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Go to Pat Hickey Article on Coaching

Go to Pat Hickey Essay on Fitness For The Sport of Karate

Coaches and team reviewing training session films
Pat Byrnes-PA, Tokey Hill-NY, Bernard Scarda-NY, Almerico Santucci-NJ, John Linebarger-AZ, John Nanay, IL, Robert Saal-OH
Bill Marcum-OH, Jeff Ellis- Ohio, David Ames-Ohio, Michael Dunphy- OH, Doug Dennis-IL
Carl Wilcox-NC, Pat Hickey-OH, Bob Boggs-KA, Dan Montgomery-VA, Rob Alvelais-CA

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Go to Pat Hickey Commentary on Charting

Go to Hanshi Anderson article on The Mind of a Referee

Go to Grandmaster Tom Lapuppet's opinion of the future of refereeing

John Nanay, Chairman Referee Committee, World Union Referee
Bernard Scarda,
Roger Jarrett
Jim Del Garbino,
Carl Wilcox
Doug Dennis
David Ames
Jeff Ellis
Michael Piaser
Dr. Michael Dunphy
Rob Alvelais
Larry Overholt
John Snevel DDS
Patrick Hickey, Past Chairman, Chairman Referee Committee,Former International Judge

Some Past USAKF Referees

George Anderson, Past President, World Referee Council, Pan American Referee Council
Takayuki Mikami, World Union Referee
Minobu Miki, World Union Referee
Koji Sugimoto, World Union Referee
Masaharu Sakamuki, World Union Referee
Hidy Ochiai, World Union Referee
Almerico Santucci World Union Referee, Pan American Referee Council
Dan Montgomery

National Referees
Attain the official USAKF passport - the application in Adobe Acrobat PDF format

Look at Referees Evaluation Form in Adobe Acrobat PDF

Michael Bukala-Ohio, Chair
Jack Pyles, Ohio
Bill Viola -Pennsylvania
Caolyn Hofer
Marlene Harmon

Medical Advisory:
Dr. David Kay, Chair
Dr. Keith Unger, D.C.
Dr. Rich Hammond, M.D.
Dr. John Snevel, D.D.S.

Articles to read:

Go to Technical Article by Takiyuki Mikami, 8th Dan JKA

Member, WUKO World Technical Committee (at the time of this article

Explaining The THEORY OF CLOSURE - by Patrick M. Hickey, 8 th Dan

Takiyuki Mikami, Former WUKO Technical Committee & Chairman of the PUKO Technical Committee at USOC Training Center

Phillip Koeppel---US Kobudo Technical Committee

Patrick Hickey, former USAKF Referee Council Chair
Patrick Byrnes, US National Committee

George Anderson, Former President World Referee Council

With Masters Won Shou Lin - Taiwan & Goshi Yamaguchi
Manila, Asian Pacific Techical Congress

THE USA KARATE FEDERATION and the JAPAN KARATE FEDERATION
held a Masters Kata Seminar win Akron, Ohio, USA from October 4, 1989 to October 7, 1989. This seminar consisted of instruction in the 8 Japan Karate Federation Kata - Jion, Kanku, Seipei, Seishan, Seienchin, Bassai Dai, Saifa, and Chinto.
Schedule of Events
Wednesday October 4 - Joshi Kawakami, Shotokan
Thursday October 5 - Tokio Hisatomi, Shito
Friday October 6 - Isamu Soma, Goju
Saturday October 7 - Toru Arakawa, Wado

PUKO Technical Congress Long Island University, Chairman, George Anderson
Dignitaries present: Jose Mendez, Puerto Rico - M. Tsuoroka - Canada - L. Abelard, Haiti - Carlos Chavez, Colombia - Marco Herrera, Costa Rica - Takayuki Mikami - Toyotaro Miazaaki - M. Sakamukai - Hidy Ochiai - M. Higaonna - Koji Sugimoto - Dr. Michael Dunphy - Ravi Raghaven - Jim Mather - Don Madden - Tom Lapuppet - Alex Sternberg - Dr. Milorad Stricevic - TR McClanahan

Apply for Homogation Certificate of Dan Grade, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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