MASTER RANKS

HANSHI DR. BARRY PACKHAM
Co-Director and Founding member
Chief Instructor 1971 – 1979
Karate, Ninth Degree Black Belt (Kudan)
Kobudo, Eighth Degree Black Belt (Hachidan)
Karate / Kobudo Certificate to Instruct. (Okinawan Hombu Dojo, issued 1973)
Commenced training in 1965.

HANSHI WAYNE REDDROP
Co-Director and Chief Instructor – Australia
Chief Instructor 1995 to present
Karate, Eighth Degree Black Belt (Hachidan)
Kobudo, Eighth Degree Black Belt (Hachidan)
Karate / Kobudo Certificate to Instruct (Okinawan Hombu Dojo, issued 2015)
Commenced training 1975.

KYOSHI BARRY GOVAN
Founder of the Ballarat Karate Club (1965)
Chief Instructor 1965 – 1971
Karate, Sixth Degree Black Belt (Rokudan)
Commenced training in 1965.

RENSHI ROD HILTON
Co-Founder / Co-Director of juniors 1982 – 1984.
Chief Instructor 1979 – 1983
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)

Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Commenced training in 1971.

RENSHI JOHN CREBBIN
Co-Founder / Co-Director of juniors 1982 – 1984.
Chief Instructor 1983 – 1995

Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Commenced training in 1972.

RENSHI GRAEME HOWARD
Director of Juniors 1984 – 1999
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Commenced training in 1968.


RENSHI GORDON MAYNE
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Commenced training in 1979.

RENSHI GARY ROBINSON
Foundation Member
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Commenced training 1965.

RENSHI VAUGHAN KING
Director of Juniors 1999 – 2018
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Commenced training in 1983.

SHIHAN JACK LYONS
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)

SHIHAN TROY WAKEFIELD
Club President 2023

Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)

SHIHAN DANNY MANNING
Founder of the Daylesford Karate Club (1998)

Karate, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Kobudo, Third Degree Black Belt (Sandan)

SENSEI GARY WHITTAKER
Foundation member
Karate, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Commenced training 1965