JKA Scotland are proud to announce their squad for the senior European Championships to be held in the Czech Republic on 10th May 2025. The following athletes along with coach Sensei John Deans will be in attendance Kyle Bruce – Kata … Continued
On Friday 11th October JKA Scotland members from as far North as Orkney to the South of Scotland made their way to Dunfermline High School to participate in our 3 day International course with Sensei Hirayama 7th Dan JKA from … Continued
Good luck to the JKA Scotland athletes who attended the last squad session on the 5th October before heading off to Japan for the JKA World Championships. The session held under the watchful eye of the squad coach Sensei John … Continued
Saturday 11th May, JKA Scotland held the yearly Special Course & Dan Grading. The midyear course where brown and black belt members all gathered at Dunfermline High School eagerly waiting to see what Ohta Sensei 7th Dan JKA had planned … Continued
The event on Saturday 6th April meant an early start with the squad being picked up at 7.30am for an 8.50am roll call. With 27 countries participating and a partisan home crowd of 1600 spectators the atmosphere was electric straight … Continued
After a busy start to the year, 2nd March 2024 was fast in coming around for the Scottish National Championship. The event that everyone waits for, to show their skills and the hard work that they have put into their … Continued
From the start of the course all members could tell that this course was going to be nothing less than excellent. After the warm-up and the first 10 minutes the cobwebs were gone. The course started with all Karate Ka … Continued
Over the weekend of Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd October, JKA Scotland had the pleasure and were delighted to welcome Takahashi Sensei, Chubachi Sensei & Ohta Sensei to Scotland for their Annual Gasshuku Seminar. It was a great weekend and … Continued
On what has to be the wettest Saturday of the year a bunch of eager students made their way to St Matthews Academy in Saltcoats for October’s squad training session. Hard work, dedication and commitment had to be the common … Continued
On Saturday 30th September 2023, JKA Scotland – East Region held their Regional Championships event at Dunfermline High School. This was the first time the region had held a Championships in a couple of years, and it was great to … Continued