master hari (harikumar rajappan)

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Master Hari is a US Citizen born on May 22 nd , 1969 in Kerala, India. Visited USA few times in business visa

in 1996 and moved to New Jersey, USA with a work visa in year 1997.

Master Harikumar Rajappan (Master Hari) is a seasoned Martial Artist teaching Martial Arts for more

than 35 years. Master Hari is trained on several styles of martial arts, sports and yoga, Master Hari is

started martial arts training at the age of 12 years trained under Grand Masters Grm Cynthia Rothrock,

Grm Danny Lane and Grm V.Z Sebastian. Master Hari teaches Primarily Shotokan Karate. Over the time

exposed to multiple variation of Shotokan karate starting from Jaffna karate club. Master Hari’s

knowledge and experience in full contact Karate is noticeable. Master Hari follows a proprietary proven

syllabus of KO-IN-CHI Academy of martial arts practiced by thousands of blackbelts in more than 200

schools internationally. Harikumar Rajappan is holding the Chief International Business development

and Vice President position of KO-IN-CHI Academy of Marital Arts. Master Hari founded KO-IN-CHI USA

and USA Kalaripayattu Federation in USA. Master Hari was awarded hall of Honors by Action Martial Arts

Magazine and USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Master Hari wrote and published a free Windows 10

application (Martialartsschoollite) in Windows Appstore to run and manage Karate schools.

Author of MartialArtsSchool App published in Apple and Adroid. This app is highly customizable and

features capabilities to run and manage a school, run grade and testing, practice tournaments, conduct

tournaments. The app is continuing to add more features. Students can see their syllabus, videos, and

also can upload videos of their practices.

Master Hari is an ethical leader, visionary Chief Technology Strategist and technology architect with over

23+ years of IT leadership and achievements in transformation, modernization and cost & performance

optimization. A versatile change leader continuously innovates, educates, evaluates and responds to

technology trends, disruptive technologies, and proactively manage strategy, tactic and technology life-

cycle. Manage large scale IT initiatives resulting in consolidation, standardization, cost reduction,

optimized service delivery and high performance. Extensive knowledge of Public Sector, Kto12 and

Higher Education, Automobile, System Integration and Airport Communications.

Highly passionate and proficient in specifying, coaching and implementing strategy, compliancy,

standards, enterprise architecture, risk management, security & privacy, and project management.

Quickly adapts to corporate culture and possesses excellent attitude towards leadership, sudden shifts

in corporate priorities, people management and excellent teamwork.

Master Hari holds the following positions and ranks.

6 th Degree blackbelt from Grm Danny Lane under World Martial Arts Federation – May 17 th 2019

4 th Degree blackbelt from KO-IN-CHI Academy of Martial Arts – Jan 20 th 2011

4 th Degree blackbelt from World Kalaripayattu Federation – June 3 rd 2017

2 nd Degree blackbelt from MJD Fighting system – Feb 24, 2011

1 st Degree blackbelt from AIKF (under WKF) – Jan 14 th 2012

Joint Secretory of World Kalaripayattu Federation

Northeastern Director of Danny Lane’s WMAF

Chief International Business development and Vice President position of KO-IN-CHI Academy of Marital

Arts

Founder and President and Director of KO-IN-CHI USA