Declaration of Council

Declaration Of The Council Of Roju And Wakadoshiyori

Whereas: The International Bushido Society and White Wind Wen Wu Council of Elders has selected a worthy student to be awarded the title of Student of the Year.

Whereas: The Council of Elders has unanimously selected the following people as outstanding students from those submitted by their instructors.

Whereas: These students have distinguished themselves in a number of ways during their martial arts careers.

Therefore: Be it known to all persons that the listed persons are hereby declared International Bushido Society and White Wind Wen Wu Students of the Year by the authority of the Roju and Wakadoshiyori of the IBS and WWWW.

Note that while the IBS and WWWW were founded in 1999, the first award was not given out until 2004. It should further be noted that there is not always a student of the year award, depending on whether or not an instructor nominates a worthy candidate or not.

These are the past winners of this award. The rank indicated was the rank at the time of the award and their country.

2004 Ann Waldorf 3rd Kyu Brown Belt (USA)				2005 Alexander Kozyrev 4th Dan Black Belt (Belarus)				2006 Sherry Daniel 3rd Dan Black Belt (USA)
2007 Ralph Kemp 2nd Dan Black Belt (USA)				2008 Star Ridsdale 3rd Dan Black Belt (USA)				2010 Marina Tkachyova 2nd Dan Black Belt (Belarus)
2013 Oleg Sheprut 4th Dan Black Belt (Russia)				2015 Marcelo Martinez 3rd Kyu Brown Belt (Argentina)				2018 Gennady Sergeyev 5th Dan Black Belt (Russia)