"Karateka" such as Dave Hazard (UK), Ennio Vezzuli (Brazil), Nigel Jackson (South Africa), Peté Pacheco (Portugal), Malcolm Fisher (Canada), Leon Montoya (Colombia), Richard Amos (UK, US), Pascal Lesage (France) and others, are mentioned in karate forums as having completed the JKA instructors' course (or having had substantial participation in it) but do not appear on the list of graduates as published in 2008 on the JKA's website.In addition, the list does not include graduate instructors from the instructor programmes of splinter groups such as JKS and KWF, examples being 
Norio Kawasaki (KWF - Japan) 
Masamichi Otsuka (KWF - Japan)
Yutaka Koike (JKS - Japan) 
Yasuhisa Inada (JKS - Japan) 
Scott Langley (JKS - Ireland) 
Kyle Kamal Helou (JKS - Lebanon) 
Takeo Matsui (JKS- Japan)
Takuya Makita (JKS - Japan)

Although Gichin Funakoshi wrote that there are no contests in Karate, Nakayama Masatoshi teachings led to more scientific and competitive approach to the training and in 1957 the first All Japan Karate Championship was held, and has been held annually since.