Mumbai,  27th January 2008 to 2nd Feb 2008

The 25th JKA India National Program was held in Mumbai on the above mentioned dates and consisted of a training camp, tournament, technical seminar and & gradings
The 25th National Training Camp was conducted from the 28th to the 30th of January 2008. The Invited Guest Instructors were Shihan  Ogura Yasunori 7th Dan JKA Headquarters Instructor, All Japan Kumite Champion and Sensei Kurihara Kazuaki, the current All JKA and the World Shoto Cup Kata Champion. The two along with Sasaki Yoshiataka Sensei 6th Dan former JKA Headquarters Instructor, Junichiro Nishiotoba Sensei 6th Dan and Shihan Shoichi Sasaki 7th Dan , Chief Instructor for India conducted the 3 day training Camp
Technical Seminar for Judge and Instructor up to C Kyu and Examiner Licences up to D kyu. Linza Syiem from Meghalaya and Pankaj Kumar Singh from Jharkhand and M. Jadli from Uttarakhand appeared for Yon Dan.
The 25th National Tournament was held on the 31st January 2008 & 1st February 2008. The Men's Individual Kata Title was retained by Neeraj Dhawan and the Women's Tiltle by Linza Syiem from Meghalaya. The Men's Individual Kumitre Title was won by Vivek Verma from Delhi and the Women's Title was retained by Divya Revankar from Maharashtra. The Junior Division was completely dominated by Meghalaya who won 39 medals in all. The Final Events were Judged by Ogura Sensei as Chief Judge with Yoshitaka Sensei, Nishitoba Sensei, Kurihara Sensei and Ratna Sensei as Sub Judges. The Team Kumite Event was won by Maharashtra on Ippons and the Team Kata event was won by Delhi.
Karate Demonstation A scintilatting karate-do demonstration was given by the Guest Instructors Senseis Ogura and Kurihara. The demonstration began with Kurihara Sensei performing Kata Souchin. This was followed by Ogura Sensei demosnstrating techniques of self - defence while seated against attacks done by Kurihara Sensei. The performance ended with Jiyu Kumite techniques being performed by both the senseis against each other. .
Taiko Demonstration The evening of the 1st also saw a Demonstration by the Okayama Taiko Troupe which had the JKA India students performing dances in the stands.
Prize Distribution The Chief Guest for the Evening was Mr. Iwanade the Chief Consul of the Consulate General Of Japan , who also gave away the Prizes.

The 25th National Program of the JKA India was officially included in the Government of Japan's list of events for the Japan India Friendship Year 2007 and celebrated as a part of the Prestigious Mumabi Festival.