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Shotokan JKA Academy is affiliated to the Japan Karate Association (WF) , It is dedicated to teaching traditional shotokan karate JKA with a special personal experience touch of Shamim Aktar 7th Dan from his learning expereince. Our high quality instruction allows official best technical standards of JKA Karate, emphasizing :

• Correct Kihon ( Basics)

• Traditional Kata

• Controlled Kumite ( Sparring )

• Discipline, etiquette, & respect

•  You will learn powerful blocks, punches & strikes, using hips properly in every technique for self-defence & self improvement.

•  Remember !!... Many other Karate styles systems were derived from the Shotokan JKA Karate style by their founders.

• Such as : Taekwondo, Kyokushinkai karate, Wadoryu  etc.....their founders learned under Gichin Funakoshi the founder of Shotokan JKA Karate style as students.

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

•  Head coach Shamim Aktar 7th Dan.​

 Now you have the opportunity to learn & train in the art of JKA shotokan karate & become a great Black Belt one day.  All training and supervision is by our fully qualified professional JKA karate coach, Shamim Aktar 7th Dan, JKA certified Black Belt Instructor & examiner .

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​Quick Bio:

 Shamim Aktar  7th Dan - is the head trainer/coach/instructor of Shotokan JKA Academy.  He was graded by a JKA masters panel consisting of Sensei's Oishi 8th Dan, Kawasoe 8th Dan, & Naito 8th Dan of the JKA.

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He has over 54 years of Karate & martial arts experience. Inspired by his martial arts hero Bruce Lee in the early years,he has had a passion for karate & martial arts and wanted to become just like Bruce Lee when he was young. Thus he began training in many traditional & modern martial arts,including Taekwondo & Kick-Boxing, of which he is a 1st Degree/Dan Black Belt, (with Master Heel Il Cho's Taekwondo organisation). In his younger years he also took instruction & trained in Aikido,Judo,Jeet Kune-Do,Yang style Taichi Chuan & jiu Jitsu.

 

In his practice of Shotokan JKA Karate, he has trained extensively with the world's leading first & second generation JKA karate masters travelling as far as the Japan Karate Association, JKA in Japan to learn from the best of the best Shotokan masters. Currently, his goal is to revive the true spirit of traditional Shotokan JKA Karate for his students,as taught by his original JKA masters & to simplify their teachings & concepts from his learning experiences. After over 54 years of practice,analysis, & synthesis of all of his original masters' teachings & essential learning key points, Shamim Aktar sensei has devised a course of Black Belt Excellence for his students which encompasses all the teachings, techniques, & concepts of his original JKA masters and pioneers of JKA karate, and guarantee's anyone with average ability to become a strong,fit, healthy, and a  dynamic Black Belt in Shotokan JKA Karate style over a course of several years. If you wish to learn this dynamic art , contact us right now.

Call/Text : 07956 553417