Sensei Anand Ratna, Chief Instructor for India will be conducting the Annual Summer Camp on the 20th, 21st and 22nd April 2012.
The Summer Joint Training Camp is open to only JKA India members.
During the Camp Sensei Ratna will be imparting the latest techniques and methodology learnt by him in the earlier week during the 2012 Spring International Joint Training Camp at the JKA Headquarters.
Outstation JKAI members desirous of participation have to make their own arrangements for accomodations or may contact the JKAI Gen. Secretary Sensei. P. Sorapp for the same at the Andheri sports Complex. The last date for acceptance of Camp Participation forms from outstation participants seeking accommodations at the Andheri Sports Complex is the15th of April 2012.
Venue : Dr. S. Radhakrishna Sarvepalli Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar, Next to Dalmia College, Malad (W), Mumbai 400062.
Dates : 20th, 21st and 22nd, April 2012
Timing : 10AM to 12Noon & 2PM to 4PM.
Gradings will be held up to the rank of JKA Nidan.
Outstaion participants should complete the camp forms and send their accomodation requests to adisorap@gmail.com by email no later than the 15th of April 2012
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Kobayashi Sensei's Camp

The Annual October Training Camp conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai will be held on the 23rd,24th & 25th of October 2011.Venue: Dr. S Radhakrishna Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar, Next to Dalmiya College, Off S.V. Road Malad (West) Mumbai

The Instruction at the camp will be based on what was taught at the International Autumn Camp at the JKA Headquarters. JKA Dan Grading upto the level of Nidan will also be held. Form    Schedule    Directions on Google Maps

Prior to departing to Thailand for The Funakoshi Gichin Cup 12th World Karate-do Championships JKA India held a 2 week coaching camp for Team members with HQ Instructor Kunio Kobayashi Sensei from 26/7 to 9/8. Two sessions were held every day. The first session was held early morning from 6AM to 7:30AM where Sensei concentrated only on basic Kihon and Kata and the second session in the evening was from 6:30PM to 8:30PM devoted only to kumite training. Sensei's attention to detail was amazing and having just the participants and coaches along with just 4 non team members when training ensured that the team members got an exposure to the kind of training that JKAI members have so far never experienced. Everyday at the end of the second session, Kobayashi sensei also delivered a small lecture to the participants of the camp. At the end of the camp, it was clear to all that the attitude of the team had changed as a result of both the hard training and his pep talk. Those seniors who took the opportunity to train included Chairman Sensei Anil Sinha who made it a point to take time off from his busy schedule to come all the way to Mumbai to train, Prakash Sorap from Maharashtra & B.S.Ganguly from West Bengal. Coaches Prakash Kumar from Karnataka, Agnelo Rodgrigues from Goa and Hitesh Jariwala from Gujarat trained with the kids to bond with them over the two weeks. Kobayashi Sensei made a deep impression not only on all the students but also on the parents and guardians who saw his dedication while teaching. The Training Camp defintely gave JKA India a much improved result.

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Sensei Anand Ratna, Head Instructor for India conducted the Annual Summer Camp at Dr. S. Radhakrishna Sarvepalli Vidyalaya, Sunder Nagar, Malad (W), Mumbai 400062.on the 22nd 23rd and 24th April 2011. The Camp was open to all JKA India Members. Many outstation participants from Karnataka, Gujarat, Goa, Meghalaya & Chattisgarh participated in the camp this year. With the Selections for the World Cup being held while the Camp was in progress, the emphasis of the training was on Kumite & Kata. Gradings were held up to the rank of JKA Nidan.

Shuseki Shihan
Masaaki Ueki
9th Dan,
Chief Instructor JKA

The Japan Karate Association of India celebrated its 35th anniversary during its 28th Annual National Program in the International holiday resort city of Goa. The program held from 21st to 28th Jan. 2011 consisted of a 5 day training Camp conducted by the Chief Instructor of the JKA, Masaaki Ueki Shuseki Shihan and he was assisted by JKA Hq. Instructor,  Keisuke Nemoto who is the current All Japan Kumite Champion and the Head Instructor of India Anand Ratna.
January 21st, the first session of the gasshuku was conducted by Nemoto Sensei assisted by Anand Ratna Sensei. The training was about basic waza with the emphasis on form, kime and waist rotation. The participants were asked to execute the waist rotation from hanmi position to shoumen and gyaku-hanmi position and this training followed by group drills to enable each person execute the same technique.
The afternoon session began with the opening Ceremony of the 28th National Program being held in a traditional Indian manner. Chairman Anil Sinha gave the welcome speech and a traditional presentation of floral tributes & the Indian Shawl was followed by a speech given by Shuseki Shihan Ueki. The opening ceremony concluded with the Indian tradition of lighting of the lamp by Shuseki Shihan Ueki, Nemoto Sensei, JKA India Chairman Anil  Sinha  and lastly Anand Ratna Sensei.
After the opening ceremony, a training session was conducted by Shuseki Shihan Ueki for both seniors and juniors. His simplicity of explanation of basic techniques and sheer skill while demonstrating the techniques enthralled an awed audience of participants. Ueki Sensei had everyone perform all the basic punches, strikes, blocks and kicks in the natural stance, before making them do the same techniques while moving After this was training in the various stances where he explained and emphasized the correct alignment of the joints and limbs, along with the correct posture, of the upper body. Explaining the three points of speed, power and technique, while explaining the principles of the various stances, Ueki sensei demonstrated each with such perfection that there was spontaneous applause every time. After the training in the basic techniques was completed, Ueki Sensei made the group train in Kata. All the 5 Heian katas were performed after which the group did Tekki shodan, during which he was  giving pointers to the Kodansha about the various factors that improves the performance of the kata.. One of the most striking points Sensei explained was about how the Kata movements should always flow without unnecessary pauses between moves which tend to break the flow and beauty of the Kata. The training session ended with the whole group doing Kata Jion.
The same evening a Welcome Party was hosted by the JKA India and the holiday spirit was evident as everyone relaxed after a day of hard training.  Sensei Anand Ratna presented the Honbu Instructors and Chairman Sinha with a small memento commemorating the completion of 35 years of the JKA in India.
January 22nd - The second day’s session the participants were broken into two groups of Juniors and Seniors. Nemoto Sensei conducted training for the children’s group while Ueki Sensei taught the seniors. Those going for Dan grading were taught how to assess the correct distance required while defending and attacking. Ueki Sensei taught the principle of sabaki. Starting with simple movement of  sliding back in straight line and then moving into striking distance, he continued teaching about how to move  away or move inside within the body line in order to achieve the desired result. Despite his age, the speed and technique of Ueki sensei inspired all the participants to do their best to try and achieve what was desired of them. The training was followed by partner drills and finally all the participants did Randori. The afternoon session partner drills for stretching were initiated by Ueki Sensei.and was devoted to kata and Ueki Sensei taught the various Tokui kata that the participants who were to appear for their Dan Grading. He once again went thru the Katas- Bassai Dai, Jion, He then taught Niju shi ho.
January 23rd - On the third day of the gasshuku, the morning session was dedicated to training of Keris. The front kick, the side kick and the round house kick were covered in minute detail, from their basic preparation to the execution. Ueki Sensei is known for his perfect kicks and the JKA India members received an amazing lesson from him on this. After the Partner drills for the practice of the keri were done Ueki sensei taught Goju shi ho sho to the senior students. The afternoon session was devoted to the Technical Qualification lessons for those giving the Judges examination after which Kata Bassai Sho was taught.
January 24th – The fourth day was taught completely by Nemoto Sensei and Anand Sensei. While Nemoto Sensei taught the Senior Group, Anand Sensei taught the Junior Group. Nemoto sensei started with footwork drills which were broken down so as to train the legs to prepare for the various sliding movements of Yori-ashi, Tsugi-ashi and Oiashi. His demonstration was an eye opener for many of the trainees who were participating in the National Tournament after the training Camp. Numerous repetitions of the movements and how to apply the footwork were followed by partner drills in yakusoku kumite. The training ended with the group doing jiyu-kumite by rotating partners. Kumite training continued in the afternoon session and was followed by Kata. The afternoon session concluded with the explanation of the instructor’s qualification after which the written test for the examination was conducted.
January 25th The fifth and final day day of the camp covered the syllabus for the various Dan tests and was followed by the training of kata Souchin after which all the katas taught were reviewed and performed by the group.
Examination  for Technical Qualification and Dan Grades were held in the afternoon session
Dan Grade-: GoDan – Prakash Sorap (Mah), Gautam Mukherjee (West Bengal), Satyabhan Sahu (Orissa),), R. Sudershan(A.P), C. Shetty, Vikas Sahu (Chhatisgarh), Bhagyashri Khot, Sudhir Vanjari , Anil Surve, Suresh Mali, D.Trivedi, (Mah) Yon Dan: S.Mundapat, R. Tumbade, A.Yadav  ( Mah.) A.Rodrigues , V.Bhaindarkar (Goa). San Dan  M.Naidu, S.Tiwari (Mah)  H.Jariwala (Gujarat),
Technical Qualifications for Examiners were passed by P.Sorap, C. Shetty (Karnataka), A. Surve , S.Mundapat, S.Mali, D.Trivedi (Mah), B.S.Ganguly (West Bengal), A.Rodrigues (Goa) with many of the  JKA India Instructors upgrading their qualification licenses for Instruction and Judging to the next level.

This was Ueki Sensei’s first visit to India and in the relaxed ambience of this idyllic resort  had  a total of 259 members registered for the 5 day training camp. Though the original schedule had 4 seminars of 1 hour each scheduled per day, the eagerness of the members to learn from the JKA Chief Instructor could be seen as the scheduled training was extended each time. The enthusiasm of the JKAI members could be seen in the fact that many of the locals attended school or office for half a day but ensured that they participated in either the pre lunch or post lunch seminars conducted during the day.

The Training Camp had a huge international Flavor with participants registered from the U.S, Sweden,  Swtzerland, New Zealand, Nepal & Srilanka and the event was covered by the local media with live coverage being telecast of the Chief Instructor’s training.

The training Camp was followed by the 28th JKAI National Karate Championships which had a record  513 members from 21 states  participating in the 3-day long event which commenced on the 26th  & concluded on 28th January 2011.  

The uniqueness of the JKA India Tournament is that it is the only Tournament in India that still follows the Budo aspect of Karate and the only  one  in India  that is conducted as per the original rules of Karate Tournaments set up by the JKA in 1956 of the Shobu Ippon matches with the rule of sun dome and kime being adhered to, these aspects were the ones that actually made karate popular in the modern era.  In India, the JKA India propagates the aspect of Budo Karate through it’s National Championships and the increase in the number of entries each year speaks volumes for it’s growing popularity.

The 28th edition of the National Championships saw the introduction of Events at a Kyu Level Category in the Tournament. This attempt to see the response of the pre-black belt level students being encouraged to participate at the National Level was received with great enthusiasm by the members.

The Junior Nationals this time around was without the entry of traditional Winners of the State of Meghalaya being absent due to the sudden illness of Sensei Stephan Leong. The Junior events saw the emergence of Gujurat State bringing out some potential future Senior Champions.

The Senior Event had Chandrashekhar Shetty former National Champion participating after a gap of nearly 14 years and he won the Individual Kumite Title defeating last year’s winner N. Dhawan of Delhi after overcoming a spirited challenge in the Semi Final from Dojo mate and last year’s runner –up  S.Tiwari. Neeraj. Dhanwan reached the final defeating Gaurav Kumar from Bihar in the Semi Final. The Final which is a San bon Shobu or the best of three Ippons match  saw Shetty win 1½ :  ½ against Neeraj Dhawan.  

The Team Kumite event saw a lot of older senior members take part along with their much younger team mates. The event was won by Maharashtra in a tense final with Bihar which went to the wire. The third place was won Jharkhand who defeated Goa.   

The Individual Kata title was retained by Neeraj Dhawan with kata Nijushiho. The second place went to Vikash Sahu from Chhatisgarh with kata Souchin and the third place was won by Maharashtra’s Akshay Vernekar with kata Jutte.  The Team Kata Titile was won by Maharashtra with Jharkhand and Goa in 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

The women’s division of the tournament saw the rise of a new star in the form of  Priyanka Kolipaka from Gujarat, who despite having senior grades in the same category, outshone the competition in Kata winning it in great style with a very good performance of Kata Jion. Bhagyashri Khot from Maharashtra and Vaishali Almeida from Goa took second and third places respectively.   However her lack of experience in Kumite saw her lose the semifinal match against her opponent. The Kumite event was won by former National Champion Vaishali Almeida from Goa who defeated Bhagyashri Khot in the final.

The Tournament was also a short listing of potential members who would be participating in the JKA Funakoshi Gichin 12th World Cup to be held in Thailand in August this year. A final Selection for the JKA India National Team has been scheduled for the 23rd of April in Mumbai.  The Head Instructor for the original JKA Body in India, Sensei Anand Ratna also announced that he has also arranged for a former All Japan Champion to train the selected members for a 3 week training camp before the team finally leaves for the World Championships.   Detailed results

The 2010 Annual Winter Training Camp will be conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai from the 17th to the 19th of December 2010. The Instruction at the camp will be based on what was taught at the International Autumn Camp at the JKA Headquarters that Anand Sensei had attended. JKA Dan Grading upto the level of Nidan will also be held.Special training will be given for those who will be grading for San Dan, Yon Dan & Go Dan at the National Camp in 2011 under Shuseki Shihan Masaaki Ueki. Judges Training will also be given during the camp       Form    Schedule   

The Annual Summer Training Camp was conducted by Sensei Anand Ratna in Mumbai from the 20th of April to the 22nd of April 2010. A total of 105 members mainly brown belts and black belts from Maharashtra and the neighbouring states attended the camp. The Instruction at the camp was based on what was taught at the recently concluded International Spring Camp at the JKA Headquarters that Anand Sensei had attended. JKA Dan Grading was also held. Pictures