Head Instructor/Chairman
Dr. Khalil Sorbi, Ph.D. E.E.
Go Dan (5th Degree Black Belt)
Dr. Sorbi came to Shotokan from freestyle
Olympic wrestling, where he won a series of
championships at the high school and
college level in his native Iran and
competed as a member of the Iranian
National Wrestling Championship in Ahwaz,
Iran. From 1972 to 1977 he held first place
in the Pars State Wrestling Championship in
Fars, Iran, and in 1976 he placed second in
the National Wrestling Championship. He
won the 1986 WAKF kumite championship
and is a ISKF/JKA certified instructor,
examiner and judge.A graduate of George
Washington University, Dr. Sorbi served
from 1986 to 1989 as Director of Instruction
of the Technical Education Center of the
Human Resources Research Organization
in Washington, D.C. and as Director of
Education at the National Education Center
from 1989 to 1994.
Instructors
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Victor A. Siegfried
Yon Dan (4th Degree Black Belt)
Victor A. Siegfried was born and raised just outside of
Zurich, Switzerland. He started training in Shotokan in
1978 at the dojo for Sensei Sugimura, Karate-Kai
Zurich, a member of JKA, EAKF and IAKF. He moved
to the U.S. in 1980. In August of 1981, he joined the
Houston Budokan, Dojo of Sensei Craig and sister
Dojo to Chiba Dojo in Japan. At the Houston Budokan
he studied Shito-Ryu Karate for fifteen years as a
member of Senshin Kai Karate Federation. Since the
Budokan teaches many different martial arts such as
Kendo, Iai-do, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu and Kobudo, he had the
opportunity to observe and gain knowledge besides
Karate. He holds a 4th Degree Black Belt in Shito-Ryu
Karate and has been a member of the International
Shotokan Karate Association of Northern Virginia
since 1996. Mr. Siegfried holds a Hochbauzeichner
degree from the Hochbauzeichner Schule in Zurich,
Switzerland. As a professional project designer and
CAD instructor, he has worked in a variety of positions
from master planning to building design in projects in
the U.S. and Europe.
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Reza Sorbi
Yon Dan (4th degree black belt)
Reza Sorbi is privileged and honored to be a
long-time student of Dr. Sorbi. Starting Shotokan
karate in 1988, he has trained consistently in
Shotokan for over 16 years. He currently attends
George Mason University and is double majoring in
Computer Science and Mathematics.a
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Delford F. Furney, Jr.
Sho Dan (1st Degree Black Belt)
Delford F. Furney, Jr. was born and raised in
Columbia, SC. His introduction to the martial arts was
through Okinawan Issn-ryu karate, followed by training
in TaeKwonDo and Tai Chi Chuan. He has also
trained in kobudo (Okinawan weapons). He joined the
ISKF in the early 80s and received his shodan in
Philadelphia, PA, in 1987. He began training with Dr.
Sorbi in the fall of 2001 and continues as his student
today.
Currently, he is teaching Shotokan at the Audrey
Moore Recreation Center under a program with the
Fairfax County Recreation Department.
Mr. Furney holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Furman University in Greenville, SC. He works for an
international consulting firm providing information
technology to the Department of the Navy.
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