Shihan, B. Leo Fletcher-Padrón / 7th Dan                               Padrón Dojo -Est 1994                                                              Founder; USA Seireikaikan Karate-do Kyokushinken Organization

I am Shihan Padrón, Chief Instructor of the USA Seireikaikan Karate-do Kyokushinken Organization. I am a former full-contact Kyokushin Karate competitor and kickboxer, and have been training for more than 45 years and teaching for 30 years. I began learning karate in 1973 at one of the original Kyokushin Karate schools in Brooklyn NY and later at US Oyama Karate. I am a former student of notable karate masters such as Shihan Oliver, Kancho Nakamura, and Shihan Kanamura, and the great Soshu Shigeru Oyama. Moving to Ohio where there was no Oyama karate styles, I began training in Shotokan from Hanshi Ron Burgess (Grandmaster Yamashita) achieving black belt and Judo from Dr. John Beard. 

In 1994 I opened Ohio's very first Kyokushin Karate club for the Columbus City Parks & Recreation and by 1999 I was operating in three recreation center karate clubs. In 2001 we opened our first commercial school on West Broad Street called Oyama Juku. In 2006 at the age of 40, I completed the kyokushin 30-man fight challenge (Sanju-nin kumite) in NYC against 30 black belts in full-contact matches giving me a renewed karate spirit and self accomplishment.

In 2011 I was the Ohio Kudo branch chief and introduced Kudo (Japanese MMA) to Ohio. 2015 was a turning point for me as a martial artist, a need to search for my own path through karate, a deeper understanding of my karate training and decided to form my own organization and teach my ideology of karate, my view on kyokushin karate based on all of my learning and experiences, so the US Seireikaikan Karate-do Organization was established.

With all of my experience and knowledge, I look forward to sharing and teaching my karate and to continue to learn along with you. Osu!

7th Dan - Seireikai Karate Kyokushin                                                                              5th Dan - US Kyokushin Karate                                                                                         3rd Dan - US Oyama Karate                                                                                              3rd Dan - Shotokan Karate                                                                                                5th Kyu - Judo

Shihan Padrón is available for teaching seminars and clinics for full-contact & semi-contact competition as well as Street Defensive Tactics.

EMAIL: 513TORO@padrondojo.com