▁the ▁participation ▁in ▁International ▁Mart ial ▁Arts ▁tournament s ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁to ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁which ▁four ▁senior ▁pract ition ers , ▁including ▁Mart ial ▁Law ▁era ▁activ ist ▁hero ▁N est or ▁Princi pe , ▁were ▁rec ru ited ▁to ▁teach ▁the ▁art ▁in ▁Malays ia . ▁ ▁Over ▁the ▁last ▁several ▁dec ades ▁S ik aran ▁has ▁spread ▁across ▁the ▁glo be ▁where ▁Filip ino ▁pract ition ers ▁have ▁established ▁schools . ▁Global ▁locations ▁include ▁America , ▁Australia , ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁and ▁Canada . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁well ▁known ▁organis ations ▁include ▁but ▁are ▁not ▁limited ▁to ▁the ▁World ▁S ik aran ▁Ar nis ▁Bro ther hood , ▁Global ▁S ik aran ▁Federation . ▁ ▁The ▁World ▁S ik aran ▁Ar nis ▁Bro ther hood ▁was ▁founded ▁by ▁Mel ton ▁C . ▁Ger on imo ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁former ▁L t . ▁COL ▁of ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Air ▁Force ▁and ▁Mayor ▁of ▁Bar as . ▁He ▁received ▁his ▁Grand ▁Master ▁ship ▁from ▁the ▁Asian ▁Kar ate ▁Association ▁( com posed ▁of ▁Japan , ▁Korea , ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁Philippines ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁He ▁is ▁often ▁cred ited ▁for ▁modern ising ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁to ▁include ▁the ▁kar ate ▁inspired ▁bel ting ▁systems ▁and ▁forms . ▁ ▁H ari ▁O si as ▁B ana ag ▁is ▁the ▁founder ▁of ▁the ▁Global ▁S ik aran ▁Federation ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁diplom at ▁for ▁the ▁Trad itional