To confirm the rumour that has spread around the world, it is true that I have recently joined the JAPAN KARATE ASSOCIATION (JKA). This occurred via the assistance of Naka Tatsuya Shihan.  At the beginning of October I officially began training under Nakamura Masamitsu Shihan in Central Kumamoto, which has been fantastic. Supplementing this practice...

NEW PUBLICATION: KARATE DO BOOK: “COMPLETE KARATE-KATA METHODOLOGY” Sensei Luke Perry, Sensei Antoine Etcheverry of France, Sensei Thierry Lint of Belgium, Sensei Marcus Gutzmer of Germany, Sensei Daniel Acuña of Lima, Peru and Sensei Hernán Beltrán Silva (Chief Instructor of S.K.I.F. Chile), they have got a book and and his opinion is very favorable. “An...

EDWARD MTSHALI SENSEI Born 26/04/1948, Sensei Ed has 65 years old. He has been training karate for 47 years and has had to overcome many challenges in his life. His first instructor was Samuel Maimane who was a blue belt. They were training shotokan karate. The only reason he knew it was shotokan was that the book they were using was Sensei Nishiyama’s...