Ask your local asahi instructor

Please see for the list of instructors or contact directly our head instructors. They`ll help you to find an English speaking instructor closest to you.

Researched information

Head Trainers of Asahi Nordic

  • Yrjö Mähönen, Helsinki, Finland/ Finnish,Swedish, English
  • Ilpo Jalamo, Turku, Finland/ Finnish, English
  • Risto Lehto, Turku, Finland/ Finnish, Swedish, English
  • Maarit Lintukorpi, Finland/ Finnish, Swedish, English
  • Margaret Vainio, USA/ Finnish, English, German

If you are interested in having more information about asahi or becoming an Asahi instructor contact!

Instructors in Finland

If you are visiting Finland and want to practice asahi, find the instructor in our instructors´page in Finnish.

Asahi Nordic Instructors worldwide

Asahi Nordic has instructors around the world. Here are the European instructors.

If you are interested in practising Asahi in the US see more at www.asahiworld.com.

Asahi Nordic has the main page at www.asahinordic.com and in English at www.asahinordic.com/en.

We have also the page mainly for European market at www.asahinordic.eu.

The US page of Asahi is at www.asahiworld.com

  • Rein Paluoja B-license Tallinna/Eesti/ Fi,Eng,Ee rein.paluoja@gmail.com
  • Sven Raba B-license Tallinna/Eesti/Fi,Eng,Ee sven_raba@yahoo.com
  • Jüri Undusk B-license Vosu/Eesti/Fi,Ee jyriundusk@gmail.com 
  • Ülle Heiskanen, B-licence, Tallinna/Eesti/Fi,Ee
    ulle.heiskanen@gmail.com
  • Mart Soomre, C-licence, Estonia, mart@soomre.com
  • Kyllike Ormus, C-licence, Tallinna, Harjumaa, kyllikeormus@gmail.com
  • Natalia Cherneyko, C-licence, Tallinna, cherneykonatalia@gmail.com
  • Tiina Aasman, C-licence, Tallinna, taasmann@gmail.com
  • Imbi Paju, C-licence, Tallinna, imbipaju@gmail.com

Austria

  • Renate Lissy-Honegger, C-licence, Rust am Neusiedlersee, (German, English), lissy-honegger@kabelplus.at 
  • Marion Opitz-Leopold, C-licence, Rust am Neusiedlersee, (German, English), marion.opitz-leopold@gmx.at

Denmark

  • Majbritt Jensen, C-licence, majbritt@taiki.dk, Aalborg area
  •  Julie Thoft, C-licence, contact@juliethoft.com, Aalborg area
  •  Nadia Slavkova, C-licence, nadezhda.slavkova@gmail.com, Aalborg area
  •  Palle Thoft, C-licence, palle@karate-aalborg.dk, Aalborg area

Estonia

  • Rein Paluoja, B-licence, Tallinna (Finnish,English,Estonian), rein.paluoja@gmail.com
  • Sven Raba, B-licence, Tallinna (Finnish,English,Estonian), sven_raba@yahoo.com
  • Jüri Undusk B-licence Vosu (Finnish,Estonian), jyriundusk@gmail.com 
  • Ülle Heiskanen, A-licence, Tallinna, (Finnish,Estonian),
    ulle.heiskanen@gmail.com
  • Mart Soomre, C-licence, Estonia, mart@soomre.com
  • Kyllike Ormus, C-licence, Tallinna, Harjumaa, kyllikeormus@gmail.com
  • Natalia Cherneyko, C-licence, Tallinna, cherneykonatalia@gmail.com
  • Tiina Aasman, C-licence, Tallinna, taasmann@gmail.com
  • Imbi Paju, C-licence, Tallinna, imbipaju@gmail.com

Germany

  • Angelika Krull, C-licence, Hamburg, paed.prax.krull@web.de
  • Barbara Langos, C-licence, Altena, German, b.langos@partnerschule.eu

Greece

Instructors with the B-licence arrange the Beginners´classes of Asahi.

ATHENS

  • Mari Hilonen B-licence (Finnish, English, Swedish, Greek), mari.hilonen@gmail.com
  • Reetta Karvinen C-licence, (English, Finnish, Swedish, Greek) karvanitaki68@hotmail.com

RHODES

  • Ulla Roth Margaritis B-licence, (English, Finnish, Greek), kumulla@outlook.com
  • Tasia Kritikou C-licence, (English, Finnish, Greek),  tasiakritikoy@gmail.com
  • Jaana Forman Mihailou C-licence, (English, Finnish, Greek), jaanafoge@gmail.com
  • Maria Arka C-licence, (English, Greek),  maria_ar62@hotmail.com
  • Nikolaos Papavasiliou, C-licence, (English, Greek),  nikolaos.papavasiliou@gmail.com
  • Beverley Wright C-licence (English, Greek), beverleywright13@gmail.com

Slovenia

MARIBOR

  • Jerneja Lešnik Cotza, B-licence, (Slovenia, English, German), jerneja.lesnik@aol.com
  • Jasna Markuš, B-licence, (Slovenia, English), jasnam@ outlook.com
  • Mihaela Skrlj Brglez C-licence, (Slovenia, English), mihaela.skrlj@gmail.com

Spain

Instructors with the B-licence arrange the Beginners´classes of Asahi.

  • Liisa Hahneiser, C-licence, Fuengirola
    (Finnish, German, English) liisa.hahneiser@berlin.de
  • Pia Lönnqvist, B-licence, Fuengirola
    lonnqvist.pia@me.com
    (Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, English, German, French)
  • Riitta Pulkki, B-licence, Fuengirola
    riitta.pulkki@gmail.com
  • Seppo Moilanen, C-licence, Fuengirola
    seppo.moilanen.52@gmail.com
  • Taina Mansikkamäki, C-licence, Fuengirola,
    taina@saharogya.es
  • Ursula Nystedt, C-licence, Fuengirola,
    nystedu@gmail.com
  • Sari Penttilä, C-licence, Fuengirola,
    saripenttila@hotmail.com

Sweden

  • Matts Andersson C-licence Stockholm, (Swedish,English), info@asahinordic.se
  • Leif Hermansson, C-licence, Stockholm, (Finnish, Swedish, English), info@kaizenkai.se
  • Lena Nyholm, B-licence, Algarve, lenalinkon@gmail.com

Qatar

  • Elina Marttinen, B-licence, elima.marttinen@gmail.com

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