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John Van Weenen OMT MBE (born 26 August 1941, Enfield, Middlesex, England)[1] is an 8th Dan karateka and humanitarian. Van Weenen was graded to 1st Dan by Moss Hollis in 1966, (his diploma is reproduced in his auto biography 'In Funakoshi's Footsteps'), before travelling to Japan in 1967 to train at the invitation of Masutatsu Oyama at the Kyokushinkai Headquarters. In fact, John decided to train under Hirokazu Kanazawa and registered at the JKA Honbu in Tokyo. He started the Traditional Association of Shotokan Karate (T.A.S.K.) in Bedford, Bedfordshire, whose guest instructors included Bob Poynton, Ticky Donovan and Sean Roberts. Van Weenen is the Executive Director of Task Force Albania,[2] a humanitarian organisation that has provided over £7 million in aid to Albania since the end of communism in the country in 1991. In 1993, he was the first person to receive the Order of Mother Teresa in Albania for his work, and this was re-presented by Mother Teresa herself in Calcutta. In 1999, he was awarded the MBE by Prince Charles and the citation read: 'For services to the children of Albania' Later that year he established the British Children's Library network, and in November the first library was inaugurated in Tirana, Albania's Capital. It was opened by Charles, Earl Spencer in honour of his late sister, Diana, Princess of Wales. A second library was opened in 2001, in Durrës, by Sir Norman Wisdom. Professor Dr Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Albania, said that Van Weenen “quite uniquely, turned his martial arts expertise into missionary skills.”{{citation needed|date=April 2011}} In 2001, Berisha was a guest on an episode of This Is Your Life, dedicated to Van Weenen. Other guests included Charles Spencer and Anila Bido. Berisha would later request that Van Weenen become the Honorary Consul in Great Britain for Albania He took up this position in 2012. John Van Weenen stood for election in South West Bedfordshire for United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in 2015, but was not elected.[3] John Van Weenen pleaded guilty to common assault after injuring his on/off partner at his home in 2015. [4] The prosecution alleged that Mr Van Weenen ripped out Katherine Oliver’s hair extensions and pushed her marriage finger back as he tried to prise a mobile phone out of her hand during a heated row. Mr Van Weenen was given a conditional discharge by Milton Keynes Magistrates. Bibliography
References1. ^Van Weenen, J:In Funakoshi's Footsteps John van Weenen, 2004 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.northampton-index.co.uk/taskforcealbania/index.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-11-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513132254/http://www.northampton-index.co.uk/taskforcealbania/index.html |archivedate=2008-05-13 |df= }} 3. ^{{Cite web|url = https://yournextmp.com/person/6554/john-van-weenen|title = Candidate for South West Bedfordshire in 2015|date = |access-date =2017-08-18 |website =Yournextmp.com |publisher = |last = |first = }} 4. ^{{Cite news|url = http://www.leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk/news/crime/former-south-west-beds-ukip-candidate-given-assault-discharge-1-7037828|title = Former South West Beds UKIP candidate given assault discharge|last = |first = |date = |website =Leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk |access-date =2017-08-18 |via = }} External links
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