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Sensei Jason K. Ashcroft
6th Dan
WSKO Chief Instructor
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World Referee 'A' European Referee 'A' Vice President to the Welsh Karate Governing Body (The Only Sport Wales Recognised Governing Body) British Karate Federation Assistant Chief Referee Jason Ashcroft has been training in Karate for many years. He first started training at an early age of six in a freestyle form of Karate called Mugendo, his Instructor was Peter Giles. After a few years of training, Peter emigrated to Australia. At this time Jason started Shotokan Karate with the Karate Union of Wales, whose Chief Instructor is Mike O’Brien. Jason attained his 1st Dan Black Belt at the age of sixteen, then his 2nd Dan two years later and in early 1993 he attained his 3rd Dan. Jason was then presented with his 4th Dan in February 1999. In 2007 Jason was presented by the Directors of the Welsh Karate Governing Body his 5th Dan. 8th June 2014 Jason was awarded by the Directors of the Welsh Karate Governing Body his 6th Dan. Jason has won many Championships with well over a hundred trophies, he is 9 Time Welsh Champion, K.B.I. International Champion and B.S.K.U. World Champion. Since the age of sixteen and every year since Jason has represented Wales fighting for the K.U.W. Welsh ‘A’ Team and has also fought for the W.K.F. Welsh ‘A’ Team.
Karate, Coaching, Refereeing & Competition Accreditations at a Glance Grading History : 1982 - Attained the level of 1st Dan Black Belt in the Art of Mugendo 1988 - Attained the level of 1st Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1990 - Attained the level of 2nd Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1993 - Attained the level of 3rd Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1999 - Attained the level of 4th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 2007 - Attained the level of 5th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 2014 - Attained the level of 6th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate Coaching : 1993 - Qualified as a NCF Coach 1993 - Qualified as a Health & Safety Executive First Aider 1995 - Qualified as WKF Coach Level I 1996 - Qualified as WKF Coach Level II 2002 - Qualified as NVQ Level II Coach 2002 - Qualified as NVQ Level II Coach Assessor 2004 - Qualified as Emergency First Aider 2004 - Qualified as WKGB Coach (Competition) 2006 - Attained Child Protection & Good Practice Qualification 2013 - Attained Child Protection & Good Practice Qualification Refereeing History : 1989 - Started Refereeing with the KUW 1989 - Qualified as a Judge with the KUW 1991 - Qualified as a Referee with the KUW 1995 - Qualified as a Judge with the Welsh Karate Federation 1996 - Qualified as a Referee with the Welsh Karate Federation 2000 - Started Refereeing with the WKGB National Governing Body 2000 - Re Qualified as Judge ‘A’ with the Welsh Karate Federation 2001 - Awarded Best Official in Wales at the WKF Open Championships 2001 - Re Qualified as Referee ‘A’ with the Welsh Karate Federation 2002 - Selected 1 of 4 Officials to Judge at the 1st £10,000 Karate Clash, London 2002 - Awarded Best Official in Britain at the British Karate Championships 2003 - May, Qualified as Judge ‘A’ & Officiated at the Senior EKF Championships, Bremen 2003 - Selected 1 of 4 Officials to Judge at the 2nd £10,000 Karate Clash, London 2004 - Awarded Best Official in Britain at the BIKO Championships 2004 - May, Qualified as Referee ‘B’ & Officiated at the Senior EKF Championships, Moscow, Russia 2004 - Selected 1 of 4 Officials to Judge at the 3rd £10,000 Karate Clash, London 2005 - May, Qualified as Referee ‘A’ & Officiated at the Senior EKF Championships, Teferife, Spain 2005 - Ranked No 10 in Europe with the European Karate Federation 2007 - October, Qualified as Judge 'B' & Officiated at the Junior World Karate Championships in Istanbul, Turkey 2008 - November, Qualified as Judge 'A' & Officiated at the Senior World Karate Championships in Tokyo, Japan 2010 - October, Qualified as Referee 'B' & Officiated at the Junior World Karate Championships in Morocco 2011 - October, Qualified as Referee 'A' & Officiated at the Junior World Karate Championships in Malaysia 2014 - September, Awarded Position of British Karate Federation Assistant Chief Referee Karate History : 1979 - Started training in the Art of Mugendo a Free Style form of Karate 1982 - Attained the level of 1st Dan Black Belt in the Art of Mugendo 1983 - Started training in the Art of Shotokan Karate, under the KUW 1988 - Attained the level of 1st Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1989 - Started teaching the Art of Shotokan Karate opening first Karate School WSKS 1989 - Formed Rhondda Shotokan Karate Schools 1990 - Attained the level of 2nd Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1993 - Attained the level of 3rd Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 1993 - Qualified as a NCF Coach 1993 - Started teaching the Art of Shotokan Karate as a Professional Karate Instructor 1993 - Qualified as a Health & Safety Executive First Aider 1993 - Member of the Welsh Team, winning the BSKUI World Team Championships 1995 - Opened 2nd Karate School PSKS 1995 - Qualified as WKF Coach Level I 1995 - Opened 3rd Karate School LSKS 1995 - Qualified as a Kickrobics Instructor (Boxercise) 1996 - Qualified as WKF Coach Level II 1997 - Opened 4th Karate School CSKS 1998 - Opened 5th Karate School TSKS 1999 - Attained the level of 4th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate 2000 - Started teaching Self Defence to Corporate Companies 2001 - Opened 6th Karate School FSKS 2001 - Left the KUW 2001 - Appointed Officer on the Disciplinary Committee with the Welsh Karate Governing Body 2002 - Changed name to Welsh Shotokan Karate Organisation 2002 - Qualified as NVQ Level II Coach 2002 - Qualified as NVQ Level II Coach Assessor 2004 - Qualified as Emergency First Aider 2004 - Qualified as WKGB Coach (Competition) 2006 - Attained Child Protection & Good Practice Qualification 2007 - Awarded 5th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate by Welsh Karate Governing Body 2008 - Voted in as WKGB Director 2013 - Voted in as WKGB Vice President 2014 - Awarded 6th Dan in the Art of Shotokan Karate by Welsh Karate Governing Body Competition History : 1980 - Started competing with Mugendo, winning many local competitions 1987 - KUW Welsh Shield Champion 1987 - KUW Welsh National Champion 1987 - KBI International Champion 1988 - Represented the Welsh Karate Federation ‘A’ Squad 1988 - KUW Welsh Shield Champion 1988 - KUW Welsh National Champion 1988 - BKI International Champion 1990 - Represented KUW Welsh Senior ‘A’ Team and every year up to 2000 1990 - KUW National Team Champion 1990 - WKB Men’s Team Champion 1993 - BSKUI Worlds Shotokan Team Champion 1st Place 1993 - KUW Senior Men’s Kata National Champion 1994 - KUW Senior Men’s Kata Shield Champion 1995 - Bebb’s Cup Senior Men’s Kata Champion 1995 - KUW Senior Men’s National Kata Champion 1995 - Represented KUW Welsh Team at the BSKUI 3rd World Shotokan Championships, 2nd Place 1996 - Retired from Individual Competition 1996 - 2000 Continued to compete with the KUW Welsh Senior ‘A’ Team
I have won 226 Medals and Trophies in my Competition Career. |
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