The Head of Orthodox Church in Poland - Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, His Eminence,

Greatly Blessed Sawa - in the photograph from the left, and his letter to soke Richard Murat 10 dan –

in the photograph from the right.  

   The Head of the Orthodox Church in Poland - Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, His Eminence, Greatly Blessed Sawa sent 16th November, 2009 , the congratulation letter to the founder of Karate Tsunami soke Richard Murat 10 dan.

   This letter is the unique writing thanks and blessing from that famous Metropolitan.

   Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, His Eminence Highly Blessed Sawa wrote in the letter about the well-known Karate Tsunami master shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan:

   "His achievements enjoy us greatly, as you Mr. President  and the environment that you represent. Indeed, Mr. Vladimir Parfieniuk serves as a great model for young people. For the Orthodox environment he is joy and inspiration. God bless him."

    In turn, to the President of the Federation, soke Richard Murat 10 dan  His Eminence Highly Blessed Sawa said in the following words: 

   "I congratulate you Mr. President and wish you next great results among pupils. God bless you.
                                                                                        Yours sincerely,
                                                                                                + Sawa
                                                             Orthodox Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland".

   In this connection it should explained, that shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan is a representative of the Belarusian minority in Poland and the follower of the Orthodox Church.

   As an interesting side note one should know, that shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan at every occasion, especially during great sports events: festivals of martial arts (he participated in a lot of them) and also during instructors’ training camps in Poland and in other countries emphasizes clearly that he is a believer of the Orthodox Church and he underlines his exceptional pride for this reason.

   According to this  the great amazement and at the same time respect he arouses  particularly in Roman Catholic countries, as Italy and Spain, where he runs a lot of Tsunami trainings and meetings.

         The Fifth Polish Karate Tsunami Championship in Łowicz in Poland 14-15 November 2009.    
As a symbolic gesture and the official indication that in Tsunami Karate environment there

 is no religious discords, just the opposite, the fallowing event took place, handing to  Vice-President

of our Federation Karate Tsunami Renmei shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan, who is the proud follower

of the Orthodox Church, a copy of one of famous icons from the holy Mount Athos in Greece, founded soke Richard Murat 10 dan (Warsaw),  and it was given by the chaplain  of the Polish Championships

the Roman-Catholic priest father Gregory Badziąg OFMCap. (the Capuchin order) 4 dan,

   The profile of shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan is presented in the following sections: Polish masters and instructors, and TSUNAMISTS'GALLERY, and information about him and photographs – in many articles on this website.

   Shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan from Hajnówka (Podlasie region, Poland), but graduated from several faculties (linguistic and connected with logistics ones) at the most renowned universities of the capital of Poland: Warsaw University and Warsaw School of Economics and works as a manager in international companies. For the reason, he divides his time in different places, often moving at considerable distances. Recently, often stays both present in Warsaw, as well as in Zurich (Switzerland), Bologna (Italy), not forgetting his home town - Hajnówka (Podlasie region, Poland), where he returns in every free moment. He speaks fluently five languages. 

   Abilities and long-standing practice Karate Tsunami under the direction of soke Richard Murat 10 dan resulted in taking by Vladimir Parfieniuk the high masterly degree 7 dan and the title shihan (“the great master’’). 

   His is very well known Karate Tsunami master, friend and the closest co-worker of soke Richard Murat 10 dan and with his authorization as Vice-President Federation Tsunami Renmei coordinates tsunami development in many countries on different continents.

   Successfully he takes up in contacts with multicultural communities interested in Karate Tsunami: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Muslim and Jewish. 

In the photographs above shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan during practicing and demonstrating typical techniques of Karate Tsunami: from the left yoko-geri-kekomi in the large touristic health centre on Spanish island Tenerife, in the middle - mae-geri-kekomi at the training camp in Cyprus (in place: Paphos where according to the Greek mythology, was born  the goddess Aphrodite), from the right - yoko-geri-kekomi at crackling cold not far from his family house  in the Bialovieza Forest, Podlasie region, Poland. In the photograph next to, he is with his Italian Tsunami masters - his students: Davide Martinelli 1 dan (from the left) and Andrea Rossi 4 dan (from the right) after training with various instruments which are characteristic for Tsunami.

   Lately, Shihan Vladimir Parfieniuk 7 dan has been coordinating the development of Tsunami in one of the most Muslim countries in the world: Iran. We wrote about it in two articles:

• Iran: the first Karate Tsunami training in Honbu Dojo for a group of ten Iranian instructors
• Iran: the second Karate Tsunami training in Honbu Dojo for a group of six Iranian instructors

   Soke Richard Murat claims that already Vladimir Parfieniuk Shihan 7 dan is without a doubt the most outstanding karate master in eastern Poland, as well as among all Belarusians in Poland and around the world, and probably among all Orthodox believers in the worldAfter all he is only halfway of his own way of improvement in Karate Tsunami.