{"id":565,"date":"2021-03-31T19:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ikd.maritimeikd.com\/wp\/?page_id=565"},"modified":"2021-03-31T21:54:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:54:25","slug":"ikd-distinguished-service-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ikd.maritimeikd.com\/wp\/ikd-distinguished-service-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"IKD Distinguished Service Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Phoenix rising from the ashes in the \u201cNational Medal of Service Award\u201d, represents 40 years of loyal service Shuseki Shihan Frank Woon-A-Tai gave to his Japanese Masters until his resignation in 2011, with a broken heart and spirit. With the help of true and loyal friends, Shuseki Shihan Woon-A-Tai rose again from the ashes to head the fastest growing karate organization in the world that in seven short years, IKD is represented in 70 regions in 50 countries worldwide. The Hall of Fame Award is a prototype; the final medal will look like the National Medal of Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than using a static immobile building to represent the \u201cHall of Fame Award\u201d, He chose the world-famous \u201cKaieteur Falls\u201d found deep in the Guyana Amazon to symbolize the Hall of Fame. Kaieteur Falls is the world\u2019s largest single drop waterfall by the volume of water flowing over it. Its river is the \u201cpath or hall\u201d that leads to the falls through the dense Amazon Rainforest. In karate, the important concept \u201cA Mind Like Water\u201d has its own symbolic interpretation of the \u201cway\u201d of karate. Water, in its calm state, symbolizes mental clarity, and in its thundering state, represents the power of karate. Moreover, the open hand symbolizes the meaning of the word karate \u2013 empty hand, no weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other three Awards will feature Shuseki Shihan and Fuku Shuseki Shihan(s) performing their favourite techniques with their Chinese Zodiac animal birth signs in the background \u2013 the Tiger, Dragon and Horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Benefits of Membership<\/h4>\n\n\n\n