDS IN FEMALE TEAM KATA

TAMPERE FINLAND YEAR 2006 SENIORES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ITALY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN KARATE TAKES THE FIRST PLACE IN TAMPERE FINLAND IN 2006 ITALY IS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD RANKING WITH THE GOLDEN MEDAL OF THE KATA TEAM MADE OF: VALDESI, FIGUCCIO, MAURINO, MORE THE GOLDEN MEDAL IN THE VALDESI'S AND SARA BATTAGLIA'S INDIVIDUAL KATA PERFORMANCE, MORE THE GOLDEN MEDAL OF THE SICILIANS MANISCALCO STEFANO AND LUIGI BUSA’

TURKEY YEAR 2007 JUNIORES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: IRST CLASSIFIED IN FEMALE TEAM KATA AND SECONDS IN MALE TEAM KATA

TURKEY YEAR 2007 JUNIORES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: FIRST CLASSIFIED IN FEMALE TEAM KATA AND SECONDS IN MALE TEAM KATA

ITALY YEAR 2008 JUNIORES EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP: SECOND CLASSIFIED IN FEMALE TEAM KATA AND THIRDS IN MALE TEAM KATA

2010 PODGORICA MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES CHAMPIONSHIP ITALIA FIRST CLASSIFIED IN MALE AND FEMALE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL KATA

2011 ITALY BARI MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES CHAMPIONSHIP ITALIA FIRST CLASSIFIED IN MALE AND FEMALE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL KATA

2011 MALAYSIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND CLASSIFIED IN MALE TEAM KATA WITH THE ATHLETES: TORRE KIM WILLIAM, PASETTO MARCO, PETRONI GABRIELE CURRENTLY: TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF CSKS SHOTOKAN KARATE STUDY CENTRE OF CATANIA AND VITTORIA (RG) PRESIDENT OF THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION C.S.F.I.T.F.D. OF C.S.K.S. F.I.J.L.K.A.M 'S NATIONAL SHOTOKAN TEACHER TEACHER AND TECHNICAL CONSULTANT IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD