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Who I Am


  • Stefano was born in Verona on 24/12/1983 and has been passionate about martial arts since he was young.

    His adventures in the world of martial arts started at the age of 11 with karate and kick boxing A.G.K.A.I in a gym in Isola Rizza, where he was taught by Master Massimo Rebonato, still his teacher now.

  • At the age of 16, still under the supervision of his teacher, Stefano started to study Bu Jitsu Kuroishi Ryu which he combined with Hakko Ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu in 2007 and with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 2009.

    During his military service he was part of a martial arts group and he was chosen to be a member of the demonstration team at the barracks of Viterbo.

    Straight after the end of his service he started to compete in the speciality of traditional and musical forms with weapons, with which he obtained various national and world titles.


  • Stefano is always training and studying in order to keep up to date with new methods so he can maintain a high level of his own athletes and obtain better results in his own competitions.

    Read his Martial Arts CV.


    Read the article Sport di Più (in Italian).

  • Stefano has a degree in “Information Technology: Multimedia” and currently works as an Application Developer in Amsterdam. As a hobby Stefano likes graphic design and he enjoys creating fliers, calendars and posters for martial arts schools and for other non-sportive associations.

Recent Achievements


  • 1° WKU WORLDS 2013 - CRETE - GREECE - 6 Divisions

  • 1° UNITY GAMES 2013 - COVENTRY - ENGLAND - Creative Weapons Division

  • 2° BEST FIGHTER 2013 - ITALIA - Musical Form Weapons Division

  • 1° WKA WORLDS 2012 - ORLANDO - USA - 4 Divisions

  • 2° IRISH OPEN 2012 - DUBLINO - IRLANDA - 2 Divisions