Nestor Koichi Folta, Martial Arts Instructor

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Nestor Koichi Folta

Nestor "Koichi" is a 3rd-degree black belt in Uechi Ryu Karate Do, with over 20 years of experience training and teaching. He is fluent in Japanese and has lived in Okinawa for two months every year from ages 5 to 17. He also attended Elementary and Middle Schools in Okinawa while living there. Nestor regularly trained in Okinawa and is an All-Okinawa Karate Champion (Team Kata-Middle School). Nestor K. is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and currently resides in Centerville, where he works as a drone expert. Nestor's interests extend beyond karate to sports and computer gaming. Soccer and snow skiing are his secondary passions. He is the No. 1 son of Master Folta and Mayumi Folta.

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Matthew Persil

Master Folta is a fantastic teacher that really cares about his students' progress and their wellbeing, and is very enthusiastic about imparting authentic traditional Uechi-ryu karate from Okinawa, Japan to every person that comes to train.

Mark Salum

I started my Uechi Ryu Karate training in Okinawa and am now continuing under Sensei Nestor Folta. The training he gives is exactly the same as I received when I trained in Japan; challenging, powerful, effective, and authentic. True to its Okinawan roots.

Kelly Legos - Confidence

We recently signed up both our children (ages 8 and 10) at Okinawa Karate and Cultural center and could not be more pleased. Master Folta strikes an amazing balance of patience, motivation, education and discipline. They are learning so much and I’m already seeing changes in their confidence. Looking forward to seeing where they go from here:)

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