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                                                                    About Shotokan Karate JKA Academy :

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•  Shotokan Karate JKA Academy is affiliated to JKAWF  (Japan Karate Association World Federation )

•  Head / Chief Club Instructor Sham Aktar 7th Dan.

• Key Points about Shotokan JKA Karate: It is the most simple & basic, yet powerful & Dynamic Karate style. It Utilizes both sides of the whole body to produce powerful attacks, fast punches, kicks , strikes, blocks and some throws. It also develops a balanced & even development of the body & mind through its practice of basics,forms, and sparring drills in practice. ( Kihon, Kata & Kumite )

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• Practitioners employ powerfully delivered blocks, punches & strikes, using the hips in every technique.

•  Remember !!... Many other Karate systems were derived from the Shotokan JKA Karate system / style.

 e.g. Taekwondo, Kyokushinkai karate, Wadoryu karate etc..and many others...their founders learned under Gichin Funakoshi the founder of Shotokan JKA Karate as students.

 Now you have the opportunity to master the Powerful,Dynamic Karate of the original Japan Karate Association karate as taught at the Japan Karate Association (JKAWF)  by the original  Shotokan JKA karate masters  towards Black Belt Excellence by one of the most talented 7th Dan Black Belt Karateka in England.

 Sham Aktar sensei 7th Dan - is the chief club karate trainer/coach/instructor. He Currently trains with Kawasoe sensei'  8th Dan JKAWF. He has over 52 years of Karate & martial arts experience. Since his youth,he has had a passion for martial arts & has trained in many traditional & modern martial arts,including Taekwondo & Kick-Boxing, of which he is a 1st Dan Black Belt, he has also trained in Aikido,Judo,Jeet Kune-Do,Taichi Chuan since his youth. In Shotokan Karate, his favourite martial art, he has trained extensively with the world's leading masters travelling as far as China, Malaysia, &  Japan to learn from them. His goal is to revive the true spirit of traditional Shotokan Karate for his students, & to simplify the teachings & concepts of his original masters, which have today become fragmented,distorted,or confused,due to various factors.  After many years of practice,analysis, research, & synthesis of all of his original masters' teachings & essential key points,Aktar sensei has been able to devise his unique, simplified, & best method of training in the original Shotokan JKA karate upto Black Belt & beyond, which enables anyone to learn the original dynamic JKA karate art as ultimate self-defence techniques & skills in a dedicated somewhat shorter time then ever before, and thus become a great karate Black Belt in the process.    

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