Karim Safari was born and raised in Algers, Algeria. Inspired his father, Ahmed Safari, professional Boxing European Champion (1945), Karim Safari took a keen interest in boxing and Judo at the age of 5. By the age of 10 he won his first tournament and his talent was soon recognised by the MCA club who saw his potential to become a champion. He continuously won many boxing and judo tournaments. As soon as he reached the correct age bracket; Karim was contacted by the junior national team for boxing and judo. He fought his way straight through to African (1984) and Mediterranean (1985) Champion. It was then that he competed and became the World Champion for Judo in 1986. Straight after his victory he travelled to Japan where he won his next World Title. He wanted to expand his knowledge of martial arts and continued on to Thailand where he connected with the martial art of Muay Thai, his fascination soon lead him to join the team there, training for 5 years before competing in the national championship, and won 2 Grand Prix and one title in the National Thai Championships.At the age of 17 he was then sponsored to compete with The French Team, winning the Muay Thai European Championship 5 years in a row. He was not stopping there, as he competed straight away to win the Muay Thai World Championship for another 2 consecutive years.
His fighting skills were in such demand by inspired fighters, that he then began coaching as well as competiting. He then moved to Japan to bring his fighting knowledge to a new level, he scooped up 2nd place in the K1 championships and ultimately went straight on to win the Mixed Martial Arts Title.
Karim Safari had conquered all major martial arts that he wanted to, yet still wanted more. Refusing to stop winning he chose to move to France (1992) and pursue his ultimate goal, to attempt becoming the title holder for Cage Fighting. He focused purely on training and conditioning for the fight and walked out winning his first major title in martial arts, World Cage Fighting Champion. He defended the title for one year.
On completing his goals as a fighter he wanted to focus his attention on setting up a martial arts business, coaching other fighters to achieve their goals and dreams with the guidance of what he’d learnt as a successful fighter and also began organising fights.
In 1996 he moved the business to the London UK, to expand and soon gained high recognition. He had developed a successful martial arts school purely through recognition and word of mouth. It wasn’t long before he was being contact by TV, film, magazines and national newspapers to feature his skills and knowledge as a professional martial arts expert.
Once in England the WKO head hunted Karim Safari to take charge of the English Team, which he did successfully did for several years, however he knew deep down that his heart lay in developing his own business and giving others the opportunity to achieve what he had, and being able to take it to an international level.
He has since coached many high profile celebrities, royalty and politicians alongside coaching competing fighters to international level and guiding them to become champions. His Kickboxing and Muay Thai school is popular in London, teaching many different classes to all age ranges. He keeps his training on a professional yet personalised level and can be contacted directly for more information.