Customer Testimonials

ASKA Instructor's & Testing Board

Grand Master Ralph Krause

1936 - 2008

Founder of

ASKA, SPORT KARATE & ROCKY MOUNTAIN KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Master Examiner of all Black Belts

Hien Van Pham

CEO & President

of ASKA & Sport Karate

Master Examiner of all Black Belts

Master Gaylan Kindschy

6th Dan Black belt

Senior Advisor

Certified Examiner of all Black belts ARIZONA

Master Gifford Hoback

6th Dan Black belt

Senior Advisor

Certified Examiner of all Black Belts

Bryant Pham

4th Dan Black belt

Senior Advisor

Kelly Pham

4th Dan Black belt

Chief Instructor

Heather Bigham

3rd Dan Black belt

Instructor

Master Joseph T. Aires

6th Dan Black belt

Senior Advisor

Certified Examiner of all Black Belts

Ross Sakaguchi

4th Dan Black belt

Senior Advisor

Quynh Hoang

2nd Dan Black belt

Instructor

Lena Ho

2nd Dan Black belt

Instructor

Thanh Nguyen

1st Dan Black belt

Advidsor / Instructor

Dung Tran

1st Dan Black belt

Advisor / Instructor

Richard Smith

3rd Dan Black belt

Instructor

Harvey Wong

3rd Dan Black belt

Senior Instructor

Joe Geahard

4th Dan Black belt

Senior Instructor

James Hatton

Advisor

Kairi Hoang

2nd Dan Black belt

Instructor

Colin McCorkle

2nd Dan Black belt

Instructor

ASKA Promotion System Guidelines

• All ranking at ASKA is based on Recommendation Promotions are granted on the criteria of personal improvement based on instructor evaluation, class attendance, and participation in ASKA operations & special projects.

• Certification does not automatically qualify the recipient as an instructor. The founder and BOD of ASKA is the sole grantor of instructor qualifications.

• Ranking is not transferable to another dojo without written permission & authorization.

• All Dan rankings will be recorded in ASKA for historical records, and breach of policy can result in the loss of rank and/or expulsion from ASKA and its records