José Manuel Guerreiro Santana (born May 17, 1957, in Lisbon, Portugal) is a karateka, and a two-time world champion in kumite.

[citation needed] José Santana started practicing martial arts at the age of fourteen under Luís Cunha, a Shotokan Karate instructor at Ginásio Clube Português (GCP) in Lisbon.

[1] In addition to karate, Santana pursued boxing, achieving national championship titles for two consecutive years and securing a spot on Portugal's Olympic team for the 1980 Moscow games.

In 2008, he achieved the 6th Dan rank and was appointed Chief Instructor of Seigokan for Portugal and Europe, a charge usually played by Japanese Masters.

[5] In July 2017, Santana obtained the 7th Dan grade with distinction at an examination held at the Budokan in Himeji, Japan, under the supervision of a jury of several Grand Masters of Seigokan.