Author: IOKGF

It is a great lost for IOGKF. Sensei Leon is a great karateka who helped to develop Okinawan Goju-Ryu. Please send our condolences to his family and all the members of Israel . Yours truly. Sensei King-Fung Lam and members of IOGKF China & Hong Kong

To Mrs. Pantanowitz and his family, Leon was a great figure of IOGKF. I met him many times and always with happiness. He had a great passion to the karate and his teaching. We will remember to his example. He always will be with us. Please, accept from me and […]

Dear Mrs. Leon Pantanowitz, I am deeply shocked to hear the sad news of Sensei Leon Pantanowitz ill-health and his sudden demise on 12 October 2006. May the Lord grant him eternal peace and give you and your family members the strength and courage to bear this irreparable loss! Members […]

Dear IOGKF Israel and Mrs. Pantanowitz, Please accept our sincere condolences, on the huge loss to yourselves and the world of karate. Sensei Leons’ presence, his vast knowledge and skills, will be truly missed: but more importantly, they always be remembered by the IOGKF family and other karateka, who have […]

Sensei Ernie Molyneux and all at EGKA would like to pay their respects to Shihan Leon Pantanowitz (“Sensei Yehuda”), IOGKF 8th Dan, who passed away on Thursday October 12th in Israel. It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing away of one of our most senior IOGKF instructors. […]

It is with sadness that I have to report Sensei Leon has died of cancer; he was 8th Dan Chief Instructor of Israel IOGKF, and adviser to Sensei Higaonna, and a personal friend of mine. Sensei Leon was friendly warm and loving to all he came in contact with, his […]

Leon Pantanowitz, my friend and colleague. May you find the serenity and harmony you have searched for and may you rest peaceful. May your family be blessed with the necessary strength to bide this troublesome period of grief and reorganization. Bakkies Laubscher and all the members of IOGKF South Africa

We want to extend our condolences to Mrs. Pantanowitz and family. It was a real honor to have known him. Sensei Pantanowitz was a great man, a great leader, an outstanding karate-ka, a friend and a confidant. Your grief is shared by all your IOGKF family. He will be truly […]