About Sensei Norm
Welcome to The Shotokan Chronicles. My name is Norm Robitza, I have been many things in my life but none of them define me more than being a practitioner of Shotokan karate. I started my martial arts training at the young age of 4. My grandfather was a boxer. I recall as a young boy…
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