HANSHI DR. BARRY J. PACKHAM.
KUDAN – 9th Degree Black Belt.
CO-DIRECTOR  and  FOUNDATION MEMBER
B.K.C. LIFE MEMBER – 2005

THIS LISTING IS ISSUED AS A PUBLIC REFERENCE.

The following constitute the sum total, without exception, of the persons graded by
myself to this day – 13th June, 2024.

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1. HANSHI WAYNE REDDROP
Co-Director and Chief Instructor – Australia
Chief Instructor 1995 to present.
Life member – 2005
Karate, Eighth Degree Black Belt (Hachidan)
Kobudo, Eighth Degree Black Belt (Hachidan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

2. KYOSHI BARRY GOVAN
Founder of the Ballarat Karate Club (1965)
Chief Instructor 1965 to 1971
Life member – 2005
Sixth Degree Black Belt (Rokudan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

3. RENSHI ROD HILTON
Chief Instructor 1979 to 1983
Co-Founder / Director of the B.K.C. Juniors 1982 – 1984
Life member – 2005
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

4. RENSHI JOHN CREBBIN 
Chief Instructor 1983 to 1995
Co-Founder / Director of the B.K.C. Juniors 1982 – 1984
Life member – 2005
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

5. RENSHI GRAEME HOWARD
Founding member, The Ballarat Karate Club.
Director of the B.K.C. Junior program 1984 – 1999
Life member – 2005
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Scotsburn, Victoria, Australia.

6. RENSHI GORDON MAYNE
Life member – 2005
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

7. RENSHI GARY ROBINSON
Founding member, The Ballarat Karate Club.
Life member – 2005
Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

8. RENSHI VAUGHAN KING 
Director of the BKC Junior program 1999 – 2018
Life member – 2013
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

9. RENSHI JACK LYONS
Life member – 2015
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

10. RENSHI TROY WAKEFIELD
Club President – 2023 – present
Life member – 2020
Karate, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Fifth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

11. SHIHAN DANNY MANNING
Founder of the Daylesford Karate Club (1998)
Life member – 2015
Karate, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Kobudo, Third Degree Black Belt (Sandan)
Creswick, Victoria, Australia.

12. SHIHAN LACHLAN HOWARD
Life member – 2020
Karate, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Kobudo, Third Degree Black Belt (Godan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

13. SENSEI GARY WHITTAKER
Life member – 2019
Karate, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Kobudo, Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Buninyong, Victoria, Australia

14. SHIHAN THINH DUC PHU
Fourth Degree Black Belt (Yondan)
Fort Worth, Florida, U.S.A. (ex -South Viet Nam)

15. SENSEI JOHN McMAHON
B.K.C. Secretary (resigned 2024)
Instructor of the BKC junior program
Life member – 2022
Karate, Third Degree Black Belt (Sandan)
Kobudo, Third Degree Black Belt (Sandan)
Yendon, Victoria, Australia.

16. SEMPAI DAO THU THUY
Third Degree Black Belt (Sandan)
Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam,
(Last known address, April 1975).

17. SEMPAI GRAEME (MICK) EATON (Passed away 2024)
Life member – 2005
Second Degree Black Belt (Nidan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

18. SEMPAI DANIEL WEST
Director of  the BKC Junior program 2018 – 2024
Second Degree Black Belt (Nidan)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.