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Shibumi Karate club opened the doors of their new premises to allow indoor training for the first time. Good Luck to Sensei John and all the students at Shibumi

The JKA Scotland Technical Committee held a zoom training session last night, 29 April 21, with Sensei Alan Simpson and Sensei Bert Stewart taking the lead. This was a fantastic progression from basic forming of a punch right through to … Continued

Our Technical committee will be doing zoom training classes for all JKA Scotland brown and black belts on 1st and 29th April from 7-8pm. Please speak to your instructor for details or contact JKA Scotland Secretary for more information.

It has been encouraging to see so many clubs managing to keep in touch with their students through this year of lockdown. However some other clubs have not been able to do this and have missed out on essential karate … Continued

Exciting News for JKA Scotland students in the south west of Scotland as Shibumi dojo gets ready to open in their new custom made dojo. Follow the link for all the news. Good luck to Sensei John from all at … Continued

In October the Funakoshi Gichin World online Kata Festival commenced and throughout November students from countries all over the world submitted a video of themselves performing a modified version of Tekki Shodan kata for their relevant age groups. The aim … Continued

John Deans, 5th Dan JKA and JKA Scotland Squad coach has been busy over the last several years attempting to raise funds and convert the Local Saltcoats Train Station into a new state of the art Training Centre for Physical … Continued

Due to the current situation with Covid-19 around the world JKA HQ had to postpone the Funakoshi Gichin Cup 15th Karate World Championship Tournament that was scheduled to be held in October this year until 2021.  To bring Karate together … Continued

At our first JKA Scotland zoom class it was very encouraging to see the number of JKA Scotland Dan grades who logged in to enthusiastically participate on the session. It was good to see everyone from across Scotland and be … Continued

The JKA Scotland Technical committee have been discussing putting on a live JKA Scotland Zoom training session. We are aware that Zoom training sessions are not practical for everyone for a number of reasons however we plan to hold one … Continued