Jim Wood MBE from West Fife, Scotland, has been awarded the Shihan title—one of the highest honours—from the Japan Karate Association (JKA), Dunfermline Press reported on 20 March.
Wood, who has studied for 50 years, spent 25 years teaching the martial art and built the first custom JKA Dojo in Dunfermline. He has also become a member of the prestigious Shihan Kai in Japan.
He teaches traditional Japanese karate in Western Australia and is president and chief instructor of JKA Karate-Do Australia.