GM Andreas Granzow

ABOUT GM ANDREAS GRANZOW

GM Andreas Granzow born 22 02 1958 in Germany

1972 – Earned 1st Dan in Karate
1973 – Earned 2nd Dan in Karate while also studying Judo Ving Tsun and Taekwondo under GM Stefanos Gaidartzakis 9th Dan Taekwon-do
1989 – Earned ITF 1st Dan
1994 – 1998 Independent teacher at the Powerhouse Ludwigsburg Germany while also serving as Director for Self-Defense in Southern Germany Baden Württemberg Regional Association
1999 – Appointed National Coach for Switzerland
2005 – Appointed Technical Director for Switzerland until 2010
2011 – Earned ITF 7th dan in Pyong Yang North Korea and since that time served as President of ITF Germany eV
2015 – Received a Special Citation from the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame in ceremony in Zagreb, Croatia
2016 – Appointed as National National Director of the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame
representing Germany (ITF)
2017 – Inducted into the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame in a ceremony held in New York, U.S.A.
2018 – Earned ITF 8th degree
2019 – Appointed to the position of European Director of the Official Taekwondo Hall of Fame representing ITF affiliates
He also holds an 8th Dan Shotokan Karate 7th Dan (WUKF, WUKO, IJKA) Kyokushinkai Karate 8 Dan (WBKL Japan) Kickboxing 9 Dan (WKL, and others) Ving Tsun 1LG