GRANDMASTER JAVED KHAN
Founder & Creator of WARDA® Women Against Rape & Domestic Abuse®
Martial Artist • Law Enforcement Instructor • International Trainer • Two-Time World Record Holder
Grandmaster Javed Khan is the Founder and Creator of WARDA® – Women Against Rape & Domestic Abuse®, a practical counter-assault program dedicated to giving women the awareness, mindset, confidence, and physical skills necessary to take greater responsibility for their personal safety.
With more than 50 years in the martial arts, Khan holds a 10th Dan in Khan Do Kwan, the fighting system he founded, and 9th Dan Black Belt ranks in two systems of Taekwondo.
A former international Taekwondo and Kickboxing/Muay Thai champion, Khan is recognized as a pioneer of Taekwondo and Kickboxing in India and has spent much of his life teaching practical fighting and survival skills to martial artists, law-enforcement officers, security professionals, and civilians.
THE MISSION BEHIND WARDA - Women Against Rape & Domestic Abuse®
Grandmaster Khan created WARDA® in 1998, inspired by the brutal attack on college student Jayabala Ashar, who lost both of her legs after being thrown from a moving train in Mumbai, India, while courageously resisting an assailant attempting to steal her purse.
The incident reinforced a belief that became fundamental to WARDA®:
Women should be given realistic tools to recognize danger, resist violence, and fight for their survival.
WARDA® is not traditional martial-arts training, nor is it simply another self-defense course. It is a counter-assault program built around awareness, prevention, mindset, simple and effective physical responses, determination, and survival.
Over the years, WARDA® training has reached tens of thousands of women, with Grandmaster Khan personally training more than 20,000 women.
At the heart of the program is one powerful principle: I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN SAFETY.
MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN THE MARTIAL ARTS
Grandmaster Khan began his martial arts journey more than five decades ago and has devoted his life to training, teaching, developing instructors, and advancing practical martial arts.
His martial-arts credentials and accomplishments include:
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10th Dan – Khan Do Kwan
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Founder of Khan Do Kwan
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9th Dan Black Belt ranks in two systems of Taekwondo
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International Taekwondo Champion
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International Kickboxing/Muay Thai Champion
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Pioneer of Taekwondo in India
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Pioneer of Kickboxing in India
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President – International Progressive Taekwondo Federation (IPTF)
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Founder – World Khan Do Kwan Federation
TWO-TIME WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Grandmaster Khan is a two-time world record holder, with extraordinary martial-arts breaking achievements recognized by the Limca Book of Records.
He established one record by breaking 500 one-inch wooden boards in 59 minutes and 35 seconds.
In another remarkable feat, he broke 2,000 roofing tiles.
These achievements represent only one chapter of a martial-arts career spanning more than half a century of competition, instruction, demonstrations, leadership, and service.
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TRAINING & COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Grandmaster Khan's professional career extends far beyond martial arts.
He has served extensively in law enforcement, homeland security, defensive tactics, training, community outreach, and diversity initiatives in Indiana.
During his career with the Marion County Sheriff's Office, Khan has served in a variety of leadership and training roles, including Lieutenant, Defensive Tactics Instructor, and Diversity Officer.
His professional experience and qualifications include:
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Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board Certified Senior Instructor
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ALERRT Active Shooter Instructor
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Defensive Tactics Instructor
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STOPS Instructor
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Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)
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Law Enforcement & Public Safety Trainer
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Former Diversity Officer – Marion County Sheriff's Office
He is also the founder and developer of KPCT – Khan Do Kwan Police Control Tactics, a comprehensive law-enforcement defensive-tactics system developed to provide officers with practical control, defensive, and survival skills.
Khan's work in law enforcement has also included extensive involvement with diverse communities and faith organizations. His combination of martial arts, law enforcement, training, and community engagement brings a unique real-world perspective to WARDA®.
AWARDS, HONORS & RECOGNITION
Grandmaster Javed Khan has received numerous awards and honors recognizing his achievements and contributions to martial arts, law enforcement, diversity, public safety, and community service.
TWO-TIME G.O.A.T. AWARD RECIPIENT
World's Greatest Martial Artist
Grandmaster Khan has twice received the G.O.A.T. Award – World's Greatest Martial Artist, most recently in 2026 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
MASTERS OF MARTIAL ARTS HALL OF FAME
2026 – Atlantic City, New Jersey
Honored for his lifelong achievements and contributions to the martial arts.
AFKA HALL OF FAME
2025 – Lynchburg, Virginia
Recognized for decades of martial-arts achievement, instruction, leadership, and service.
WORLD SPORTS STAR AWARDS HALL OF FAME
2022 - Recognized for his accomplishments and contributions to the martial arts.
“JAVED KHAN DAY”
September 4, 2022 – Indiana was officially recognized as “Javed Khan Day” in honor of his accomplishments and contributions.
FRANK ANDERSON DIVERSITY AWARD
Indianapolis & Marion County Police, Fire & Sheriff's Deputy Awards
Grandmaster Khan received the Frank Anderson Diversity Award in recognition of his commitment to diversity, community engagement, inclusion, and service to the diverse communities of Indianapolis and Marion County.
TWO-TIME LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS WORLD RECORD HOLDER
Recognized for two exceptional martial-arts breaking achievements: 500 one-inch wooden boards and 2,000 roofing tiles.
WARDA MONTH
September 2005 – Indianapolis
September was proclaimed WARDA Month in Indianapolis in recognition of the program's work promoting women's personal safety, awareness, confidence, and empowerment.
TEACHER • AUTHOR • PROGRAM DEVELOPER
Throughout his career, Grandmaster Khan has developed training programs and authored instructional materials covering martial arts, women's counter-assault training, defensive tactics, and law enforcement.
Among the programs he has founded and developed are:
WARDA® – Women Against Rape & Domestic Abuse®
A counter-assault and personal-safety program developed specifically for women.
KPCT – Khan Do Kwan Police Control Tactics
A comprehensive law-enforcement defensive-tactics system.
Khan Do Kwan
A practical fighting system emphasizing effective, realistic, street-oriented application.
Grandmaster Khan also serves as President of the International Progressive Taekwondo Federation (IPTF), an international organization dedicated to maintaining the traditions and values of Taekwondo while embracing progressive approaches to training, certification, and instructor development.
A LIFETIME OF TEACHING — A MISSION OF EMPOWERMENT
From martial-arts schools in India to law-enforcement training facilities and classrooms in the United States, Grandmaster Javed Khan has spent more than half a century teaching a simple principle:
Training must work when it matters.
For WARDA®, that philosophy has an even deeper meaning.
The purpose of WARDA® is not to turn women into martial artists.
It is to help ordinary women become more aware, more confident, more difficult to victimize, and better prepared to act decisively when confronted with violence.
WARDA® teaches that survival begins before the first physical attack—with awareness, preparation, mindset, determination, and the willingness to act.
AWARENESS • CONFIDENCE • RESISTANCE • SURVIVAL
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR MY OWN SAFETY.
WARDA® – Women Against Rape & Domestic Abuse®
Founded in 1998 by Grandmaster Javed Khan
