Jon-Michael Williams CV – Cape JKA, Karate for all ages

LIST OF KARATE ACHIEVEMENTS of JON-MICHAEL WILLIAMS

Selected for SA JKA National team Open Men individual Kumite (only 4 per country) and Team Kumite (men 5 man fighting team) to attend the World Gichin Funakoshi (Shoto-Cup) Championships in Japan in October 2024.
Selected as Captain of South African Team to attend the Gichin Funakoshi Cup (Shoto-cup) world champs in Japan 2024
2nd Place Mens Open Kumite Division South African JKA Champs.
1st Place Veterans kata division SA JKA Champs.
2nd Place Team event SA JKA Champs
Western Province JKA Coach (dojo members achieved 41 medals from 44 participants)

Grand Champion 1st place Kata and Kumite Mens Veterans Division Indo-Pacific Cup
Selected as JKA Senior Head Coach for Indo-Pacific Cup in Mauritius. SA mens and womens team came 2nd.
Grand Champion 1st place Kata and Kumite Mens Veterans Division SA and All Africa Cup.
1st place Mens Team event All Africa Cup.
1st place Mens Team event SA Champs.
Western Province Coach (dojo members achieved 54 Medals)
Graded to A class International Instructor.

Grand Champion 1st place Kata and Kumite Mens Veterans Division SA Champs
2nd Place Mns Team Event SA Champs.
Western Province Coach 69% of team medaled at SA Champs. (took 49 western province team participants from my Dojo and achieved 45 Medals).
West End Primary School in finals of The Best Schools in The World (overcoming adversity)

Appointed as Junior National JKA coach to attend the World Gichin Funakoshi Cup in Japan October 2020. (event postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic)

Appointed Coach Of the JKA National Junior Team to attend the World Shoto-cup in Ireland in August 2017 (team achieved 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze).
Grand Champion 1st place Kata and Kumite Mens Open Veterans division SA Champs.
2nd Place Mens Team Event

Coach of Western Province JKA Karate team. (team achieved over 60 medals at SA JKA Champs)
2nd Place Mens Team Event (SA JKA Champs)

SA JKA KATA CHAMPION (SA Champs May)
3rd Place mens open kumite. (SA Champs May)
Selected for SA Team and attended World Champs Shoto-Cup in Japan in October for Kata and Team Fighting.
Attained international Referees, Instructor and Examiner qualifications at the World Training Camp at the Headquarters in Japan (October)
Running Cognitive Development Program through karate instruction at West End Primary (Mitchells Plein) for Grade R’s and Grade 1’s.

2012 Western Province Kata Champion.
2012 Western Cape JKA coach (out of 13 JKA competitors 13 trophies achieved and 11 Western Province members)
2012 SA JKA KATA CHAMPION (SA CHAMPS MAY 2012)
JKA SA Champs 35 competitors 45 medals.
Graded to Godan 5th dan

2011 SA JKA KATA CHAMPION (SA CHAMPS MAY 2011)
Attended and competed at the World Shoto-Cup in Thailand in August 2011, in Kata, Kumite and 5 man team. (Trials were held in JHB in March)
2nd Place Western Province Championships
Western Cape JKA team coach.

Western Province Karate Sportsman of the Year
3rd Place Kata and Kumite National Champ of Champs
Selected to represent Western Cape at National Champ of Champs
2nd Place Kumite and 3rd Place Kata Cape triangular (WP, Boland, SWD)
3rd Place Team Kata and 2nd Place team Kumite (fighting) JKA National Team Champs
3rd Place Heavy-weight division All-Style S.A. National Champs (July 2010)
Dojo Head at various Dojo (karate clubs) Home base at Fox Fitness and Leisure, Milnerton Primary, West Coast, and various Pre-schools.
Member of South African Squad
Western Province colours for Kumite and Kata (WP Kata Champion)
12 Students in Western Province Team
3rd Place JKA National Championships

Lived, taught and trained in Japan.
Achieved Shodan (1st dan/degree black belt) in Kendo (Japanese Martial Art of Sword fighting).
3rd place Shizuoka Prefectural Championships.

Captain of the South African Student Karate Team which attended the 2nd World University Karate Championships in Kyoto, Japan in July 2000 (South African Student Sport Colours).
1st place Team and individual event at the Student South African Championships.
U.P.E (University of Port Elizabeth) Karate team coach and captain.
Vice-Chairperson of the South African Student Sport Karate Union 1999, 2000.
Taught Karate at U.P.E. and in the community.
Awarded U.P.E. Sport Honorary Colours 1997-2000.
Awarded A-Class Referee Certification from the Karate Association of Southern Africa 1999.
Awarded Instructor, Judge and Examiner certification from the South African Japan Karate Association 1999.
Achieved Sandan (3rd Dan/degree black belt) 1998.
Member of the South African Japan Karate Association Senior Team placed third at the World Shoto-cup in Paris, France in 1998.
U.P.E. Student Sportsman of the Year nominee 1998, 2000.
Eastern Province Colours.
Grand Champion Martial Arts Extravaganza 1998 – 2000.

Taught karate at the Technikon Witwatersrand and in the community at the Yeoville Recreation centre.
Technikon Karate Team Coach and Captain
Awarded Sports Bursary for exceptional achievement in Karate 1995,1996
Placed second at the World junior and Youth karate Championships, under 21, 1996. South African Youth Colours.
Awarded Witwatersrand Sport Colours 1994-1996.
Witwatersrand Technikon Student Sportsman of the Year nominee 1996.
Southern Gauteng Colours.
Achieved Nidan (2nd dan/degree black belt)