INSTRUCTOR QUALIFICATIONS
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Improve your karate skills – join instructor program
- Register your club and yourself to WBKA. Annual club membership fee is 100 USD. (One annual instructor licence fee is included in the price)
- Enhance you knowledge and participate in our instructor seminars over the world
- Bronze and Silver WBKA instructor have to pass test examined by either PLATINUM/MASTER WBKA instructor or WBKA technical director.
- Gold WBKA instructor have to pass test examined either by two MASTER WBKA instructors or WBKA technical director.
- Master WBKA instructor have to pass test examined by WBKA technical director.
- Annual instructor licence fee is 60 USD.
Every instructor has to conduct actively classes at his dojo.
How to keep instructor licence
BRONZE
Participation at least once a year in local or in international seminar conducted either by PLATINUM or by MASTER WBKA licensed instructor. Levels of our instructors
- At least Sho Dan.
- Must understand precise external form of basic techniques.
- Must be proficient in katas Heian, Tekki sho dan, Bassai dai, Kanku Dai, Jion & Enpi.
- Understand 6 body dynamics, and how to apply them in different techniques.
- Understand posture and it effect on movement.
- Understand stance, the use and principles of the different stances.
- Must understand sequence within techniques.
- Understand how to keep unity and connection between body center and arm, leg techniques.
- Understand kime, pressure to floor.
- Understand basic Oji waza, timing and distance.
SILVER
Participation at least once a year in local or in international seminar conducted by WBKA MASTER licensed instructor. Levels of our instructors
- At least Ni Dan.
- Must understand precise external form of basic techniques.
- Must be proficient in katas Heian, Tekki sho dan, Bassai dai, Kanku Dai, Jion & Enpi, Hangetsu, Jitte, Gangaku.
- Understand 6 body dynamics, and how to apply them in different techniques.
- Understands muscles action, and how to synchronize with body dynamics and technique.
- Understand breathing making muscles action, direct and reverse exhale.
- Understand posture and it effect on movement.
- Understand stance, the use and principles of the different stances.
- Must understand sequence within techniques.
- Understand how to keep unity and connection between body center and arm, leg techniques.
- Understand Muchime, body snap.
- Understand kime, pressure to floor and how to make total body contraction.
- Can explain and demonstrate breathing reaction, and how breath initiates technique.
- Understand basic Oji waza, timing and distance.
- Understand Sasoi Waza, invite techniques.
- Can test up to 4th kyu.
GOLD
Participation in annual MAIN WBKA MASTER SEMINAR conducted by WBKA technical director. Levels of our instructors
- At least San Dan, WBKA national instructor.
- Must understand precise external form of basic techniques.
- Must be proficient in katas Heian, Tekki sho dan, Bassai dai, Kanku Dai, Jion & Enpi, Hangetsu, Jitte, Gangaku.
- Understand 6 body dynamics, and how to apply them in different techniques.
- Understands muscles action, and how to synchronize with body dynamics and technique.
- Understand breathing making muscles action, direct and reverse exhale.
- Understand posture and it effect on movement.
- Understand stance, the use and principles of the different stances.
- Must understand sequence within techniques.
- Understand how to keep unity and connection between body center and arm, leg techniques.
- Understands Muchime, body like whip.
- Understand kime, pressure to floor and how to make total body contraction.
- Can explain and demonstrate breathing reaction, and how breath initiates technique.
- Understand basic Oji waza, timing and distance.
- Understand Sasoi Waza, invite techniques.
- Understands how to use Koroshi within Sasoi.
- Understands combination attack.
- Can assess faulty movement and its causes.
- Can test up to 1st kyu.
PLATINUM
Participation in annual MAIN WBKA MASTER SEMINAR conducted by WBKA technical director. Levels of our instructors
- At least Yondan Dan, WBKA national instructor.
- Must understand precise external form of basic techniques.
- Must be proficient in katas Heian, Tekki sho dan, Bassai dai, Kanku Dai, Jion & Enpi, Hangetsu, Jitte, Gangaku.
- Understand 6 body dynamics, and how to apply them in different techniques.
- Understands muscles action, and how to synchronize with body dynamics and technique.
- Understand breathing making muscles action, direct and reverse exhale.
- Understand posture and it effect on movement.
- Understand stance, the use and principles of the different stances.
- Must understand sequence within techniques.
- Understand how to keep unity and connection between body center and arm, leg techniques.
- Understands Muchime, body like whip.
- Understand kime, pressure to floor and how to make total body contraction.
- Can explain and demonstrate breathing reaction, and how breath initiates technique.
- Understand basic Oji waza, timing and distance.
- Understand Sasoi Waza, invite techniques.
- Understands how to use Koroshi within Sasoi.
- Understands combination attack.
- Can assess faulty movement and its causes.
- Can test up to 2nd DAN.
MASTER
Participation in annual MAIN WBKA MASTER SEMINAR conducted by WBKA technical director. Levels of our instructors
- At least Go Dan, WBKA international instructor.
- Must understand precise external form of basic techniques.
- Must be proficient in katas Heian, Tekki sho dan, Bassai dai, Kanku Dai, Jion & Enpi, Hangetsu, Jitte, Gangaku, Tekki NiDan, Tekki Sandan plus at least 2 advanced kata.
- Understand 6 body dynamics, and how to apply them in different techniques.
- Understands muscles action, and how to synchronize with body dynamics and technique.
- Understand breathing making muscles action, direct and reverse exhale.
- Understand posture and it effect on movement.
- Understand stance, the use and principles of the different stances.
- Must understand sequence within techniques.
- Understand how to keep unity and connection between body center and arm, leg techniques.
- Understands Muchime, body like whip.
- Understand kime, pressure to floor and how to make total body contraction.
- Understand how to make continuation, avoid gap between techniques.
- Understand Zanshin.
- Can explain and demonstrate breathing reaction, and how breath initiates technique.
- Understands how breath makes internal preparation, to avoid back motion.
- Understand basic Oji waza, timing and distance.
- Understand Sasoi Waza, invite techniques.
- Understands how to use Koroshi within Sasoi.
- Understands combination attack.
- Understands break balance techniques.
- Understand how to read opponent and when to use the different strategies.
- Can asses faulty movements and its main causes.
- One MASTER instructor can test up to 3rd DAN
- Committee of three MASTER instructors can test up to 4th DAN.
- WBKA technical director can test up to 7th DAN