A Message to the overseas Members  15th, March, 2016 Greetings to all the members over the world! I believe you practice Karate very hard. We had made you worry by our internal confusion about operation of our association. In the period, Mr. Nakahara Nobuyuki had retired from the chairman and I was elected as his successor. Since...

A message to Members in abroad 14th, March, 2016 Japan Karate Association was formed in 1948 having the founder of Shotokan Karate-do Funakoshi Gichin Sensei as the highest instructor. Since then for 68 years, “Oshie”, the discipline, as the fundamental of our association has been passed down by Nakayama Masatoshi Shihan,  the first chief instructor,...