Self Defense - Confidence - Fitness
27/10/246 Members from JKS Harrow went to train with JKS Hombu instructor and reigning JKS World Kumite Champion - Watanabe Sensei
06/10/24
Yumiko won Gold and Alex won 2 Bronzes at the Elite International open in Harlow.
Well done!
At the WUMF World Championships 2 weeks previously, Meera won Gold and Alex won Silver in Kumite.
06/10/24
Yamaguchi came to England again after 10 years to host a seminar cover Asai Kata's Sensho and Kakuyoku Nidan.
Sensei Shyam and Ria went to train for 3 years.
Sensei Shyam also got some calligraphy done by Yamaguchi Sensei.
29/9/24
Sensei Matt Price came to take our 3rd and last grading of the year.
The grading was followed by a seminar which saw our friends from PSKO attend also.
17/8/24
Annual beach trip with our friends at PSKO Havant.
A great days training followed by fun in the sun, sea and sand.
Sensei Shyam and Geeta travelled to Japan for the 6th JKS International Cup.
Part of the visit included training on the JKS Cup International Seminar, JKS Hombu Dojo, The Hoitsugan, Keio University and to Kawasaki Sensei's dojo in Kamakura, as well as paying respects to Funakoshi Sensei at his Memorial at Engaku-ji Temple.
1st JSKE Open
Tim - Gold Kata, Gold Kumite
Juan - Silver Kumite
16/6/24
Results of Slough Grand Prix
Yumiko - Gold Kata
Taiyo - Gold Kata
Meera - Bronze Kumite
Adam - Bronze Kata
Family kata Bronze Yumiko + Taiyo
Congratulations to all the students who graded under Sensei Shyam on Sunday 2nd June.
A fantastic overall standard from the students.
Thank you to our instructor team for supporting on the day.
3rd Middlesex Cup Results - 1st June
Gold
Tavia - Kata
Jason - Kata
Meera - Kumite
Silver
Himesh - Kata
Lakshita - Kata
Pairs Kata - Lakshita and Yoana
Bronze
Meera - Kata
Yoana - Kata and Kumite
4th Place
Adam - Veterans Kata
28/04/24
Congratulations to Geeta and Himesh on passing their Black Belt grading under Alan Campbell Sensei and the JKS England Grading Panel.
Also congratulations to Jason and Alex for a fantastic performance at the British Championships competing for JKS England. Jason won Gold and Silver to Team and Pairs Kata, and Alex won Silver and Bronze x 2 in Team and Indicidual Kumite.
Aurora Cup - 7/4/24
Golds:
Meera Kumite
Alex Kumite
Silver:
Geeta Kata
Roberta Kata
JKS South team Kumite (Anthony/Alex/Himesh)
Bronze :
Geeta Kumite
Roberta and Geeta pairs Kata
Well done to Margate Karate Academy for a well run comp for a very special cause.
Sensei Shyam, Sensei Jason and Geeta travelled to train with Kagawa Shihan in Nottingham on his annual UK visit.
Sensei Shyam also tested for his C Class Examiner and C Class Instructor licenses which he passed under the watchful eye of Kagawa Shihan, Alan Sensei and Matt Sensei.
Sensei Shyam and Geeta travelled to Budapest to train with Kagawa Shihan who gave an Unsu Kata masterclass.
Thank you to our friends at JKS Hungary for their hospitality.
10/03/24 - JKS England South Development Tournament
Taiga:Kata, Kumite
Helen: Kata
Lakshita: Kata
Geeta: Kata
Ahana: Kumite
Congratulations to everyone who competed!
Well done to our karate mums for training in our annual mothers day class!
You all done fantastic!! :-)
BASK - 25/02/24
JKS Harrow took a small team to BASK at Brunel University.
Yumiko - Gold Kata
Taiyo - Bronze Kata
Adam - Bronze Kata
Himesh - Bronze Kata
Well Done!
4/2/24
Club grading. Our first grading of the year saw a record 76 students pass their Kyu graing under the watchful eye of Sensei Alan Campbell 8th Dan - Head of JKS England.
A fantastic result for for the club and students.
Next grading is 2/6/24.
28/01/24
Kangeiko 2024! Over 50 studnts joined in in our annual Kangeiko, Cold Weather Training.
We started with our usual run around Harrow Recreation Ground, followed by training which was lead by Young Samuel, Sensei Zoltan and Sensei Jason.
This was then followed by a party with Japanese food, pizzas and games.
Thank you to all the students and parents for making a great event.
Osu!
22/01/24
7 Members of JKS Harrow travelled to Denmark to train with 3 x WKF World Team Kata champion, Koji Arimoto Sensei.
3 days and 9 hours of training left us with sore muscles and big smiles!
A fantastic time with friends from Denmark, Wales and Somerset.
17/12/2023
A fantastic day of Karate at our 8th Harrow Championships
Thank you to our friends at Koburakai, JKS Luton, Eagle Institute, Tora Shotokan and Kettering and Corby Shotokan for supporting the tournament
Especially JKS Luton for the tatami loan today
Big thank you to all our Harrow Helpers who came early and helped with the setting up and the tidying up etc
A huge thank you to Leon, Jason and Harshil, who refereed the tatami's today and thank you to Witold, Laimis and our other club Seniors who picked up flags and scoreboards to make everything run smoothly on the mats.
Supporting the refs...thank you to our table teams for keeping scores, points and the time keeping
Mostly, thank you to all the competitors from all the clubs, and to their families for taking the time to come today. Without your support, there would be no Karate tournaments at all!
Well done to all the medallists. Some great technique on show!
Harrow Tigers finished 2nd in the Koburakai Junior League after 4 rounds and 20 fights!
Well done to Meera, Shlok and Saanvi and also to Taiyo who sadly missed the final round through illness.
Thank you to Alex for coaching.
19/11/23
JKS Nationals - Grantham
JKS Harrow took a small team to the JKS Nationals in Grantham.
We came back with 3 Bronze Medals.
Congratulations to Sanav who won Bronzes in Kata and Kumite and Lakshita won Bronze in Kumite.
Well Done!
A huge well done to those who competed at the Koburakai Championships on Sunday!
Heba Gold Kata
Taiyo Gold Kata
Yumiko Silver Kata
Taiyo Gold Kumite
Dylan Gold Kumite
Daya Silver Kumite
Well done to Sabrina who entered for the first time and competed in both Kata and Kumite.
Also well done to Ryley. He lost his match in added time and sudden death after drawing in normal time.
A huge well done to Adam. He had a bereavement in the family only the day before, but still got on the mat
Also a big thank you to Alex for coming to coach on the day
15th Oct
HSK has attended a few tournaments in Oct including BASK, the E Series and the Elite International.
Well done to Roberta, Yumiko, Alex and Adam on their medals.
BASK - Roberta - Gold, Yumiko - Silver
E Series - Alex - Bronze
Elite - Alex - Silver + Bronze, Adam - Silver x 2
23/9/23
JKS England Squad Coach Sensei Matt Price 7th Dan made his annual visit to JKS Harrow to conduct our Autumn Grading.
64 Students graded and passed their belt.
The grading was followed by followed by a seminar looking at Junro Shodan, Kanku Dai and Kumite Techniques.
03/09/23
Members of HSK went to Nottingham to train with our JKS World Chief Instructor, Masao Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan.
Hundred of students packed the dojo to celebrate the 20th anniversary of JKS England.
A great 3 hours of training had by all.
19/08/23
We had a fantastic time on our annual Beach trip with our friends at PSKO Havant. We headed out at 8am taking a luxury coach to West Wittering.
After 2 hours of training, we all jumped into the sea which was followed by a Sand Castle competiton and beach picnic. A great day had by all.
JKS Harrow were proudly given the opportunity to host JKS Hombu Instructor and JKF Japan National Kumite Coach, Yasuhisa Inada Sensei 6th Dan.
The Course was well attended and enjoyed by all. Inada Sensei showed why he was former World Games and Asian Games Champion and current Kumite Coach to the Japan Olympic Team.
Thank you to JKS England for the allowing us to host him.
23/7/23
We took a small squad to the WUMF World Championship in Crawley which saw some 20 countries take part.
Adam - Gold Kata
Meera - Gold Kata + Gold Kumite
Harshil - Silver Kata
Irushi - Silver Kata + Gold Kumite
Saanvi - Bronze Kata
Shlok - Bronze Kumite
Alex - Silver Kumite
Well Done Team!!
After our fathers day session, we hosted a class with Henry Bellinger from Japan. Henry is a student at Keio University in Tokyo and also at JKS HQ.
The students enjoyed the original Funakoshi style of Shotokan followed by the Asai Ryu Kata - Sensho.
Thank you to all our Karate Dad's who took part in our annual Fathers Day class.
A great session full of fun and games and karate!
Results from the Slough Grand Prix
Thanks to Eagle Institute for the invitation
Gold - Yumiko/Taiyo Family kata
Gold - Meera Kata
Gold - Meera Kumite
Gold - Geeta kumite
Silver - Alex Kata
Silver - Yoanna Kata
Silver - Geeta Kata
Silver - Pairs Kata Geeta/Roberta
Silver - Yumiko Kata
Silver - Roberta Kumite
Bronze - Taiyo Kumite
Bronze - Lakshita Kata
Bronze - Taiyo Kick Master
Bronze - Himesh Kata
Bronze - Roberta Kata
Bronze - Himesh Kumite
4th place- Meera -Taiyo pair kata
Good performances from Adam, George and Amrit today too
21/5/23
JKS Harrow held our 2nd grading of 2023.
We saw 70 students take their belt test.
There were faliures...but this is the point in exam.
If you fall down 7 times though, you get up 8 times.
Osu
20/5/23
Koburakai Kyu Championships
Fantastic Results for the club
Yoana - Gold Kata + Gold Kumite
Himesh - Gold Kata
Ahana - Gold Kata + Silver Kumite
Amrit - Gold Kata + Bronze Kumite
Geeta - Silver Kata + Silver Kumite
Danial - Silver Kumite + 4th Place Kata
10/5/23
30 students attended a dojo night out to say farewell to Aarush who leaves us after 7 years as he heads to India for his education. Aarush started with us aged 3.5 and was one of the youngest Black Belts in the country aged 10!
We also wished Stefan and Melissa a wonderful future together as the get married in Romania.
It also gave us a chance to meet the new members who have recently joined the club.
30/4/23
JKS Harrow took a small team to the KDF Open in Dagenham on Sunday 30th April.
Little Meera came back with 2 Bronze Medals in some tough competition.
Lakshita put in a solid performance but lost to the girls who won the categories.
Adam competed in the Veterans Kata and gave a solid performance.
Results from BASK championships
Meera + Taiyo - Gold - Pairs Kata under 9s.
Yumiko - Gold - 18+ Kyu Grade Kata
Taiyo - Gold - under 7s Kata
Adam - Silver - 50+ Kata
Himesh - Silver - 18+ Kyu Grade Kata
Alex - Silver - 18+ Dan Grade Shobu Sanbon Kumite
Meera - Bronze - Under 7s Kata
Yumiko + Taiyo - Bronze - Family Team Kata
Meera - Bronze - Under 7s Kumite
Well done to Sensei Ganesh and his team for a successful and well run tournament
1st April
JKS Harrow were lucky to host Takuya Makita Sensei 6th Dan from JKS Hombu (HQ) Dojo Japan.
Sensei taught for 4 hours which saw 50 students across the classes.
We covered Heian Kata, Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai and Nijushiho katas and then kumite techniques.
Fantastic training!
25/3/23
HSK took a small team to the Legends Open at the University of Surrey.
Congratualtions to
Yumiko - Gold - Kata
Meera - Silver - Kumite
Taiyo - Bronze - Kumite
19/3/23
Well done to the 4 students who went to the Shito Ryu Open in Harlow.
Adam - Silver - Para Kata
Mike - Bronze - 75kg+ Kumite
Alex - Bronze 75kg+ Kumite, Bronze Open Weight Kumite
Thank you to all our Karate Mums who did our annual Mother's Day 2023 Class! You all did fantastic!!
4/5 March 2023
Members of JKS Harrow went to train with Kasuya Sensei 9th Dan from the WSKF.
Sensei is a former JKA Instructor and a member of the Japanese team along with Yahara Sensei and Osaka Sensei in the 1970s. The 2 day course was a mix of Theory and Practical and sensei's ideas of karate enjoyed by all who attended
5/2/2023
JKS Harrow hosted Head of JKS England - Sensei Alan Campbell 7th Dan for a seminar, kyu grading and Dan Grading. We had 67 students grade with 2 double grading! The kyu grading was followed by a 2 hour seminar and then a Dan grading. We are happy to say we have 7 new Black Belts at the club.
Well done to all those that passed! Please check the club Black Belts page for names.
29/01/2023 - Around 60 members of JKS Harrow took part in Kangeiko 2023. We started the moring with a run around Harrow Recreation Group before heading back to the dojo. Sensei Will taught a fantastic first session covering basics. Sensei Helen taught the second session covering the kata Chinte followed by Sensei Shyam teaching kumite. This was followed by a Kangeiko party. Thank you to all the students and parents for a great day.
19/1/23
8 Members of JKS Harrow travelled to the JKS Denmark Kata Weekend with Sensei Yamaguchi from JKS Hombu Dojo and Jesper Sensei from JKS Denmark.
We covered Kata's such as Rantai, Joko Isse, Kakuyoku 1,2 and 3, Hangestu, Gankaku and others.
After the 9 hours of karate over the weekend, we went sightseeing around Copenhagen. A great learning experience for all.
Osu
Our 2022 Dojo Christmas party was held at Eighty Six on Harrow on the Hill.
A great night of fun and laughter.
18th December 2022 saw JKS Harrow hold our 7th Annual Championships.
We were joined by our friends at Koburakai, Zanshin North Herts, Kings Cross SKC and Eagle Institute.
A great day had by all. Thank you to all those helped on the day.
Osu
Huge Congratulations to Sensei Shyam who passed his 6th Dan on the weekend of 26th/27th Nov.
Sensei Shyam is one of the few Instructors in England to pass such a senior grad in Japan!
The International Seminar was held in Tokyo with 25 countries in attendance. After a weekend of training, a panel led by Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan graded 12 candidates in a "closed grading". A fantastic achievement.
JKS England Nationals 20/11/22
November saw JKS Harrow take a Squad to the 2022 JKS England National Championships.
Results
JKS Harrow Team Kata - Bronze
Alex B-C - Bronze in Kata and Bronze in Kumite
Jason Lam - National Senior Men's Kata Champion
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