3310 Noble Pond Way #104
Woodbridge
VA 22193
Clinicians: Karl Tamai (Rokudan) and Diane Tamai Jackson (Rokudan)
Event Director: George Antoniou
About the clinicians: Karl Tamai and Diane Tamai Jackson started to work as a kata team
shortly after Diane moved back to the USA in 2013 as demonstration partners for a Nage no kata
clinic. From 2013 – 2019, they traveled the USA and the world competing in kata. Together, they
are USA Senior Nationals mixed team champions in multiple years in Nage no Kata, Katame no
kata, Ju no Kata, including being awarded Best All-around mixed team. They represented the USA
and took first place for several years at the PJC in Nage no Kata, Katame no kata and/or Ju no
kata. They represented the USA at the 2013 – 2019 in the IJF World Judo Kata Championship in
either Ju no Kata and Nage no Kata. Separately and together, they coordinated and taught many
clinics in multiple katas to support judokas to expand their judo knowledge through the katas.
Diane Tamai Jackson, Rokudan, is an assistant instructor at Hui-o Judo club. Diane sensei
started judo around 1976 at Hui-o Judo. In additional to being a judge in all five IJF-competed
katas, she is a national-level referee and national-level judge in Koshiki no Kata. In additional to
teaming with Karl, Diane was a USATeam member at Kodokan Cup (2007) in Katame no Kata,
first IJF World Kata Championships (2009) in Ju no Kata, and multiple PJU Championships (2002
– 2009) in Nage, Katame and/or Ju) with Karen Whilden.