The JKA India is glad to announce that the 41st National Program will be held once again in the resort city of Goa in from 24th to 28th Jan 2024. The camp will be from 24th January to 26th January. Along with Anand Ratna Shihan, 7th Dan, Chief Instructor Of JKA India will be Imamura Tomio Fuku Shuseki Shihan 8th Dan Vice Chief Instructor of the JKA and Kurihara Hidemoto Sensei, 4th Dan from the JKA Headquarters.
The 2024 National Program will have all the 3 Tournaments viz,..
1. The 41st JKA India National Tournament.
2. The 16th JKA India National Kyu Level Tournament
3. The 11th JKA India Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Seniors (Veterans) Tournament.
All the 3 tournaments will be held on the 27th and 28th January 2024.
Details of the programme have been sent to the State Representatives.

JKA India regrets to announce the sudden Demise of Fujikiyo Omura Sensei 8th Dan, Member of the International Shihan Kai and Board of Director for the JKA from the Asia Region.
JKA India's Chief Instructor had this to say - “ I first met him in 1982 and again in 1985 when he was my opponent in the 1st World Shoto Cup. I spoke to him about coming to Mumbai as he was in a nearby country, however it was only in 1989 that he could come here. After his visit, we would meet every year in Bangkok at the JKA Asia Oceania Federation Seminar and Conference. The last time I met him was in December 2019 in Bangkok. During the lockdown he returned to Japan and we were scheduled to meet this year in Bangkok in December but it was not to be as I got the news that he had passed away. Rest in Peace Omura Sensei. We will miss your Leadership skills and your great personality.”
JKA India conveys it condolences to his family and members of JKA Thailand.

RREST IN PEACE IIDA Shihan
1943 - 2022

JKA India is grieved to inform our members of the passing of Norihiko Iida Shihan 8th Dan, Honorary Member of the JKA Shihankai on the 19th of October 2022. Iida Shihan was educated in Taisho University in Tokyo and graduated from the Instructor course in 1967 along with Yano Sensei, the late Okamoto sensei and others He was a highly respected senior instructor. One of the legendary fighters of the 70s decade, Iida Sensei was a part of the Japan Team and has been featured in Nakayama Sensei’s Best Karate series doing both Kata and Kumite. JKA India Chief Instructor Anand Ratna was fortunate enough to be a part of the group that received training from him at the JKA Headquarters. Iida sensei was a Buddhist monk at the Hozoji Temple in Tokyo where the memorials containing the ashes of past JKA Instructors like Nakayama Sensei, Miyazaki Sensei and Enoeda Sensei. A Gentle Giant and an amazing instructor, he will be missed. Rest in Peace Sensei.

39th National Program Report

JKA Spring Camp

V.Raju demise

2021 JKA Autumn Joint Training Camp

JKA Hq announced that the “2021 JKA Autumn Joint Training Camp” will be held for 2 days on 16th & 17th October at HQ dojo and particpation will be limited only to the residents in Japan. Seminars and Dan/License Exam will be held on 16th and 17th respectively. However online seminars/exams by ZOOM will be provided for the JKA members in foreign countries and outside of metropolitan area in Japan.
https://www.jka.or.jp/en/jka-news/2021-jka-autumn-joint-training-camp-online/
Schedule → “2021 JKA Autumn Joint Training Camp” Online Seminar & Exam Schedule（PDF-File）

Articles of Sensei Kusahara Katsuhide, Chairman JKA
Part 1 Sensei Funakoshi’s decision
Part 2: From Art to Path
Part 3: What is Shotokan Style?

2021 JKA Spring Joint Training Camp

JKA Headquarters announced that the “2021 JKA Spring Joint Training Camp” will be held for 2 days on April 10th & 11th at HQ dojo with the participants limited only to the residents in Japan Seminars and Dan/License Exam will be held on 10th and 11th respectively.and online seminars/exams by ZOOM will be provided for members in foreign countries and outside of metropolitan area in Japan.
Schedule     : “2021 JKA Spring Joint Training Camp” Online Seminar & Exam Schedule（PDF-File）
Application :　https://www.jka.or.jp/en/jka-news/online-training-application/

JKA Launches its pages on social media

Face Book Link : https://www.facebook.com/news.jka/

Instagram Link : https://www.instagram.com/jka_news/

Twitter Link : https://twitter.com/JkaNews_

You Tube Link : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmA1UdAKQHseE76uYikYVuA?view_as=subscriber

On 1st Oct. 2020 the JKA HQ announced the “FUNAKOSHI GICHIN ONLINE FESTIVAL” would be held and conducted by the JKA Headquarters. The Kata chosen for the Festival is Tekki Shodan.
There are no limit for entries each instructor. There are no separate events for Males and Females. There are only Age Categories as mentioned under. Each participant would have to submit a video as per the link given below
The categories based on the information received are as follows:
9 years old and under
10 - 12 years old
13 - 15 years old
16 -18 years old
19 - 21 years old
22 - 39 years old
40 - 49 years old
50 - 59 years old
60 years old and above.

2020 JKA Autumn Joint Training Camp

The 2020 Autumn Camp will be held for 2 days from October 17th & 18th at HQ dojo. with the participants limited only to the residents in Japan. Seminars and Dan/License Exam will be held on 17th and 18th respectively. The JKA will also provide online seminars/exams by ZOOM for members of foreign countries
For Schedule “2020 Autumn Joint Training Camp” Online Seminar & Exam Schedule (PDF-File)
For Application : https://www.jka.or.jp/en/jka-news/online-training-application/

JKA Headquarters Launches Online Training

JKA Hq are to start accepting applications for online lessons for overseas members from Saturday, August 1st. This is with the hope that the online lessons will help releasing the stress caused by the COVID-19 suppression and deepen the understanding of karate, which in turn will eventually lead to good support for the instructors of the branches.
For those interested please apply through JKA website by clickong on the “Online Training” banner on the home page.
https://www.jka.or.jp/en/jka-news/online-training-application/

Shihan Okazaki Teruyuki passes away

The 7th JKAI Monsoon Training Camp
The 8th JKAI Kyu Level National Tournament
The 2nd Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Veteran's Tournament
Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 13th~15th August 2016

The 3rd JKA India Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Veterans Tournament, (named after the late Chief Instructor of India, Shihan Shoichi Sasaki who passed away in May 2015) & the 8th Kyu Level National Tournament will be held on the same dates.
The Catagories for Veterans are 40~45 yrs; 46-50 yrs; 50~55 years and above 55years.
The 7th Kyu Level Championships will have two divisions of 10th kyu to 7th kyu and 6th kyu to 4th kyu for each of the Age categories. Each category will have 2 Individual events of Kata & Kumite The age categories are : Below 8 years / Below 10years / Below 12years / Below 14years / Below 16years / Below 18years / above 18 years.
The last date of Entries is 30th June 2017
Venue Andheri Sports Complex, Mumbai.
Dates : 28th, 29th & 30th July 2017.
THE EVENT IS OPEN ONLY FOR MEMBERS OF JKA INDIA

26th

The 6th JKAI Monsoon Training Camp
The 7th JKAI Kyu Level National Tournament
The 2nd Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Veteran's Tournament
Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 13th~15th August 2016

The 2nd JKA India Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Veterans Tournament, & the 7th Kyu Level National Tournament were also held on the same dates. The Catagories for Veterans were 40~45 yrs; 46-50 yrs; 50~60 years. The 7th Kyu Level Championships had two divisions of 10th kyu to 7th kyu and 6th kyu to 4th kyu for each of the Age categories and had 2 Individual events of Kata & Kumite The age categories are : Below 8 years / Below 10years / Below 12years / Below 14years / Below 16years / Below 18years / above 18 years.
The last date of Entries is 30th June 2016
Venue Club Paraiso,Maruti Lifestyles, Behind R.K. Mall, Kota Road, Raipur, Chhatisgarh.
Dates : 13th, 14th & 15th August 2016.

27th

The 1st JKA India Sasaki Shoichi Memorial Veterans Tournament was held with the 6th Kyu Level National Tournament on the 15th; 16th & 17th August 2015 at the Club Paraiso,Maruti Lifestyles, Raipur, Chhatisgarh. The Veteran's tournament is named after the late Chief Instructor of India, Shihan Shoichi Sasaki who passed away in May this year. The veterans event drew a lot of spectators who were watching their instrucotrs compete for the first time The Kata & Kumite Events for the 40-45 years category were won by P. K.Singh from Jharkhand .R. Tumbade from Mahrashtra won the 45-50yrs. Both the events for the 50 years category were won by C.Shetty of Maharahstra 
The 6th Kyu Level Championships was also held at the same time and had the same catagories as last year with two divisions for the kyus. The age categories were : Below 8 years / Below 10years / Below 12years / Below 14years / Below 16years / Below 18years / above 18 years.       RESULTS

29th

Chief Instructor of JKA India, Sensei Anand Ratna 7th Dan JKA will be conducting the Regular Annual Camp in Mumbai. His camp held after every JKA Hq Camp will be covering all the latest techniques he has learnt at the JKA International Autumn Camp in Japan.
Venue: : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Vidyalaya
Sunder Nagar, Malad, Mumbai
(Next to Dalmia College.)
Dates :5th; 6th & 7th November 2015
Timing : 10AM ~ 12Noon
                2PM ~ 4PM
Technical Seminar will be held for judges
Technical Qualification Exams will be held for D class Instructor; Judge and Examiner.
Kyu & Dan Grading upto the level of San Dan will be held.

The Indian Team comprising of the JKA India Junior Champions Soham Vaidya (14 years) Bhargavi Thosar(14 years) and Nealon D'Cruz (13years) participated in The 13th Funakoshi Gichin World Karate Championship Tournament held at the Nioppon Budokan, Tokyo on 17th, 18th and 19th October 2014. It had 53 countries participating with large numbers of contestants in each category.. The Indian Team performed well with D'Cruz & Vaidya reaching the last 8 in their age catagories. Thosar reached the pre-quarter finals . N. Dhawan and A. Ratna acted as Coaches for the Team on Day 1 of the World Cup. Day 2 of the championship saw Neeraj Dhawan and Sensei Ratna as Judges Day 3 was the Semi finals and Finals of theSenior Events. Sensei Anand Ratna was chosen by the JKA as one of the Judges for the finals.

The 4th Annual Monsoon Camp for members of JKA India will be held on 15th, 16th & 17th August 2014 at the Sree Surati Modha Vanik Vaadi, Bamanjini Sheriff, Rudhnathpura, Lal Darwaja, Surat. GUJARAT Yuko Hirayama Sensei 6th Dan JKA Hq instructor along with Anand Ratna Sensei Chief Instructor of India will be conducting the monsoon camp. Hirayama Sensei was born on June 18, 1969 in Kanagawa Prefecture and started training from the 2nd year of elementary school. She graduated from Tokyo University Physical Education College. After graduation she joined the Instructor training program of the JKA where she graduated in 1998. Hirayama Sensei's Motto is : "Seize the moment". Her major tournament wins:

2nd

The 4th edition of the Kyu Level National Championships for members of JKA India was held along with the Monsoon camp at the Shyam Mandir in Raipur on 9th, 10th & 11th August 2013. The event drew a lot of youngsters fresh to the arena and the atmosphere was very charged with a huge number of the host state participating in the event for the first time. The host state emerged as the state with the most winners.
The results of the event can be seen  here

Seizo Izumiya Shihan 7th Dan JKA Headquarters instructor conducted the monsoon camp this year at the Shyam Mandir hall in Raipur. Izumiya Sensei truly lived up to his motto which is : "Devote yourself to karate, discover who you are" . The interest generated by his lessons during the 3 days of training exceeded everyone's expectations. Teaching without any complicated explainations, Shihan showed the senior group how to execute movements generating speed and kime. Explaining the basics, Izumiya Shihan's demonstrations used methods that were simple to understand and easy to execute physically, confirming to the participants the reason as to why he is so much in demand all over the world. Like every camp small children also participated in this camp and there were a good number of them. Izumiya Sensei took special care to ensure that the little ones were also taken care of by teaching them every day. While explaining Kumite, he showed the participants the manner by which the body could be made to move faster and to a greater distance by using the right musculature. Using partner drills, he made the participants understand the methodology so that the participants could execute the wazas in the right manner. Known for his varied explainations of the bunkai in Kata, Izumiya shihan made all the participants train in the bunkai for Heian Nidan, giving them various explainations for the movements. Izumiya Shihan was assisted by Ratna Sensei who conducted separate training for the juniors on all the days. The monsoon camp was a complete success and the instructors have decided to have the next monsoon camp in the city of Surat in the state of Gujarat.

JKA Headquarters instructor Hanzaki Shihan 7th Dan conducted the Monsoon Training Camp at the Andheri Sports Complex Games Hall. The training concentrated on Kihon making the participants repeat the techniques over and over again, till they understood the principle of the techniques. Training was also done in the various Heian Katas,  Kata Bassai Dai and Kata Nijushihopaying great attention to the little details going through each movement of each kata in great detail and using partner drills to explain the various applications. . Training was also done in basic ido kihon followed by kihon kumite to understand the principles of distance and timing. There were a few little children in the group and they got special attention from Sensei, as he patiently corrected them and this gesture was greatly appreciated. Hanzaki Sensei emphasized that basic kihon is the mainstay of karate and greatly impressed the participants of the camp by his simple explanations and desire to improve the quality of karate of those whom he was teaching. by giving small hints to improve performance.
Link to the news about the camp on the JKA Hq site

Sensei Anand Ratna, Chief Instructor for India conducted the Annual Summer Camp on the 20th, 21st and 22nd April 2012. During the Camp Sensei Ratna imparted the latest techniques and methodology learnt by him in the earlier week during the 2012 Spring International Joint Training Camp at the JKA Headquarters. Grading upto the level of Nidan was also conducted.

Kobayashi Sensei's Camp

The Annual October Training Camp conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai will be held on the 23rd,24th & 25th of October 2011.Venue: Dr. S Radhakrishna Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar, Next to Dalmiya College, Off S.V. Road Malad (West) Mumbai

The Instruction at the camp will be based on what was taught at the International Autumn Camp at the JKA Headquarters. JKA Dan Grading upto the level of Nidan will also be held. Form    Schedule    Directions on Google Maps

Prior to departing to Thailand for The Funakoshi Gichin Cup 12th World Karate-do Championships JKA India held a 2 week coaching camp for Team members with HQ Instructor Kunio Kobayashi Sensei from 26/7 to 9/8. Two sessions were held every day. The first session was held early morning from 6AM to 7:30AM where Sensei concentrated only on basic Kihon and Kata and the second session in the evening was from 6:30PM to 8:30PM devoted only to kumite training. Sensei's attention to detail was amazing and having just the participants and coaches along with just 4 non team members when training ensured that the team members got an exposure to the kind of training that JKAI members have so far never experienced. Everyday at the end of the second session, Kobayashi sensei also delivered a small lecture to the participants of the camp. At the end of the camp, it was clear to all that the attitude of the team had changed as a result of both the hard training and his pep talk. Those seniors who took the opportunity to train included Chairman Sensei Anil Sinha who made it a point to take time off from his busy schedule to come all the way to Mumbai to train, Prakash Sorap from Maharashtra & B.S.Ganguly from West Bengal. Coaches Prakash Kumar from Karnataka, Agnelo Rodgrigues from Goa and Hitesh Jariwala from Gujarat trained with the kids to bond with them over the two weeks. Kobayashi Sensei made a deep impression not only on all the students but also on the parents and guardians who saw his dedication while teaching. The Training Camp defintely gave JKA India a much improved result.

Age

Sensei Anand Ratna, Head Instructor for India conducted the Annual Summer Camp at Dr. S. Radhakrishna Sarvepalli Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar, Malad (W), Mumbai 400062.on the 22nd 23rd and 24th April 2011. The Camp was open to all JKA India Members. Many outstation participants from Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa, Meghalaya & Chattisgarh participated in the camp this year. With the Selections for the World Cup being held while the Camp was in progress, the emphasis of the training was on Kumite & Kata. Gradings were held up to the rank of JKA Nidan.

Shuseki Shihan
Masaaki Ueki
9th Dan,
Chief Instructor JKA

The Japan Karate Association of India celebrated its 35th anniversary during its 28th Annual National Program in the International holiday resort city of Goa. The program held from 21st to 28th Jan. 2011 consisted of a 5 day training Camp conducted by the Chief Instructor of the JKA, Masaaki Ueki Shuseki Shihan and he was assisted by JKA Hq. Instructor,  Keisuke Nemoto who is the current All Japan Kumite Champion and the Head Instructor of India Anand Ratna.
January 21st, the first session of the gasshuku was conducted by Nemoto Sensei assisted by Anand Ratna Sensei. The training was about basic waza with the emphasis on form, kime and waist rotation. The participants were asked to execute the waist rotation from hanmi position to shoumen and gyaku-hanmi position and this training followed by group drills to enable each person execute the same technique.
The afternoon session began with the opening Ceremony of the 28th National Program being held in a traditional Indian manner. Chairman Anil Sinha gave the welcome speech and a traditional presentation of floral tributes & the Indian Shawl was followed by a speech given by Shuseki Shihan Ueki. The opening ceremony concluded with the Indian tradition of lighting of the lamp by Shuseki Shihan Ueki, Nemoto Sensei, JKA India Chairman Anil  Sinha  and lastly Anand Ratna Sensei.
After the opening ceremony, a training session was conducted by Shuseki Shihan Ueki for both seniors and juniors. His simplicity of explanation of basic techniques and sheer skill while demonstrating the techniques enthralled an awed audience of participants. Ueki Sensei had everyone perform all the basic punches, strikes, blocks and kicks in the natural stance, before making them do the same techniques while moving After this was training in the various stances where he explained and emphasized the correct alignment of the joints and limbs, along with the correct posture, of the upper body. Explaining the three points of speed, power and technique, while explaining the principles of the various stances, Ueki sensei demonstrated each with such perfection that there was spontaneous applause every time. After the training in the basic techniques was completed, Ueki Sensei made the group train in Kata. All the 5 Heian katas were performed after which the group did Tekki shodan, during which he was  giving pointers to the Kodansha about the various factors that improves the performance of the kata.. One of the most striking points Sensei explained was about how the Kata movements should always flow without unnecessary pauses between moves which tend to break the flow and beauty of the Kata. The training session ended with the whole group doing Kata Jion.
The same evening a Welcome Party was hosted by the JKA India and the holiday spirit was evident as everyone relaxed after a day of hard training.  Sensei Anand Ratna presented the Honbu Instructors and Chairman Sinha with a small memento commemorating the completion of 35 years of the JKA in India.
January 22nd - The second day’s session the participants were broken into two groups of Juniors and Seniors. Nemoto Sensei conducted training for the children’s group while Ueki Sensei taught the seniors. Those going for Dan grading were taught how to assess the correct distance required while defending and attacking. Ueki Sensei taught the principle of sabaki. Starting with simple movement of  sliding back in straight line and then moving into striking distance, he continued teaching about how to move  away or move inside within the body line in order to achieve the desired result. Despite his age, the speed and technique of Ueki sensei inspired all the participants to do their best to try and achieve what was desired of them. The training was followed by partner drills and finally all the participants did Randori. The afternoon session partner drills for stretching were initiated by Ueki Sensei.and was devoted to kata and Ueki Sensei taught the various Tokui kata that the participants who were to appear for their Dan Grading. He once again went thru the Katas- Bassai Dai, Jion, He then taught Niju shi ho.
January 23rd - On the third day of the gasshuku, the morning session was dedicated to training of Keris. The front kick, the side kick and the round house kick were covered in minute detail, from their basic preparation to the execution. Ueki Sensei is known for his perfect kicks and the JKA India members received an amazing lesson from him on this. After the Partner drills for the practice of the keri were done Ueki sensei taught Goju shi ho sho to the senior students. The afternoon session was devoted to the Technical Qualification lessons for those giving the Judges examination after which Kata Bassai Sho was taught.
January 24th – The fourth day was taught completely by Nemoto Sensei and Anand Sensei. While Nemoto Sensei taught the Senior Group, Anand Sensei taught the Junior Group. Nemoto sensei started with footwork drills which were broken down so as to train the legs to prepare for the various sliding movements of Yori-ashi, Tsugi-ashi and Oiashi. His demonstration was an eye opener for many of the trainees who were participating in the National Tournament after the training Camp. Numerous repetitions of the movements and how to apply the footwork were followed by partner drills in yakusoku kumite. The training ended with the group doing jiyu-kumite by rotating partners. Kumite training continued in the afternoon session and was followed by Kata. The afternoon session concluded with the explanation of the instructor’s qualification after which the written test for the examination was conducted.
January 25th The fifth and final day day of the camp covered the syllabus for the various Dan tests and was followed by the training of kata Souchin after which all the katas taught were reviewed and performed by the group.
Examination  for Technical Qualification and Dan Grades were held in the afternoon session
Dan Grade-: GoDan – Prakash Sorap (Mah), Gautam Mukherjee (West Bengal), Satyabhan Sahu (Orissa),), R. Sudershan(A.P), C. Shetty, Vikas Sahu (Chhatisgarh), Bhagyashri Khot, Sudhir Vanjari , Anil Surve, Suresh Mali, D.Trivedi, (Mah) Yon Dan: S.Mundapat, R. Tumbade, A.Yadav  ( Mah.) A.Rodrigues , V.Bhaindarkar (Goa). San Dan  M.Naidu, S.Tiwari (Mah)  H.Jariwala (Gujarat),
Technical Qualifications for Examiners were passed by P.Sorap, C. Shetty (Karnataka), A. Surve , S.Mundapat, S.Mali, D.Trivedi (Mah), B.S.Ganguly (West Bengal), A.Rodrigues (Goa) with many of the  JKA India Instructors upgrading their qualification licenses for Instruction and Judging to the next level.

This was Ueki Sensei’s first visit to India and in the relaxed ambience of this idyllic resort  had  a total of 259 members registered for the 5 day training camp. Though the original schedule had 4 seminars of 1 hour each scheduled per day, the eagerness of the members to learn from the JKA Chief Instructor could be seen as the scheduled training was extended each time. The enthusiasm of the JKAI members could be seen in the fact that many of the locals attended school or office for half a day but ensured that they participated in either the pre lunch or post lunch seminars conducted during the day.

The Training Camp had a huge international Flavor with participants registered from the U.S, Sweden,  Swtzerland, New Zealand, Nepal & Srilanka and the event was covered by the local media with live coverage being telecast of the Chief Instructor’s training.

The training Camp was followed by the 28th JKAI National Karate Championships which had a record  513 members from 21 states  participating in the 3-day long event which commenced on the 26th  & concluded on 28th January 2011.  

The uniqueness of the JKA India Tournament is that it is the only Tournament in India that still follows the Budo aspect of Karate and the only  one  in India  that is conducted as per the original rules of Karate Tournaments set up by the JKA in 1956 of the Shobu Ippon matches with the rule of sun dome and kime being adhered to, these aspects were the ones that actually made karate popular in the modern era.  In India, the JKA India propagates the aspect of Budo Karate through it’s National Championships and the increase in the number of entries each year speaks volumes for it’s growing popularity.

The 28th edition of the National Championships saw the introduction of Events at a Kyu Level Category in the Tournament. This attempt to see the response of the pre-black belt level students being encouraged to participate at the National Level was received with great enthusiasm by the members.

The Junior Nationals this time around was without the entry of traditional Winners of the State of Meghalaya being absent due to the sudden illness of Sensei Stephan Leong. The Junior events saw the emergence of Gujurat State bringing out some potential future Senior Champions.

The Senior Event had Chandrashekhar Shetty former National Champion participating after a gap of nearly 14 years and he won the Individual Kumite Title defeating last year’s winner N. Dhawan of Delhi after overcoming a spirited challenge in the Semi Final from Dojo mate and last year’s runner –up  S.Tiwari. Neeraj. Dhanwan reached the final defeating Gaurav Kumar from Bihar in the Semi Final. The Final which is a San bon Shobu or the best of three Ippons match  saw Shetty win 1½ :  ½ against Neeraj Dhawan.  

The Team Kumite event saw a lot of older senior members take part along with their much younger team mates. The event was won by Maharashtra in a tense final with Bihar which went to the wire. The third place was won Jharkhand who defeated Goa.   

The Individual Kata title was retained by Neeraj Dhawan with kata Nijushiho. The second place went to Vikash Sahu from Chhatisgarh with kata Souchin and the third place was won by Maharashtra’s Akshay Vernekar with kata Jutte.  The Team Kata Titile was won by Maharashtra with Jharkhand and Goa in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

The women’s division of the tournament saw the rise of a new star in the form of  Priyanka Kolipaka from Gujarat, who despite having senior grades in the same category, outshone the competition in Kata winning it in great style with a very good performance of Kata Jion. Bhagyashri Khot from Maharashtra and Vaishali Almeida from Goa took second and third places respectively.   However her lack of experience in Kumite saw her lose the semifinal match against her opponent. The Kumite event was won by former National Champion Vaishali Almeida from Goa who defeated Bhagyashri Khot in the final.

The Tournament was also a short listing of potential members who would be participating in the JKA Funakoshi Gichin 12th World Cup to be held in Thailand in August this year. A final Selection for the JKA India National Team has been scheduled for the 23rd of April in Mumbai.  The Head Instructor for the original JKA Body in India, Sensei Anand Ratna also announced that he has also arranged for a former All Japan Champion to train the selected members for a 3 week training camp before the team finally leaves for the World Championships.   Detailed results

The 2010 Annual Winter Training Camp will be conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai from the 17th to the 19th of December 2010. The Instruction at the camp will be based on what was taught at the International Autumn Camp at the JKA Headquarters that Anand Sensei had attended. JKA Dan Grading upto the level of Nidan will also be held.Special training will be given for those who will be grading for San Dan, Yon Dan & Go Dan at the National Camp in 2011 under Shuseki Shihan Masaaki Ueki. Judges Training will also be given during the camp       Form    Schedule   

The Annual Summer Training Camp was conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai from the 20th of April to the 22nd of April 2010. A total of 105 members mainly brown belts and black belts from Maharashtra and the neighbouring states attended the camp. The Instruction at the camp was based on what was taught at the recently concluded International Spring Camp at the JKA Headquarters that Anand Sensei had attended. JKA Dan Grading was also held. Pictures