Babak Sotoudeh Accomplishments

Core Qualifications

• Sixth degree Black belt in Shotokan

• WKF (world Karate Federation) Kumite Judge A and Kata Judge A

• PKF (Pan-American Karate Federation) full licenses, Kumite Referee A and Kata Judge A

• KC (Karate Canada) Kumite referee A and Kata Judge A

• Member of Karate Canada Referee committee since 2015

• Certified Canadian NCCP (National Coaching certified program)

• Actively attend provincial, national continental and International Karate championships

Accomplishments & Achievements

• 1st place Kumite 75 – 80 kg Universities cup – Tehran Iran Dec 1987

• Received 1st Dan from JKA (Japan Karate Association) in 1988

• 3rd place individual Kata and Kumite 75 – 80 kg in Northwest Tehran games – Tehran, Iran 1988

• 1st place individual Kata and 2nd place in Kumite 75 – 80 kg Tehran university cup – Tehran, Iran 1988

• 2nd place Kumite + 80 kg Universities cup – Tehran, Iran 1989

• 2nd place individual Kata, Amirkabir University cup – Tehran, Iran 1990

• Received 2nd Dan from JKA in 1991

• Karate instruction assistance of Tehran University – Tehran, Iran 1988 – 1991

• Karate instructor of Azad university – Karaj, Iran 1990 – 1991

• Kata and Kumite Judge licenses from Iran Karate Federation, Tehran, Iran – 1992

• National Instructor from Iran Karate Federation, Tehran, Iran – 1993

• Karate instruction of Tehran University – Tehran, Iran 1993 – 1997

• Coaching karate team Tehran University (Iran Universities championship), 2nd place team Kumite – Rasht, Iran 1995

• Received 3rd Dan from JKA in 1995

• Coaching karate team Tehran university (Iran Universities championships) 1st place team Kumite – Tabriz, Iran 1996

• Received 4th Dan from JSKA in 2007

• PKF (Pan-American Karate Federation) Kata judge C and Kumite judge C – Medellin, Columbia 2013

• Received 5th Dan from JSKA in 2013

• Members of Referee committed, Karate Ontario, Toronto, Ontario 2013 – 2017

• PKF Kata Judge B and Kumite Judge B – Lima, Peru 2014

• PKF Kata Judge A and Kumite Judge A – Lima, Peru 2014

• PKF Kumite Referee B – Toronto, Canada 2015

• PKF Kumite Referee A – Santa Cruz, Bolivia 2015

• Member of Referee committee, Karate Canada 2015 – present

• WKF (World Karate Federation), Kumite Judge B – Linz, Austria 2016

• WKF Kata Judge B – Dubai, Emirate 2018

• Referee Committee Chair OKF (Ontario Karate Federation) – Toronto, Ontario 2017 – 2019

• Received 6th Dan from JSAK in 2019

• WKF Kumite Judge A – Santiago, Chile 2019

• Receive hall of fame international official of year 2019

• Received JSKA Instruction A 2020

• Received JSKA Examiner A 2020

• WKF Kata Judge A, Dubai, Emirate 2021

• Received JSKA Referee A 2022