WJKA Internation Instructor Program
For those WJKA members interested in acquiring respected, world accredited status as international instructors, examiners and tournament officials…….
The Instructor Program offers comprehensive training and experience to enable preparation for obtaining WJKA International Licenses. This program includes academic and practical requirements, with many Shotokan specialized instructor subjects including, history, kinesiology, body parts and physiology, psychology, karate techniques, kata, administration, kumite and strategy, self defense, and tournaments.
All subjects are presented from the perspective of an instructor interested in greater personal depth and how best to share Shotokan growth and development with students.
Upon graduation (as a licensed International Instructor and Official), an optional Examiner license can be obtained.
The first step for interested WJKA students is to download the application form, and have the filled out form(with sign up fee) submitted by their instructors to their Regional representatives listed on the web page for forwarding to International HQ. Instructor Trainees must be NIDAN or above. Upon acceptance, an Instructor Program Handbook will be sent to the new Trainee. Regional representatives are available to answer questions regarding the program at any time.
For information please contact WJKA H.Q.
* 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.
Official WJKA technical qualifications are classified into 3 categories and into 4 classes
- Instructors: Class A – B – C – D – E
- Examiner: Class A – B – C – D – E
- Instructor / Examiner license registration form
- Judge: Class A – B – C – D – E
- Referee license registration form
License Renewals
- INSTRUCTOR / EXAMINER LICENSE
- 1st renewal after 3 yrs
- thereafter every 5 yrs
- REFEREE / JUDGE LICENSE
- every 5 year
A – LICENSE REGISTER
A License
A-Class: Those with 6th Dan and 36 yrs – can grade up to and including Yondan
Instructor / Examiner
- Knobel, Jan – Netherlands
- Owens, Donald – Canada
- Endo, Hidemine – Canada
- Knobel, Jan jr – Netherlands
- Monschau, Bodo – Germany
- Lebida, Tadeusz – Germany
- Slooters, Danny – Netherlands
- Thurlow-Criss, Kevin – United Kingdom
- Richards, Roy – United Kingdom
- Le Roux, Riaan – South Africa
- Copeland, James – USA
- Dehghani, Hossein – Iran
- Chernoff, Frederick – Canada
- Moayyedi, Kavoos – Iran
- Edwards, Steven – United Kingdom
- Meedendorp, Wouter – Netherlands
Referee / Judge
- Knobel, Jan – Netherlands
- Owens, Donald – Canada
- Endo, Hidemine – Canada
- Knobel, Jan jr – Netherlands
- Monschau, Bodo – Germany
- Lebida, Tadeusz – Germany
- Slooters, Danny – Netherlands
- Thurlow-Criss, Kevin – United Kingdom
- Richards, Roy – United Kingdom
- Le Roux, Riaan – South Africa
- Dehghani, Hossein – Iran
- Chernoff, Frederick – Canada
- Moayyedi, Kavoos – Iran
- Edwards, Steven – United Kingdom
- Meedendorp, Wouter – Netherlands
B – LICENSE REGISTER
B License
B-Class: Those with 5th Dan and 30 yrs – can grade up to and including Sandan
Instructor / Examiner
- Latishenok, Aleksandr – Latvia
- Joubert, Shaun – South Africa
- Pena, Jose – USA
- Singer, Evan – Australia
Referee / Judge
- Latishenok, Aleksandr – Latvia
- Joubert, Shaun – South Africa
- Pena, Jose – USA
- Singer, Evan – Australia
C – LICENSE REGISTER
C License
C-Class: Those with 4th Dan and 25 yrs – can grade up to and including Nidan
Instructor / Examiner
- Kevin Vervoort – Netherlands
- Janse van Rensburg, Ian – South Africa
- Gough, Shaun – South Africa
- Drago, Walter George – USA
- Rasi, Loyiso – South Africa
- Van Der Venter, Vincent – Mauritius
Referee / Judge
- Kevin Vervoort – Netherlands
- Janse van Rensburg, Ian – South Africa
- Gough, Shaun – South Africa
- Drago, Walter George – USA
- Rasi, Loyiso – South Africa
- Van Der Venter, Vincent – Mauritius
D – LICENSE REGISTER
D License
D-Class: Those with 3rd Dan and 21 yrs – can grade up to and including 1st Dan
Instructor / Examiner
- Gelbrich, Thomas – Germany
- Filis, Fotios – Germany
- Meedendorp, Darrell – Netherlands
- Baur, Celso – Australia
- Pinsonnault, Andrew – Canada
- Abbaszadeh, Shahrzad – Iran
Referee / Judge
- Meedendorp, Darrell – Netherlands
- Baur, Celso – Australia
- Pinsonnault, Andrew – Canada
- Abbaszadeh, Shahrzad – Iran
E – LICENSE REGISTER
E License
E-Class: Those with 2nd Dan and 18 yrs – can grade up to and including 1st Kyu
Instructor / Examiner
- Döring, Bianca – Germany
- Scharfenberg, Mariusz – Germany
- Van Der Dussen, Taco – Netherlands
- Vervoort, Jan – Netherlands
- De Backer, Nikita – Netherlands
- De Backer, Arthur – Netherlands
- Bustorf, Olav – Germany
- Kirk, Scott – United Kingdom
- Amadori, Daniel – Switzerland
- Gautschi, Raphael – Switzerland
- Dehghani, Alireza – Iran
Referee / Judge
- Van Der Dussen, Taco – Netherlands
- Vervoort, Jan – Netherlands
- Kirk, Scott – United Kingdom
- Amadori, Daniel – Switzerland
- Gautschi, Raphael – Switzerland
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