CURRENT STATUS:
Ronnie Watt 8th Dan WKC Director of Shotokan Karate
Technical Board Member World Karate Confederation
8th Dan International Shotokan Ryu Karate - Do Shihankai
President & Chief Instructor National Karate Institute Scotland
OCR RSA Di NVQ Level 4
LEISURE ACTIVITIES:
Sensei Watt is a keen sportsman. He enjoys Shotokan Karate, Weight Training, Charitable Organisation Work, Aberdeen Sports Council, History and Cars.
DAN GRADES ATTAINED:
History Up To The Present Day.
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| 18/04/98 | Put forward as RSA External Verifier |
| 12/06/99 | WKC World Championships Bochum Germany - Coached Scottish team to 2 bronze medals |
| 15-16/06/00 | WKC European Championships Clug- Napoca, Romania 6 bronze medals Team and Individual |
| 25/10/00 | World Cup for children, Valencia - Spain 2 bronze medals |
| 5/01/01 | 3rd Dan Judo, Scottish Judo Federation approved by Bill Berry 7th Dan |
| 1999- 2001 | Organised World Karate Championships 2001 first 5 styles championship to be held in The UK |
| 23/06/01 | Appointed Regional President of the WKC for Great Britain and Ireland |
| March 2002 | 104 candidates qualified to NVQ standards |
| 23/06/01 | Appointed Regional President of the WKC for Great Britain and Ireland |
| 16 & 17/03/02 | Organised WKC Gt Britain and Ireland Referee and Judges Seminar over 100 referees and officials qualified from federations within the UK. |
| 10/05/02 | NVQ centre cited as a centre of excellence in OCR systems report, conducted by George Brand OCR and City Chambers of Aberdeen External Verifier |
| October 2002 | WKC UK Regional President for 1st UK Open Championships, Belfast. |
| 2003 | Received award from the Combat Hall of Fame for outstanding Achievement for the promotion of Karate in the UK and in the World. |
| 27th November 2003 | Centre of Excellence Fiona Bruce top BBC Presenter awarded the OCR Oustanding Achievement Award to Alan MacLennan Black Belt student of Sensei Ronnie Watt National Karate Institute at an award ceremony held at Westminster, London |
| June 2004 | Officially invited to be tournament director at the Second WKC South -East Asian & Oceania Championships New Delhi India 9th -12 December 2004 |
| 2004 | Officially invited to be the WKC tournament director at the second WKC South East Asian & Ociania Championships, being held in New Delhi, India 9 - 12th December 2004. |
| 2005 | |
| 6th to 9th January 2005 Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, India | Sensei Watt attended the 2nd WKC South-East Asian & Oceania Open Championships as WKC Director of Shotokan. during his stay Sensei Watt teamed up with other leading instructors and held special seminars over two days. |
| Sensei Watt has become a Burgess of Guild. This civic role reflects the great work done by the NKF as an ambassador for Aberdeen. In medieval times no man could engage in trade in Aberdeen unless he was a Burgess of the Guild | |
| October 2005 | 2005 WKC World Championships Novi Sad Sensei Watt coached the NKF Scotland to a Bronze Medal bringing the number of medals attained by the NKF to 28 in ten years |
| November 2005 | Sensei Watt Coached at the NKF Norway National Karate Festival with the childrens demonstration team being presented with a gold medal from Alf Ronny Fagerland the President of NKF Norway |
| December 2005 | Sensei Watt was presented with The Outstanding Achievement Award for Sport from Judo Scotland presented by Bill Berry 7th Dan MBE |
| 2006 | Accepted Fellowship to International Shotokan-Ryu Karate- Do, Shihankai. Awarded title of Kyoshi |
| May 2006 | Sensei Watt coached Fiona Ellis and Yvonne Wildenberg to gold and silver medals in the WKC European championships in Bratislava |
| June 2006 | Sensei Ronnie organized a children’s display at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. This was the first ever demonstration of karate held at the Parliament and was regarded as a fantastic display by the organizers and Members of Parliament |
| October 2006 | WKC children’s world championships in Hanover Germany with over 1600 competitors Sensei Watt coached Lisa Calder to Gold Medal World Champion and Stuart Muirhead to a Bronze, Medal |
| 2006 | Sensei Ronnie Watt conducted several self-defence classes for the Royal College of General Practitioners, medical professionals, single mothers & the elderly helping to build their self-esteem and confidence. Through Active Schools over 300 children took up karate through Sensei Watt's free introductory classes |
| 2007 | Sensei Watt organised the WKC/ NKF March Course held in Aberdeen with over 200 students taking part. Along with Sensei Watt instructing on the course were Dr Fritz Wendland Founding President WKC and Mrs Tomie Ochi WKC Director of Asia |
| June 2007 | WKC world championships in Bergamo,Italy Sensei Watt coached Vivienne Milne to Gold Medal World Champion in Ladies' Senior Kata |
| 22nd June 2007 | Sensei Watt was Awarded the 2007 North Sound Sports Inspiration Award Sponsored by Evens Helshaw. The award was collected by Gail Watt at the presentation at the Music Hall in Aberdeen |
| 1st - 3rd July 2007 | Sensei Watt was invited to Instruct in the 40th year Celebration Course at the Fallersleben Karate Club which Dr Fritz Wendland WKC Founding President started 40 years ago. The Guest instructors Shihan Hideo Ochi 8th Dan,Ronnie Watt 8th Dan WKC, Sensei Ohta 6th Dan and Sensei Sawada 7th Dan |
| October 2008 | WKC Children's World Championships 11 medals for the Scottish team. |
| November 2008 |
Special course in Norway, 4 instructors : Martin Boag 6th Dan, Paul Kee 6th Dan, Ronnie Watt 8th Dan, Alf Ronnie Fagerland 4th Dan |
Release of biography THE SHOTOKAN WAY
New book titled ‘Ronnie Watt, 8th Dan’
by Dr. C. Layton.
May 2010 Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by HM The Emperor of Japan
June 2010 Conducted Course in Belgrade Serbia for Senior Kata Referees for seventh European Championships.
October 2010 Carlio Italy 7th WKC Junior and Cadet Championship & World Cup for Children: NKI Aberdeen-based squad lifted seven medals.
Courses
| 13/11/87 | NVQ TDLB Level 4 Courses Completed Learner Provider assistant Coach Award |
| 14/12/87 | Learner Provider Full Coach Award |
| 26/10/86 | N.C.F. Certificates: Structure of the Body |
| 26/10/86 | Stretching and Flexibility |
| 25/05/89 | Developing Endurance |
| 10/05/93 | Coaching Assessments attained by Dr Richard Cox Prevention and Treatment of Injury |
| 15/05/93 | Coaching Children |
| 16/06/93 | Prevention and Treatment of Injuries |
| 10/04/94 | Structure of the Body |
| 03/05/94 | Coach in Action |
| 28/05/94 | Understanding and Improving Skill |
| 10/05/94 | The Body in Action |
| 14/05/94 | S.K.B. Referee Course |
| 15/05/94 | S.K.B. Referee Practical course |
| 17/05/94 | Safety, and Injury |
| 28/05/94 | Understanding skills |
| 28/05/94 | Developing Flexibility |
| 07/06/94 | Developing Strength and Speed |
| 09/06/94 | British Institute of Sports Coaches |
| 17/06/94 | Planning and Practice |
| 21/06/94 | Working with Children |
| 28/06/94 | Working with Disabled Sports |
| 27/05/95 | First Aid certificate (immediate Care) |
| 08/09/95 | N.C.V.Q.D32/D33 (No AV0I041/95) |
| 15/05/96 | Scotvec D32/D33 (No 958662785) |
| 20/10/96 | RSA Centre Recognition |
| 20/10/96 | RSA Assessor Award |
| 27-28/04/97 | Mental Training |
| 18/02/98 | Developing Endurance |
| 25/03/98 | Developing Strength and Speed |
Invited to be Board Member of WOMAF World Martial Arts