At JKA/WF headquarters, all instructors are specially trained and licensed to teach. Each of them
must train extensively and complete the JKA/WF’s unique specialist instructor
training program before receiving certification to fulfill the various
functions they are responsible for within the JKA/WF.
The JKA/WF offers three basic kinds of qualifications: authorized Instructor
qualifications (for teaching karate); authorized Judge qualifications (for
judging and refereeing at tournaments); and authorized Examiner qualifications
(for testing and evaluating Dan, instructors and other types of
qualification). Typically, it is only those who are already qualified instructors
who are eligible for the other two types. In Japan, there are currently
individuals who hold all three of these qualifications.
For each type of official qualification, there are four classes: D through
A. Each subsequent class authorizes the instructor to carry out an
increasingly broad spectrum of activities appropriate to the individual’s
experience with Instructors and Judges outside Japan also carrying out their
activites according to the rules for their country. Class A is the highest
rank offered in the JKA/WF.
To advance from one class to the next, the instructor must fulfill the
certification requirements and successfully complete the formal testing
procedure. Testing cannot take place until a minimum of three months after
the candidate has attained the Dan and completed the other
qualifications required for that class.
Testing for these various classes of qualification are carried out by
authorized and certified Examiners specified by the Chief Instructor orby the
Technical Committee. Overseas Examiners who have been given special
Examiner’s authorization by JKA/WF headquarters carry out their duties in their
country based upon the authority given to them.
Generally, qualifications are renewed every three years, and require a
training session before the renewal can be validated.
These details are summarized in the following charts:
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