Anthony Milevsky - 6th Dan A.A.K.F. Great Lakes Regional Director Anthony Milevsky was born in 1942 in Gary, Indiana. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and is currently retired from U.S. Steel Gary Works after 30 years of service. Sensei Milevsky began training in the Goju-Ryu style of karate in 1965 and later received formalized training with the Japan Karate Association of Chicago under the direction of Shojiro Sugiyama in 1968. He later became a member of Mr. Sugiyama’s traveling kumite team in the early 1970’s and participated in the 1972 AAKF Nationals. Milevsky was a member of the Great Lakes Demonstration Team from 1971 to 1996. Sensei Milevsky has been teaching karate in the region since 1967. He has taught in the following school systems: Portage High School Adult Education, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso Technical Institute, Purdue University Calumet Campus Hammond, and conducted classes for Calumet United Women Against Rape and United Steelworkers of America Career Development Program. From 1996 to 2003, he served as the most senior instructor within the Great Lakes Region under Shojiro Sugiyama and was also the first to receive an instructor’s certificate within the same region in the Karate-Do Instructor’s Council of Chicago. Mr. Milevsky acted as the Chief Referee for Northwestern University from 1997 to 2004. He was also named an Honorary Alumni of the Northwestern University Karate Club. Additionally, he taught in Norden, Germany and the Netherlands in 2000. Sensei Milevsky has attended the AAKF/ITKF Instructors School at the University of California in San Diego. He has also trained under Hidetaka Nishiyama, one of the world’s most renowned instructors and President of the AAKF and Chairman of the ITKF. Mr. Milevsky has also had the opportunity to receive instruction from the following high ranking instructors: Masatoshi Nakayama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Teruyuki Okazaki, Yutaka Yaguchi, Masao Kagawa and CM Smaby. Mr. Milevsky is now a sixth Dan in the Japan Karate Association and a certified examiner of the JKA/ITKF. As Director and Chief Instructor of the Japan Karate Association Indiana, Milevsky is best known for his high energy and innovative instruction, which brings out the best in student athletes. He is considered one of the top teachers of kata in the region. He actively participates in regional and national judging. To this day, he still uncompromisingly trains and teaches at the Great Lakes Regional Headquarters in Indiana. Sensei Milevsky is currently receiving advanced instruction from Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama.