Organisational Structure of the IJKA
• Introduction
• Officials
• International Kenshusei
• Technical Committee
• Technical Councellors
• Physical Councellor
• Referee Committee
• Referees
• Judges
Introduction
At the 2007 IJKA congress held in Budapest, Hungary following one year of respect for Asai Shihan, Kato Shihan 9th dan was asked to take over the mantel of World Chief Instructor.
The full IJKA organisational structure is listed below.
Officials
IJKA World Chief Instructor ~ Hanshi Sadashige Kato 9th Dan ~ Japan
IJKA President ~ Jozsef Kovacs ~ Hungary
IJKA World Secretary ~ Brian Toomey 6th Dan ~ Ireland
IJKA European Secretary ~ Tamas Molnar 5th Dan ~ Hungary
& Chief Referee
IJKA Shihankai President ~ Ron Bellwood 7th Dan ~ England
IJKA Yudanshakai President ~ Mark Watts 4th Dan ~ England
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International Kenshusei
Latchezar Nenov 5th Dan ~ Bulgaria (Captain)
Kaido Ratsepp 4th Dan ~ Estonia
Sergey Lozovoy 4th Dan ~ Russia
Mikhail Belov 4th Dan ~ Russia
Gligor Gligoroski 4th Dan ~ Macedonia
Danko Gligoroski 3rd Dan ~ Macedonia
Vitaliy Shankin 3rd Dan ~ Russia
Windt Gabor Jnr 3rd Dan ~ Hungary
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Technical Committee
Andrey Dormenko 7th Dan ~ Russia
Keith Gullen 7th Dan ~ England
Shuitsu Okazaki 7th Dan ~ Japan
Futoshi Mitani 6th Dan ~ Japan
Gorgen Sokare 6th Dan - Sweden
Keth Crighton 6th Dan ~ Scotland
Peter Custance 6th Dan ~ Wales
Robert Sworek 6th Dan ~ Poland
Patrick J.Moloney 5th Dan ~Ireland
Anil Patil 5th Dan ~ India
Vidmantas Butnorius 5th Dan ~ Lithuania
Faramarz Mehrpour 5th Dan ~ U.A.E & Iran
Constandinos Charalambous 5th Dan ~ Cyprus
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Technical Councellors
Dr Giorgio Bortolin 7th Dan (Kubota Shihan) ~ Italy
Ed Fujiwara 7th Dan ~ USA
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Physical Counsellor
Dr Jonathan Lyons 5th Dan ~ England
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Referee Committee
President ~ Shihan Kato
Chairman/Chief Referee ~ Sensei Tamas Molnar, Hungary.
Secretary ~ Sensei Brian Toomey, Ireland.
Committee ~
Sensei Okazaki, Japan.
Sensei Bruno Koller, Switzerland.
Sensei Gorgen Sokare, Sweden
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Referees
Sensei Andrei Dormenko, Russia
Sensei Anil Patil, India
Sensei Anton Vandev, Bulgaria
Sensei Danko Gligoroski, Macedonia
Sensei Futoshi Mitani, Japan
Sensei Gábor Macsar, Hungary
Sensei Giorgio Bortolin, Italy
Sensei Gligor Gligoroski, Macedonia
Sensei Ivaylo Pantchev, Israel
Sensei Kaido Ratsepp, Estonia
Sensei Keith Crighton, Scotland
Sensei Latchezar Nenov, Bulgaria
Sensei P.J. Moloney, Ireland
Sensei Sergei Vlasov, Lithuania
Sensei Shiniti Kataoka, Japan
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Judges
Balázs Herczeg, Hungary
Emil Dimitrov, Bulgaria
Ina Ivanova, Bulgaria
Jena Slavova, Bulgaria
Karin Sokare, Sweden
Kostadin Chepandov, Bulgaria
Petrov Danail, Bulgaria
Resmi Bobev, Bulgaria
Svetla Kostova, Bulgaria
Tamás Vitkó, Hungary
Tony Power, Ireland
Tsvetomin Gospodinov, Bulgaria
Vladimir Vetev, Bulgaria
N.B. The above lists of Referees and Judges are made up of karateka who have sat and passed IJKA examinations. There are many other competent and qualified referees and judges in the organisation.
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