From Thursday, 30th March to Monday, 3rd April 2023, the JKA Scotland Senior squad were in Sursee, Switzerland to participate in the first JKA European Championships since the Coronavirus pandemic struck. The squad arrived in the beautiful town of Sursee … Continued
JKA Scotland Special Course & Dan Grading 6th May 2023 Saturday 6th May, JKA Scotland held the yearly Special Course & Dan Grading where brown and black belt members all gathered at Dunfermline High School anxiously waiting to see what … Continued
11th March 2023 was fast in coming around for the Scottish Championship and the event that everyone waits for to show their skills and the hard work that they have put into their training to compete against other members of … Continued
Sensei John Deans travelled to the Dunfermline/Carnegie dojo on Saturday to lead another Saturday squad training session. With the European Championships nearly upon us, the students were eager to finely tune their skills and everyone trained to their maximum effort. … Continued
JKA Scotland’s first Course of the year is always an exciting start to the year for students attending, and what a great start to the new year it was. Brown and Black belt members from various dojo’s gathered at Dunfermline … Continued
During the weekend of Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd October, JKA Scotland were delighted to welcome Shiina Sensei, Hanzaki Sensei & Ohta Sensei to Scotland for their Annual Gasshuku Seminar. This was our 1st Gasshuku seminar since 2019 and it … Continued
After 2 years of limited events due to Covid, the 27th August 2022 was the date that everyone had been waiting for, the return of the JKA Scotland National Championships. The excitement could be felt around the hall with Students … Continued
On Saturday 7th May, JKA Scotland held the first Special May course and Dan Grading since 2019, and what a turnout it was, with Instructors, brown and black belts participating from all over Scotland in 3 hours of excellent instruction … Continued
JKA Scotland would like to welcome Sensei Paul Luckhoff 3rd Dan JKA to the South/West Region of our Association. Paul started karate in 1986 in South Africa with the then known SKI Karate, under late sensei Nigel Jackson which later … Continued
15th January 2022 What a great start to the new year with the first JKA Scotland Kata Course since 2020. Brown and black belt members gathered at Dunfermline High School excited, and the buzz in the dojo could be felt … Continued