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International Kokondo Association Board of Masters
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Master
John
Fearns
Master Tom Wood
Jukido &
Karate
Master
Jukido & Karate Master
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Master
Robert E.
Robert
Master Jeff Soltez
Jukido
Master
Karate Master
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Master Jaoquin
Betancourt
Master Dave Peterson
Jukido
Master
Karate Master
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Master Richard Dinius
Karate
Master
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International Kokondo
Association Directors
Directors Titles
| Kaicho /
International Director |
Greg Howard |
| International
Assistant Director |
John Fearns |
| Kokondo
Karate Director |
Tom Wood |
| Jukido
Jujitsu Director |
Robert E.
Robert |
| Jukido
Jujitsu Assistant Director |
Dr. Joaquin
Betancourt |
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Coordinators of IKA
| Sensei Paul Ward |
Youth Coordinator |
| Sensei Richard Webster |
Assistant Youth Coordinator |
| Sensei Peter Dylag |
Visual Media Coordinator |
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Committees of the IKA
| Kokondo
Advocacy Committee |
Kokondo
Adult Jukido |
| Kokondo
Marketing Committee |
Kokondo
Youth Jukido |
| Kokondo
Women’s Committee |
Kokondo
Youth Karate |
| Continuing
Education/ Sensei Improvement |
Kokondo
Adult Karate |
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Shihan Paul Arel
For 35 years, Master Paul Arel made
the South Windsor Recreation Department the home base of his
internationalmartial arts association (IKA). For over three decades, he
taught his Kokondo style jujitsu (Jukido) and Karate to legions of
youngsters and adults. Whole families often signed on! This
incomparable gentleman passed away January 2, 2009. Though in the vast
empire of his students he was formally saluted as "Shihan" or
"teacher-of-teachers," Sensei (teacher) was the name he loved best.
Sensei Arel did honor to the martial arts craft and graced his students
with uncanny kinetic ability and encyclopedic knowledge. Arel had
actually won a prize for unbalancing a muzzled circus bear!
Mr. Arel's pioneering legacy remains an amalgam of martial arts
excellence and strength of personal character. This work will now be
carried on by Kaicho Greg Howard who is Shihan Arel’s chosen
successor.
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