Mohammad Hanjani - 5th Dan, JKA
Certified Instructor
Active Experience, 36 Years

Mohammad Hanjani is the Chief Instructor of Karate Virginia (KVA). He started karate training at Japan Karate Association of Virginia in 1988.  Since then he has been training and participating in the different camps and seminars conducted by many world known masters and instructors such as:

Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama
Sensei Sugiura Motokuni
Sensei Masataka Mori
Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda
Sensei Y. Tabata
Sensei Yoshiharu Osaka
Sensei Massaki Ueki
and many more ...
 

He graduated from Sensei Mori's instructor course A class at the JKA of New York; headquarters for the  Japan Karate Association in the United States. http://www.jkany.org

 

He started teaching at JKA of Virginia in 1994 and was an active instructor there until June of 2008.  In 1996 -1997 He taught for an after school program in the Fairfax County School system.

 

Lia Burnham - 4th Dan, JKA
Certified Instructor
Active Experience, 29 Years

Lia Burnham began training in karate at the University of Connecticut JKA Karate Club in 1995.  She is a graduate of Master Masataka Mori’s Shotokan Karate Do International Instructor Course in New York City. 

She has competed in JKA regional and international tournaments, placing in Women’s Kumite, Men’s Team Kumite, Women’s Kata and Team Kata.  At the 2011 SKDI Spring Championships, she placed second in Women’s Black Belt Kumite. 

 

Michael Burnham - 4th Dan, JKA
Assistant Instructor
Active Experience, 30 Years
 

Michael Burnham began training in karate at the University of Connecticut JKA Karate Club in 1994.  He is an instructor trainee in Master Masataka Mori’s Shotokan Karate Do International Instructor Course in New York City.  He has competed in JKA regional and international tournaments. 

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Mike, Lia, Mohammad and Chuck
JKA Summer Camp July 28-31, 2011at New London, CT