Johar Jharkhand (जौहर झारखंड) · Aug 2022
Bharat Gaurav Karate Khel Ratna award
Award coverage, with three colour photographs of Shihan Pramod Kumar Pathak.
Clipping held
Founder & Head of the System
Shihan Pramod Kumar Pathak
Addressed as Grandmaster Jr. Tiger Lee
In the federation since 1983
System authority · Dan gradings
Grade
Examined rank.
VI Dan Black Belt
A Dan grade is awarded on examination and is recorded against the person in the
federation's rank register, where every grade a person has ever held is retained —
a promotion supersedes the previous grade, it does not erase it.
Titles
Held separately.
- Soke
- Head and founder of the system
- Shihan
- Senior instructor
- Renshi
- Teaching title (shogo)
- Sensei
- Form of address for a teacher
None of these is a grade. They are forms of address and standing within the system, and the federation records them apart from rank for that reason.
Teacher
The master, and the name conferred.
- Master
- Grandmaster S N T Lee
- Name conferred
- “Junior Tiger Lee” — Jr. Tiger Lee
- Addressed as
- Grandmaster Jr. Tiger Lee
- Recorded from
- Stated by the federation, August 2026
Record
The account.
Founder and head of the MMAKF system. Over four decades, Shihan Pathak has built the federation from a single Patratu training hall into an institution running school programmes across the Ramgarh and Hazaribagh districts. He was conferred the title "Junior Tiger Lee" in 2021. Every Dan examination in the federation is conducted under his personal authority.
Honours
Conferred, and where it is recorded.
Each entry carries the publication it was recorded from.
Junior Tiger Lee
2021
Conferred title.
Recorded in Shivangan Publication, Jharkhand Current Affairs 2022
Bharat Gaurav Karate Khel Ratna
2022
Recorded in Johar Jharkhand, August 2022
Appointments
What the registers record.
Chairman — Technical Committee & Examination Board
Custodian of the Shotokan syllabus. Sanctions all kyu and Dan examinations, appoints examiners, and rules on technical standards across every affiliated centre.
Dan examinations
Every Dan examination in the federation is conducted under his personal authority.
| Centre | City | District | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMAKF Hombu Dojo | Patratu | Ramgarh | Headquarters |
Press archive
Clippings that name Pathak.
Scans held by the federation office. A clipping appears on this page only where the printed text names this person — nothing is attributed by shared surname or shared date.
Outlet not legible on the scan · Undated
मार्शल आर्ट में प्रमोद ने बनाए हैं कई रिकॉर्ड
“Pramod has set several records in martial arts” English translation of the printed headline
Local reporting of record attempts. The masthead is cropped from the scan, so the outlet and date cannot be confirmed.
Clipping held · outlet and date unconfirmed
Channels
Where Pathak publishes.
Pathak's own
Faculty
The rest of the senior faculty.
Sensei Vikas Pathak
Chief Instructor
IV Dan Black Belt
Sensei Dhiraj Pathak
Kata Specialist
III Dan Black Belt
Sensei Sumitra Devi
Lady Instructor · Tournament Secretary
III Dan Black Belt
Siddharth Prasad
Co-CEO
WKF Registered
Daksh Mohan Mishra
Athletes Commission · Competition Coach
II Dan Black Belt
Provenance
Everything on this page is a field held in the federation's own record.
Honours are shown with the publication they were recorded from. Press clippings are scans held by the federation office, published with the
verification the archive recorded against each one. Certified copies of any record are issued by the office
— admin@mmakf.in.