On Saturday 9th October JKA Scotland held our first face to face post lockdown National Course and Dan Grading since March 2020 due to the pandemic. Students travelled from all over Scotland to attend with excitement, and the atmosphere was … Continued
Our first, in person, Association training post lockdown, took place on Saturday, 11th September at Dunfermline High School. Sensei Alan Simpson 6th Dan led the 2 hour squad event. We enjoyed a very busy and insightful training with consideration to … Continued
JKA Scotland are delighted to announce our first post Covid lockdown national course for brown and black belts. This will take place on Saturday, 9th October at Dunfermline High School. The course with Sensei Ohta will run from 12.00 – … Continued
JKA Scotland are happy to announce the opening of a new club in Gullane, East Lothian. JKA Bass Rock Karate Club will open on Monday 7th June to everyone from school age upwards. Paola Burrows 4th Dan JKA has taken … Continued
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