- JKA England
JKA England (JKAE) [ [http://www.jka-england.org JKAE Homepage] ] is the official Japanese Karate Association (
JKA ) organisation forShotokan karate in England and Wales. Every year JKAE holds spring and summer courses inviting instructors from the JKA honbu dojo to teach.History
JKAE was officially formed in 2003 by several clubs from
KUGB . Following the death of Enoeda, formerly chief representative of JKA in the UK and head of KUGB, there was a disagreement between the JKA, the KUGB,Andy Sherry (the next highest ranked instructor) and Yoshinobu Ohta (Enoeda's assistant). The result was that JKAE was formed with Ohta as chief instructor and the KUGB withdrew from the JKA with Andy Sherry as their chief instructor. Some KUGB clubs transferred to JKAE to form the new association, they possibly wanted to remain affiliated to the JKA or perhaps had a stronger sense of loyalty to Ohta. The division had a strong geographic correlation: most northern clubs chose KUGB and most southern clubs chose JKAE.Instructors
Chief instructor is Yoshinobu Ohta, ranked at 6th dan. He is a graduate of
Takushoku University and attended the JKA instructor's classes at the JKA honbu dojo in Tokyo. Ohta was the assistant ofKeinosuke Enoeda for 20 years [ [http://www.jka-england.org/About/aboutjka.html About the JKAE] ] , from 1982 [ [http://www.plymouthshotokan.co.uk/history.php Plymouth Shotokan Club History] ] .Technical director is Adel Ismail, 5th dan.
Competition
JKAE holds two annual national competitions, one for kyu grades and one for dan grades. The competition for dan grades is held at the beginning of July. From 2004-2008 this has been held at
Guildford Spectrum sports centre.The style of
kumite competition rules is "shobu ippon" (one point match).International Course History
Date Guest Instructors May 2008 Yoshiharu Osaka, Fujikiyo Omura (JKA Thailand), Nakata August 2007 Masaaki Ueki [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/01_ueki.html] , Tomio Imamura [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/09_imamura.html] May 2007 Masahiko Tanaka [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/02_tanaka.html] , Kazuaki Kurihara [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/25_kurihara.html] April 2006 Yoshiharu Osaka [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/04_osaka.html] , Kobayashi, Osamu Aoki (JKA Spain) May 2005 Hideo Tomita, Kazuhiro Sawada (JKA Belgium), Yoshiharu Osaka [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/04_osaka.html] , Takahashi August 2004 Masaaki Ueki [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/01_ueki.html] , Tomio Imamura [http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/09_imamura.html] Miscellaneous
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