TT karateka gets US-certified

Sensei Darryl Williams, chief instructor of the Trinidad and Tobago Karate Alliance (TTKA), has retuned from a twelve-day trip (July 19 to 29) which included special training with his teacher, Shihan Kunio Miyake, Eighth Dan, and Chief Instructor of Shuko-Kai International.

This was at the Hombu (headquarters) in Fountain Valley, California. After Williams went to the USA —National Karate Federation 2003 National Championships in San Jose. There, he participated in the referee course where he was re-certified as a league referee with the USA-NKF. The USA-NKF is the USA National Governing Body for karate. He also took the International Kata course and was promoted to Regional kata judge.  Accompanying him was Archie Leiba who trained at the hombu but did not participate in any of the coaching, or referee courses.  Sensei Williams is the General-Secretary for Shuko-Kai International. He is based in New York, USA and is expected to visit Ghana, Tamilnadu (South India) and Sri Lanka later on in the year to conduct technical seminars.

Shihan Kunio Miyake is expected to be in Trinidad and Tobago next April to conduct special training for instructors from the Caribbean Shuko-Kai. Shuko-Kai Trinidad and Tobago will now be under Triad Council. Indira Ramlogan, the Technical Supervisor for Trinidad and Tobago is expected to meet with the head instructors for all dojos soon. Other instructors are Curtis Carrera, Douglas Khan, Dwayne McLean Parris, Helen Jack, Kelvin Clarke and Pundit Gaya Persad Maharaj and Ricardo Sookram.