PRESENTATION
Sacha Décosterd – The Swiss Samourai
At the age of 4, Sacha started Karate in a small dojo in Lausanne. Since that day he has devoted the main part of his life to practice. He participated in his first international competition, the Open of Malaysia, on the day of his 15th birthday.
On this occasion his potential was noticed for the first time as he won two titles in the Junior and Senior categories. Sacha was lucky and talented enough to learn from some of the best masters in the world.
He is now the proud successor of his predecessor Andy Hug. Today at age 26, Sacha cumulates titles, awards and remarkable sporting achievements in the international arena.
Swiss Champion
He has won the Swiss Championship multiple times and is the captain of the Swiss National Karate team.
In 2011, Sacha won the IBK Karate Kyokushin World Championship for the first time. A year later, he won the European Union Championship.
The Swiss Samurai
‘’The Swiss Samurai » named as such by the Swiss media, was trained by the best martial arts academies in the world and has followed the teachings of the most renowned Karate Kyokushin masters in the world. Among which we find, Shihan Jacques Legrée, Shihan Antonio Pinéro and Kaisho Jon Bluming.
Current activities
The seasoned professional karateka, Sensei Sacha Décosterd, travels with his team and the coach of the national Swiss Karate Team, Claudio Alessi (who is also his mentor). They travel the world to take part in and to win the most prestigious competitions.
In 2007, Sacha co-founded the Geneva Kyokushin Karaté Club – Kyokushin Karate Club Genève (KKCG) with Shihan Claudio Alessi (8th Dan Karate Kyokushin) thanks to the support of the Vernier Mairie (town council). Together, they give karate lessons « open to all ». In doing so, they support The Association « No Difference » that tries to alleviate, through the practice of sports, difficulties encountered daily by people affected by various handicaps.
Today, Sacha lives in Geneva where he directs the KKCG and studies Biology and Mathematics at the Geneva University.
About Karate Kyokushin
The Kyokushinkai is “The School of the Ultimate Truth”. It is a style of karate created in 1956 by Master Sosai Mas Oyama (10th Dan). This concept has less to do with the Western meaning of truth; rather it is more in keeping with the bushido concept of discovering the nature of one’s true character when tried (“Karate the Japanese Way”, A. M Groenwold, 2002, Canada Trafford Publishing). Sosai Oyama (1923-1994) world-renowned fighter and specialist in many other disciplines, founded his own style of combat in Japan, based on a synthesis of Budō (spiritual path of the warrior or martial way): The Kyokushinkai. Karate Kyokushin is an art of combat that is very strict.
It is rooted in a philosophy of self- improvement, discipline and hard training. Pioneer of the full contact style, Kyokushin is practiced without protection and searches for maximum effectiveness in combat (Kumite). It is a spectacular and extreme martial art where the focus lays in striking your opponent. Competitions include kicks and punches (kicks to the head, but not hand strikes to the head). However, Kyokushin is a method of personal development and spiritual enhancement.
It is an excellent educational system rooted in universal values. People can practice this discipline at all ages and at various stages of physical fitness, as it is a progressive art with a belt grading system spanning from Myukyu (white belt) to 10th Dan (black belt 10th Dan). The 1st Dan is equivalent to the first black belt. It is through the study and repetition of movements that the fighter (karateka) approaches the true essence of karate.
Through his quest of knowledge, he is also in search of inner peace and an authentic life. The Kyokushinkai is one of the most popular martial arts. Today, more than 20 million people worldwide practice it. To find out more about the Kyokushin Karate martial art, please visit the website in French: Kyokushin Karaté Club Genève (KKCG)
