FOR STUDENTS 16 YEARS OLD AND UP WHO ARE 1st KYU AND ABOVE
The World Karate Association is continuing the great educational work of Dr. Milorad V. Stricevic, who created and founded the Karate instructor certificate program at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Stricevic is the pioneer of scientific research on Traditional Karate techniques, training methods and educational pedagogy, and did numerous scientific research projects with legendary Karate Masters such as Masatoshi Nakayama, Toyotaro Miyazaki, Teriyuki Okazaki and Seiji Kanamura.
The WKA-IKICP is a MANDATORY one-year program for all WKA Traditional Karate instructors. The program is administered via 20 short online educational units, and 3 weekend seminars that will include educational training, lectures and teaching observations by world class master level instructors. The program will include university level scientific instruction on all aspects of Traditional Karate, including 40 years of scientific research on the art of Traditional Karate and the teachings of Okinawan/Japanese Karatedo masters from the 6th century to the present day. We invite you to join the leagues of over 2000 elite instructors, who have graduated the International Karate Instructors Certification Program.
WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL OWNERS, ALL MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTORS, BLACK BELTS, THOSE PREPARING FOR BLACK BELT, AND DOJO MANAGERS. Graduates of the WKA-IKICP will be listed in the REGISTRY OF INTERNATIONALLY LICENSED KARATE INSTRUCTORS on the World Karate Association website.