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2008 DADAR DOJO NEWS
JKA India Camp JKA India Tournament Dan Test and Qualifications University Championships Summer Camp2008
Dojo Tournament Dojo Camp in October Naoroji sisters win   Jude Pinto excells

PUBLIC NOTICE

The NIHON KARATE KYOKAI, DADAR hereby informs the Indian Karate Fraternity and the General Public that Mr. Sitaram Chavan and Mr. Subhash Nair are no longer instructors with or are in no way connected to the Nihon Karate Kyokai, Dadar or to Chief Instructor Sensei Anand Ratna.

Mid Term Training Camp 22nd, 23rd & 24th October 2008
Sensei Anand Ratna will be conducting the Dadar Dojo's Annual Mid Term Camp on the above dates at the Bombay Cambridge School, Andheri East. Sensei who has just returned after attending the Autumn Master's Camp at the JKA Headquarters will also be conducting grading upto JKA Shodan on the 24th of October. Only a limited number of students are being admitted for the camp. Last date for registration is 20th October 2008.

JUDE PINTO EXCELLS IN JKA W/F AMERICA NATIONAL MEET
The Dadar Dojo's past Champions have continued their winning ways with their offspring emulating their father. Savio Pinto's son continued the winning ways of his father by becoming the US National champion in his age Group winning the Gold medal in Kumite and the silver in Kata. at the recently concluded US National championships. Father, Savio still fighting fit in his middle age still came into the best eight in both Kata and Kumite. Congratulations Jude, you make us proud.

NAOROJI SISTERS EXCELL IN JKA NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL MEET

Both Jenny and Afreen Naoroji, daughters of Karl Naoroji excelled at the JKA New Zealand National meet. Karl's dojo did exceedingly well at the recently held 18th National Karate Championships on 16th August 2008. 150-175 karatekas from all over New Zealand participated in this event held at the Springvale Stadium, Whanganui. The performance of the members in this event just concluded, will more or less directly effect team selections for the Karate World Championships which will be held in Tokyo, Japan in Sep 2009.
Karl's Dojo called the JKA PAKURANGA KARATE CLUB had the following medal winners:-
BLACK BELT CATEGORIE :
Black Belt Boys Kata : Djorge Petrovic - GOLD
Black Belt Boys Kumite : Djorge Petkovic - GOLD
Black Belt Junior Mixed Kata : Afreen Naoroji - GOLD ; Matthew Tillotson - SILVER
Black Belt Junior Mixed Kumite : Afreen Naoroji - GOLD ; Matthew Tillotson - SILVER
Black Belt Girls 16-18yrs Kata : Jenny Naoroji - SILVER
Black Belt Girls 16-18yrs Kumite : Jenny Naoroji - GOLD
Black Belt Mens Kata : Noriaki Nakazawa - GOLD ; Iain Thompson - BRONZE
Black Belt Mens Kumite : Noriaki Nakazawa - GOLD
COLOURED BELT CATEGORIE : 3rd - 1st Kyu Womens Kata : Natalie Jennery - GOLD
3rd - 1st Kyu Mens Kumite : Declan Salmon - GOLD
6th - 4th Kyu Over 150cm Kumite : Nicholas Belsham - BRONZE
Senior Team Kata : Pakuranga - BRONZE
Region Kumite : Northern (Noriaki Nakazawa, Iain Thomson & Andy Riley) - GOLD PICTURE

Dadar Dojo's 16th Inter Dojo Championships
and
3rd Invitational Tournament

The event which was to be held on the 29th & 30th April 2008 at the Bombay University Sports Pavilion has been postponed to November 2008.
Information Events
Entry forms
Individual Events below Brown belt Individual Events above brown belt Team Events
The Nihon Karate Kyokai Dadar will be hosting it's 16th Inter Dojo Championships on the 16th and 17th of August 2008 at the Mumbai University Sports Pavilion. This year Sensei Anand has invited all the JKA Maharashtra dojos to participate in the Tournament. The Tournament has 2 sections for Individual Events. There is a section for participants below Brown Belts and one for participants above Brown Belts.Team Events however can have participants from both Groups.

DADAR DOJOS JOINT SUMMER TRAINING CAMP

The Dadar dojo conducted it's Summer Joint Training camp at the Bombay University Indoor Sports Pavilion. from the 26th of April to the 28th of April 2008. The main instructor for the camp was Sensei Anand Ratna.
This year a number of outstation trainees attended the camp. A total of 5 training sessions were held. The emphasis was on proper usage of musculature during kihon. Most of the trainees were black belts. Advanced Kihon Kumite leading to Jiyu kumite was also taught on the second day. The Sentei Gata taught during the camp were Tekki Nidan and Gankaku. Photos

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Mumbai University Championships
Divya Revankar, our dojo instructor at the DSR schools retained her below 48kgs Women's Individual kumite title as well as the Women's Open Weight Category Individual kumite titles in grand style. Divya also took the 2nd place in the Individual Kata Event. in the Mumbai University Championships for the year 2007-2008 held at Ulhasnagar on the 16th March 2008.
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Diya Revankar retains National Kumite Title
Divya Revankar, our dojo instructor at the DSR schools retained her Women's Individual kumite title in grand style by defeating arch rival Linza Syiem from Meghalaya in the finals of the 25th JKA All India Senior Karate Championships held at the Andheri Sports Complex from the 31st January & 1st February 2008.Divya also took the 2nd place in the Individual Kata Event. Manish Jadli claimed the 3rd place in the Men's Individual Kata Event and Surendra Tiwari along with Amar Yadav and Akshay Vernekar took the 2nd spot in both Team Kata and the first place in the Team Kumite Event.
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Dadar Dojo Instructors pass Dan and Technical Tests
Stany Dcosta, Surinder Tiwari, Manish Jadli all gave their Dan grading during this years National Program. Manish Jadli passed his Techncial qualification Judges C and Examiner's D levels.
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2007 DADAR DOJO NEWS
Tanaka Sensei's Camp University Championships All India Schools Meet JKA Maharashtra Championships JKA All India Tournament
Dan & Qualification results Summer Camp2007 JKA HQ- Spring Camp 2007 Tokyo Mumbai City DSO inter schools Tourney 07-08 AIKF Championship
Subhash Nair bereaved Dojo Holidays in Octber Dojo Camp in Novemberr    

Mid Term Training Camp 4th 5th & 6th November 2007
The Dadar dojo conducted it's Mid Term Traiing camp from the 4th of November to the 6th of November 2007 at the Bombay Campbridge School Ancheri East. . The main instructor was Sensei Anand Ratna.

Dadar Main Dojo closed from 3rd October to 10th October 2007.
The Dadar Main dojo will be closed from the 3rd of October to the 10th of October 2007 as Sensei Anand will be out of town for this period.


Divya Revankar retains National Kumite Title
Divya Revankar, our dojo instructor at the DSR schools retained her below 48kgs Women's Individual kumite title in grand style by defeating Assam girl Priya 8-0 for a clean win in the finals of the 20th All India Karate-do Federation Senior National Karate Championships held at the Andheri Sports Complex from the 26th to 28th July 2007. Divya is also selected to represent the county at the Asian Karate Federation Championships to be held in Malaysia in August in the below 48kgs category.
Congratulations and all the best for the Asian Championships!!!!


Mumbai City Inter Schools Tournament
for the Academic year 2007-2008
organized by the District Sports Officer

Mr. Sandeep Gade of the Mumbai City District Karate Association (MCDKA) of which our dojo is a member has informed us that the above tournament will be held between 11th & 13th Septembert 2007. Instructors who have dojos in the Greater Mumbai Region and are members of JKA may kindly collect the details from the DSO office.

20TH AIKF CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD IN MUMBAI
Information letter Schedule R & J Seminar
     

DADAR DOJOS JOINT SUMMER TRAINING CAMP
The Joint TrainingCamp was held at the Andheri Sports Complex from 20th, to 22nd April 2007first session which consisted of Karate etiquette and basic kihon. In the afternoon, Sensei SitaramChavan and SenseiPrakash Sorap took the sessions for the Non Black Belts consisting of the Heian Katas. While Sensei Ratna taught the black Belts Tekki Nidan the designated kata for the Camp.The 3rd and 4th sessions for the black belts and the brown belts was conducted by Sensei Karl Naorojifrom New Zealand the Guest Instructor for the Camp who conducted Kihon Kumite and taught katas Jutteand Kata Gankaku, while Sensei Ratna took the sessions for the Below Brown Belts The Third days sessions were devoted to the grading syllabus and in the afternoon kyu examinations were conducted. Sensei Ratna also ensured that everyone in the camp was made aware of the Dojo Kun and it's significance in charectar building. Copies were distributed to all the participants and everyone made to recite the dojo kun. This year students of Sensei Raju Raykar dojos from Khar and Sensei Sachin Chavan from Borivali also attended the camp. The students and the parents of these first timers to Sensei Ratna's camp were all praise for the manner in which the students were taught. Sensei Naorojie specially was praised by all the black belt participants. This year had participants from Stara, Pune, Sangli Districts. The dojo had made arrangements for free stay of the participants in the complex.

SENSEI RATNA PARTICIPATES IN JKA MASTER'S CAMP IN TOKYO
Sensei Anand Ratna, our Chief Instructor once again participated in the JKA Spring Camp at the Hombu
and reached yet another height in his illustrious career when he passed the next level of the
JKA's technical qualifications for instructor and examiner grades in Japan. He gave JKA's highest grade
for Instructor which is grade A of the JKA and the Examiner's B level, becoming the first non Japanese
Asian to have these levels. Sensei now holds A level in Instructoion and Judging which very few non
Japanese around the globe have. Congratulations Sensei. He was accompanied by Sensei Karl
Naoroji his student who now lives in New Zealand and runs a dojo there. A detailed report on the camp is
on the JKA W/F page of the JKA India site.


Dadar Dojo Instructors pass Dan and Technical Tests
at MASTER TANAKA'S Training Camp
Bhagyashri Khot passed her Yon Dan while. Divya Revankar Instructor of Malad and Jogy ThomasInstructor from Kerala passed Nidan. All Dadar Dojo members who appeared for their Shodan passed. The Dojo had a 100% pass rate this year.Congratulations to all the Instructors.

Bombay University Championships - Divya Wins Gold.
Held on the 10th & 11th of January 2007. Divya Revankar wins open title and also bagged the bronze in Kata. Congratulations

JKA Maharashtra Championships
Will be held in Mira Bhayandar on the 26th&  28th of January 2007. Dojo Instructors download Events page & Entry forms here

JKA India National Tournament
Will be held at the Andheri Sports Complex on the 6th, 7th & 8th February 2007. Come and cheer your Instructors as all of them are participating.


2006

Mini OlympicJKA Spring CampSAF GAMES Rreport
Mayors Cup10th World Cup TeamAkita Prefecture's 40th Anniversary
Inter Collegiate ChampionshipsSAF GAMES SELECTIONSBangkok Camp
23rd JKA India Nationals10TH CUP ReportWinter Camp

Winter Camp held at DSRV Malad
Sensei Anand Ratna Chief Instructor of the Dadar Dojos conducted a 3 day winter camp from the 23rd to the 25th. for the Instructors of the Dadar dojos & their students.Kyu Gradings were also held

JKA Asia Oceania Conference
Anand Sensei attended the JKA Asia Oceania Conference& Technical seminar at Bangkok Thailand from8th to 10th Dec2006.

SASAKI SHOICHI SENSEI'S 40TH PREFECTURE ANNIVERSARY
Anand Sensei attended the 40th Anniversary of the JKA Akita Prefecture which was held on the 3rd of September 2006, in Honjo City, followed by the Akita Prefectural Tournament. Anand Sensei was given the unique honour of becoming the first India to sit on the Dias during the Championships. He was also one of the main referees. Anand Sensei also spoke on the occassion during the celebratory function and presented Sasaki Sensei with a momento. Tanaka Masahiko Sensei was the Guest of Honor and the JKA Headquarters Invited personality for the  occassion. Anand Sensei also finalized next year's program with Tanaka Sensei.

SAF GAMES
Divya Revankar won a Bronze Medal as a member of the Indian Womens Kata Team at the South Asian Federation Games -Karate-do Event held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Funakoshi Gichin 10th World Cup
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Anand Sensei became the first Non Japanese Asian to become the Chief of the court in the Junior Championships and also as Chief Referee in the finals of JKAWorld Championships in Sydney, Australia when he judged the finals of the Women's Team Kata Event.

30 YEARS COMPLETED OF DADAR DOJO
June 17th marks the completion of 30 years of the Dojo. To commemorate
this occassion the Inter Dojo Tournament will have an invitational
event for Seniors and Juniors both Men and women. Dojo Taikai

SAF GAMES SELECTIONS
Divya Revankar was selected as standby to represent the country
for the under 48kgs. Kumite Event for the South Asian Federation Games
National Team Selections conducted by the All India Karate-do
Federation on the 27th & 28th May 2006 in Mumbai. She was also part
of the Women's Team Kata for the same Games.

Dadar students excell in Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Mini Olympic Meet in Mumbai
Instructors and students of the Dadar Dojo participated in the All style meet organized by Ex M.P.
Sanjay Nirupam at the Goregaon Sports Club.on the 16th 17th & 18th May 2006. Sahil Desai, Divya
Revankar, Sayili Kadam, Siddhi Rale all won golds, while Harshal and Asmita won Silver
and Divya, Shivang, Shreyas, Aakashand Jainil won Bronze medals.

Sahil Desai, Kaustubh Bhosle, Shreyas Bhide in National Team for the 10th Shoto Cup.
The 3 youngsters from the Prabhodan Kreeda Bhavan will be joined by 9 others to participate in the JKA' s Tri Annual Event
renamed the Funakshi Gichin 10th World Karate-do Championships to be held in the Olympic Park Stadium in
Sydney. The Indian Contingent led by Sensei Anand Ratna will have Sensei Stephen Leong from Meghalaya as the Coach for
the Team. Anand Sensei will be refereeing in the Championships and representing the country at the World Conference.
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Anand Sensei attends Spring Camp in JKA Hombu Dojo
Anand Sensei attended the Spring 2006 International Masters Camp in the
JKA Hombu Dojo in Tokyo from 13th -- 16th of April.Karl Naoroji, the
Dojo's Instructor now settled in New Zealand and runs a dojo in Auckland
was also present and accompanied Anand Sensei after the Camp to train
for a fewdays in Sasaki Shihan's Dojo in Akita. A detailed report on the
training is posted on the main site.
 

REVANKARS STRIKE GOLD
Divya Revankar and her younger brother Aniket both of whom now assist
as instructors of the Dadar Dojo struck Gold in Kumite in their respective
weight categories at the recently concluded Inter Collegiate Championships
of the Bombay University. Divya also got the Bronze in Individual Kata.
Surendra Tiwari also Assisitant Instructor got the Bronze medal in Kata.
Congratulations to them.

Diya win Medals at the Mayor's Cup
Dadar Dojo Instructors Divya Revankar won Gold for Women's Kumite and
Silver for kata at the Mumbai Mayors Cup.
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Dojo Winners at the 23rd JKA India Nationals
Dadar Dojo Instructors did well in the 23rd JKA All India Tournament .Divya Revankar who is the assistant instructor at the DSRV Malad School became the National Women's Kata Champion and narrowly missed scoring a double when she lost the Women's Kumite final.

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