Japan Karate Association
The Japan Karate Association (日本 空手 協会; ''Nihon Karate Kyokai''; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as ''Kyokai'' 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organizations in the world.
Origins
Gichin Funakoshi played ...
(JKA) organisation for
Shotokan karate
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" thr ...
in England and Wales.
Japan Karate Association England (“JKAE”) is a non profit making association based in England and Wales and is associated with the Japan Karate Association (“JKA”) in Japan, one of the most prestigious, oldest and largest Shotokan Karate organisations in the world.
Under the guidance of the Chief Instructor, Sensei Yoshinobu Ohta (8th Dan), and together with the Executive and Technical Committees, they provide the administrative and practical direction to JKA England.
Every year JKAE holds spring and autumn courses, inviting instructors from the JKA honbu dojo (headquarters) to teach.
History
JKAE was officially formed in 2003 with Sensei Yoshinobu Ohta as Chief instructor. Following the death of
Keinosuke Enoeda
was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate.KUGB withdrew from the JKA with Andy Sherry as their chief instructor. The division had a strong geographic correlation: most northern clubs chose KUGB and most southern clubs chose JKAE.
Instructors
The JKAE Chief instructor is Yoshinobu Ohta, ranked at 7th Dan. He is a graduate of
Takushoku University
Takushoku University (拓殖 大学; ''Takushoku Daigaku'', abbreviated as 拓大 ''Takudai'') is a private university in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince (title for a Duke at that time) Taro Katsura (1848–1913).Guildford
Guildford () is a town in west Surrey, England, around south-west of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The nam ...
Spectrum sports centre. From 2009 this has been held at the K2 Crawley sports centre.
The
kumite
Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary.
Kumite can be used to develop a particular tec ...
competition ruleset used is ''shobu ippon'' (one point match).