Sensei Roy Woodard

Ranking Record:

1967 Enrolled as a beginner, White Belt student in Kyokushin Kai Karate.
1969 Enrolled in Shoto-kan Karate.
1971 Enrolled as a White Belt student in July at the Birmingham Branch of
          Japan International Karate Center (J.I.K.C.).
1972 Earned Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt) under Sensei Ronald Woodard.
1974 Earned Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt) under Sensei Ronald Woodard.
1977 Earned Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt) under Sensei Ronald Woodard.
1983 Earned Yodan (4th Degree Black Belt) under Shihan Hirano.
Earned Godan (5th Degree Black Belt) under Shihan Hirano.
1999 Earned Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt) under Souke Hirano.

Instruction Record:

1971 Assistant Instructor for J.I.K.C. at Birmingham, Alabama Dojo.
1972 Instructor for J.I.K.C. at Birmingham, Alabama Dojo.
1972 Instructor-In-Charge of J.I.K.C. Community Service Dojos, Fultondale, Gardendale and Avondale, Alabama.
1973 Instructor-In-Charge, Vestavia Regional Headquarters, Birmingham, Alabama.
1975 Instructor-In-Charge, Tuscaloosa Regional Headquarters, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
1981 Arrived in Hawaii.
1981 Instructor-In-Charge, J.I.K.C. Dojos in Ewa Beach, Waipahu, and at Kalakaua & Alvah Scott Elementary Schools, all on Oahu, Hawaii.
1982 Instructor-In-Charge, J.I.K.C. Mililani Dojo, Wheeler Army Airfield Bases and Schofield Barracks.
1984 Instructor-In-Charge, J.I.K.C. Sunset Beach Dojo and Barbers Point Dojo.
1986 Instructor-In-Charge, J.I.K.C. Leeward Regional Headquarters, Hawaii.
1989 Instructor-In-Charge, N.K.K.C. Big Island of Hawaii. (Nippon Kokusai Karate Center).
1998 Instructor-In-Charge, JIKC-Alabama Regional Headquarters.

Competition and Event Record:

1971 Demonstration Representative for J.I.K.C. in Birmingham, Alabama.
1972 Earns 1st. Place in Kata at the "Battle of Champions", Birmingham, Alabama.
1973 Earns 1st. Runner-Up in Kata at the "Battle of Champions", Birmingham, Alabama.
1973 Demonstration Representative for J.I.K.C. in Louisiana.
Earns 1st. Place in Kata at the "Battle of Champions", Birmingham, Alabama.
1975 Earns 1st. Place in Kata at the "Black Belt Championship", Birmingham, Alabama.
1976 Earns 1st. Place in Kata at the "Black Belt Championship", Bimingham, Alabama.
1982 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Academy of Instructors", All Hawaii Kata Tournament.
Earns 1st. Place in J.I.K.C. "All Adults Kata Tournament", Hawaii, October 29th.
1984 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Top Ten Kata Competition", January 29th.
1984 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Top Ten Kata Competition", April 28th.
1984 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Top Ten Kata Competition", July 28th.
1984 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Top Ten Kata Competition", October 27th.
1985 Earns 1st. Place in "J.I.K.C. Top Ten Kata Competition", January 26th.
1992 Earns 1st. Place in Kata at  "J.I.K.C. International Competition", Honolulu, Hi.
1992 Earns 1st. Place in Kata at "NKKC National Championship".
1992 Earns 1st. Place in Kumite at "NKKC National Championship".
1994 Gold Medalist in Kata at "AAU National Championship".
1995 Silver Medalist in Kata at "Aloha State Games", Honolulu Hi.
1995 Gold Medalist in Kata at "AAU National Championship".
1996 Gold Medalist in Kata at "AAU National Championship".