* Note from WJKA H.Q.
Please note that WJKA recognised Dan ranks can only be awarded by those Instructors who hold valid up to date examiner licences (as listed on this website)
Dan ranks awarded by anyone other than a registered WJKA Examiner cannot be called WJKA ranks and will also not be recognised.
Examiners that have not renewed their licences and have allowed their licences to lapse are therefore not authorized to award WJKA Dan ranks and any ranks awarded by these examiners will not be recognised by the WJKA.
If there is any doubt to the validity of any WJKA Dan rank, then please contact WJKA H.Q.for confirmation.
WJKA Grading System
Kyu grading syllabus
1. KYU – brown
Dan grading syllabus
1. DAN – Those who have trained 2 yrs or more and have at least 1 yr WJKA membership / Age +10
2. DAN – Those who have trained for 2 yrs or more from the date of 1. Dan WJKA registration
3. DAN – Those who have trained for 3 yrs or more from the date of 2. Dan WJKA registration / Age +18
4. DAN – Those who have trained for 4 yrs or more from the date of 3. Dan WJKA registration
5. DAN – Those who have trained for 5 yrs or more from the date of 4. Dan WJKA registration / Age +30
6. DAN – Those who have trained for 6 yrs or more from the date of 5. Dan WJKA registration
7. DAN – Those who have trained for 7 yrs or more from the date of 6. Dan WJKA registration
WJKA Yudanshakai
9.Dan
- Knobel, Jan – Netherlands
- Owens, Donald – Canada
- Turnbull, John – USA
8.Dan
- Chernoff, Frederick – Canada
- Endo, Hedimine – Canada
- Thurlow-Criss, Kevin – United Kingdom
- Lebida, Tadeusz – Germany
- Monschau, Bodo – Germany
7. Dan
- Knobel, Jan jr – Netherlands
- Copeland, James – USA
- Dehghani, Hossein – Iran
- Moayyedi, Kavoos – Iran
- Le Roux, Riaan -South Africa
- Thijs, Jan – Netherlands
- Richards, Roy – United Kingdom
- Pruim, Andries – Canada
6. Dan
- Masso Carvalho, Flavio – Brazil
- Jayasundera, Watukarage – Sri Lanka
- Talaei, Omid – Iran
- Davis, Chris E – Canada
- Slooters, Danny – Netherlands
- Edwards, Steven – United Kingdom
- Meedendorp, Wouter – Netherlands
5. Dan
- Hufsmith, Roger – Canada
- Gosal, Manjit – Canada
- Nela, Jim – USA
- Drago, Walter G – USA
- Banimahd, Alireza – Iran
- Ghasemi, Masoumeh – Iran
- Zarghami, Mohsen – Iran
- Short, Robin – USA
- Singer, Evan – Australia
- Joubert, Shaun – South Africa
- Latisenoks, Aleksandr – Latvia
- Pena, Jose – USA
- Gough, Shaun – South Africa
4. Dan
- Vervoort, Kevin – Netherlands
- Bartschat, Helmut – Germany
- Wiethe, Hubert – Germany
- Vetrano, Joseph – USA
- Kalbacker, Robert – USA
- Knott, Anthony – USA
- Janse van Rensburg, Ian – South Africa
- Schmittenberg, Andreas – Germany
- Armstrong, Danny – Canada
- Weidendorf, Dwayne – Canada
- San, Pon – Canada
- Schmittenberg, Andreas – Germany
- Armstrong, Danny – Canada
- Weidendorf, Dwayne – Canada
- San, Pon – Canada
- Ulay, Norberto – South Africa
- Davis, John Blake – Canada
- Koepp, Gunnar – Germany
- Bachtler, Rudolf – Switzerland
- Ahmadi Momtaz, Saeid – Iran
- Toy, Raymond – USA
- Flanagan, Bruce – USA
- Karuppuswamy, Jayakumar – India
- Van Der Venter, Vincent – Mauritius
- Rasi, Loyiso – South Africa
- Meedendorp, Darrell – Netherlands
3. Dan
- Foster, Mathew – USA
- Mc Dermott, Frank- USA
- Mc Gregor, Patrick – USA
- Schöniger, Veysel – Germany
- Garnham-Lee, Carl – United Kingdom
- Le Roux, Adriaan – South Africa
- Dolley, Jameelah – South Africa
- Erasmus, Ryno – South Africa
- Gelbrich, Thomas – Germany
- Monschau, Heike – Germany
- Filis, Fotios – Germany
- Walters, Craig – South Africa
- Sampson, Edward – South Africa
- Copp, Arnott A – Canada
- Tsapi, Tanaka – South Africa
- Baur, Celso – Australia
- Nikfar, Abbas – Iran
- Cunningham, Lester – South Africa
- Abbaszadeh, Shahrzad – Iran
- Sakoltchik, Dmitri – Netherlands
- Pinsonnault, Andrew – Canada
- De Backer, Nikita – Netherlands
- Jurgens, Trudie – South Africa
- Vance, Paul Howard – Canada
- Parker, Tina – Canada
- Gautschi, Raphael – Switzerland
- Van Der Dussen, Taco – Netherlands
- Whitehead, Dean – United Kingdom
- De Backer, Arthur – Netherlands
- Maas, Henk – Netherlands
- Jurgens, Karla – South Africa
- Van der Merwe, Francois – South Africa
2. Dan
- Döring, Bianca – Germany
- Blödow, Thomas – Germany
- Meintjes. Johan – South Africa
- Joss. Edward – Canada
- Vis-Dunbar, Mathew – Canada
- Vink, Derek – Canada
- Gutierrez, Jose – USA
- Palmer, Kathryn – USA
- Palmer, Justin – USA
- Palmer, Michael – USA
- Owens, Leonard – Canada
- Katzwinkel, Andreas – Germany
- Döring, Sandy – Germany
- Prinsloo, Anton – South Africa
- Tope, Anthony – South Africa
- Fowell, Debbie – United Kingdom
- Barnaby, Georgia – United Kingdom
- Raajpal, Randay – United Kingdom
- Fowell, James – United Kingdom
- Brähne, Matthias – Germany
- Warstat, Matthias – Germany
- Schöne, Denny – Germany
- Landman, Annuscke – South Africa
- Owens-Matecha, Dawn – Canada
- Kern, Rene -Germany
- Iwan, Phil Justin – Germany
- Galloway, Debra – USA
- Laub, Owen – USA
- Sieberth, Til – Germany
- Meiring, Felix – South Africa
- Swart, Marika – South Africa
- De Lange, Johannes – South Africa
- Adam, Cathy – Canada
- Hilgendorf, Ulrich – Germany
- Bustorf, Ulrich – Germany
- Schȏning, Hans-Jürgen – Germany
- Kirk, Scott – United Kingdom
- Kroon, Alwyn – South Africa
- Vervoort, Jan – Netherlands
- Kotthaus, Olaf – Germany
- Kotthaus, Thordis – Germany
- Yoshii, Akiko – Canada
- Hutchings, Jeff – Canada
- Amadori, Daniel – Switzerland
- Azizi, Ali – Iran
- Dehghani, Alireza – Iran
- Karami Fath, Amir Agha – Iran
- Zwahlen, Tanja – Switzerland
- Haghi, Amir Hossein – Iran
- De Kock, Seth – South Africa
- Opperman, Willem – South Africa
- Bosch, Enrico Ryno – South Africa
- Bezuidenhout, Nico – South Africa
- Shepherd, Ryan – South Africa
- Bosch, Ryan – South Africa
- Whitehead, Leilah – United Kingdom
- Opperman, Andriette – South Africa
- Nguyen, Phan Vu – Netherlands
- Nabo, Lusindiso – South Africa
1. Dan
- De Jonker, Michael – Netherlands
- Pfeiffenbring, Lutz – Germany
- Klaebe, Anja – Germany
- Thibault, George – USA
- D’Halluin, Kenny – Belgium
- Harrisingh, Nasham – South Africa
- Pheasey, Cherry – Canada
- Carvalho, Eliana – Brazil
- Peters, Karl – United Kingdom
- Mc Gowan, Loriann – Canada
- Mc Gowan, Breanna – Canada
- Mc Gowan, Reece – Canada
- Schwarzendrube, Celina – Germany
- Studlek, Fabian – Germany
- Stöhr, Marvin – Germany
- Noll, Eric Finn – Germany
- Dubrow, Justin – USA
- Venter, Mari-Zaan – South Africa
- Prosser, Adam – United Kingdom
- Tilyer, Angus – United Kingdom
- Laughton, Alexy – United Kingdom
- Vukoje, Luka – United Kingdom
- Simpson, Melisa – United Kingdom
- Ward, Morgan – United Kingdom
- O’Neill, Declan – United Kingdom
- Rix, Sam – United Kingdom
- Taylor, Jobi – United Kingdom
- Taylor, Asha – United Kingdom
- Clarke, Leigh-Anne – United Kingdom
- Cooper, Jason – South Africa
- Viljoen, Christo – South Africa
- Smit, Jeanne – South Africa
- Nel, Steven – South Africa
- Kroon, Sonja – South Africa
- Brüggehoff, Melissa – Germany
- Govender, Kacey – South Africa
- Malkmes, Jon – USA
- Loebs, Steven – USA
- Dubrow, Marc – USA
- Clark, Alyssa – USA
- Clark, Larry – USA
- Paterson, Gordon – Canada
- Cowx, Samantha – Canada
- Freidhof, Richard – Germany
- Jurgens, Wouter – South Africa
- Viljoen, Gerhard – South Africa
- Saunders, Angelique – South Africa
- Armus, Jocelyn – USA
- Schult, Peter – USA
- Büscher, Jochen – Germany
- Rőder, Robin Andre – Germany
- Gries, Kimberly – Germany
- Scharnick, Lyall – South Africa
- Viljoen, Trune – South Africa
- Frans, Yanela – South Africa
- Rossouw, Richette – South Africa
- Fourie, Dunhin – South Africa
- Takane, Kwandiwe – South Africa
- Scharnick, Shanique – South Africa
- Cawe, Nkosethu – South Africa
- Tsapi, Nigel – South Africa
- Xanywa, Kamwa – South Africa
- Newton, Elario – South Africa
- Vom Brocke, Michael – Germany
- Emde, Sandra – Germany
- Hansen, Sten – Canada
- Theron, Charmorne – South Africa
- Rousseau, Ethan – South Africa
- Farrath, Ghumairaa – South Africa
- Delport, Danica – South Africa
- Landman, Ashante – South Africa
- Nordien, Faizaan – South Africa
- Cunningham, Allyson S – South Africa
- Davidson, Bill – Canada
- Cunningham, Jodi – South Africa
- Maziena, Gillmore – South Africa
- Gallli, Levina – South Africa
- Bosman, Owami – South Africa
- Maceba, Akho – South Africa
- Kiendorf, Andreas – Germany
- Lu, Angie – Canada
- Rasi, Langa – South Africa
- Govender, Ethan – South Africa
- Nicholson, Meryldene A – South Africa
- Prince, Jo-Ann – South Africa
- Boochever, Mary – USA
- Knobel, Hanny – Netherlands
- Faku, Ntlonipo – South Africa
- De Kock, Rocco – South Africa
- Petrus, Ruud – South Africa
- Rademeyer, Dwayne – South Africa
- Rasi, Lukhanyo – South Africa
- Vencencie, Luke – South Africa
- De Backer, Olga – Netherlands
- De Backer, Eugene – Netherlands
- Holz, Gundula – Germany
- Zabel, Marius – Germany
- Rasi, Lwazi – South Africa
- Di Paolo, Nolan – South Africa
- Landman, Rimon – South Africa
- Malahleha-Qaku, Tsepiso – South Africa
- Vawda, Bilqees- South Africa
- Vawda, Moosa – South Africa
- Smith, Caiden – South Africa
- Barendse, Nikita – South Africa
- Stander, Danie – South Africa
- Nocanda, Bulumko – South Africa
- Udeagha, Obi – South Africa
- Sauls, Paul – South Africa
- Thorne, Arnestia – South Africa
- Potgieter, Lienke – South Africa
- Potgieter, Natasha – South Africa
- Jurgens, Lukas – South Africa
- Van Heerden, Tiaan – South Africa
- Dolley, Zaahid – South Africa
- De Muijnck, Kyra – Netherlands
- Shepherd, Ilze – South Africa
- De Lange, Alexa – South Africa
- Bezuidenhout, Jo-Anne – South Africa
- Gafney, Danelle – South Africa
- Van Heerden, Ulrich – South Africa
- Hurter, Hugo – South Africa
- Thorne, Colleen – South Africa
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