The start of the JKA's Instruction began in the Dadar Dojo, when Sasaki Shoichi Sensei was appointed the Chief Instructor for India by Nakayama Sensei. The year was 1978 and the culmination of the efforts of the current Head Instructor of the Dadar Dojo, who had in 1976 written to the JKA and received a reply asking for more details on the dojo.

Today 30 years years later, the Dadar Dojo celebrates the completion of 30 years of the establishment of the JKA in India. Over the years the Dojo has been the training center where many of the JKA Headquarters Instructors have come and imparted training. Amongst them are Sasaki Yoshitaka Sensei, Mori Minoru Sensei, Sakata Sensei, Shina Sensei, Imamura Sensei, Imura Sensei, Ohmura Sensei among others.

It has also been the Hombu Dojo for many of India's National Champions and has also produced the only two karate contestants to have received the State Government's most Prestigious Sports Award called the Chattrapathi Shivaji Puraskar.

The Dadar Dojo having been one of the Pioneer Institutes teaching Shotokan Karate in the city of Mumbai honoured it's Chief Instructor, Sasaki Shoichi Sensei in 2002, with a Certificate of Appreciation issued by the Mayor Of Mumbai City

INSTRUCTORS OF THE INSTITUTE

We quote our Supreme Master Gichin Funakoshi upon knowing about the importance of the correct Instruction. "Powerful drugs are dangerous, Poison is frightening, However there is no one in the medical world today who advocates shunning drugs. The danger of powerful drugs and poisons depends on the usage and when applied correctly they can be of great benefit. Karate-do improperly used is certainly dangerous and vicious, but for the same reason that it is dangerous, Karate-do if properly applied can yield results of great value. At the time a patient receives a prescription for a powerful drug he is made to understand its nature and is taught its proper usage. In the same way those who learn karate-do must be made to understand it at the outset and be intructed in its proper use".

	Shoichi Sasaki Chief Instructor	7th Dan Chief Instructor for Akita Prefecture. Technical Head of Tohuku Region of Japan Member of the Shihan kai of JKA.
	Sasaki Yoshitaka Dy. Chief Instructor	6th Dan JKA Headquarters Instructor
	Anand Ratna Head Instructor	6th Dan JKA Representative In India JKA Instructor Judge & Examiner * Asian Karate Federation Judge * National Coach * Member of the AIKF Directing Commitee and the Referee Council of India
	Karl Naoroji Permanent Instructor	4th Dan JKA Licenced Instructor, Judge & Examiner * National Champion * Former Member of  Indian Karate Team * Receipient of Gaurav Padak & Chattrapthi Shivaji Award for 1996 of Govt. of Maharashtra NOW INSTRUCTING IN NEW ZEALAND
	Chandrashekar Shetty Permanent Instructor	4th Dan National Champion Former Member of Indian Karate Team * Receipient of Gaurav Padak of Govt of Maharashtra * Recipient of Chattrapathi Shivaji Award for 1994
	Savio Pinto Permanent Instructor	3rd Dan NationalChampion Former Member of Indian Karate Team. Current member of the Illinois State team Now training in Chicago, Ill. USA
	Uday Kurdekar Permanent Instructor	2nd Dan Maharashtra State Champion Former Member of State Team
	Sitaram Chavan	4th Dan Maharashtra State Champion Former Member of State Team. Qualified JKA Licenced Instructor, Judge
	Subhash Nair	4th Dan National and Maharashtra State Champion Former Member of State Team Qualified JKA Licenced Instructor, Judge
	Bhagyashri Khot Permanent Instructor	4th Dan Maharashtra State Women's Champion
	Arun Naikude Asst. Instructor	Shodan Maharashtra State Junior Champion JKA India National Champion 2004. Member of the State Team
	Manish Jadli Instructor	3rd Dan JKA Licenced Instructor, Judge
	Divya Revankar Asst Instructor	2nd Dan. National Champion. Member of the Indian National Team.
	Surendra Tiwari Asst. Instructor	1st Dan Mah State Champion
	Virendra Pardesi Asst Instructor	In charge of Satara District
	Makarand Sawant Asst. Instructor	In charge of Sangli District
	Nilesh Shende Asst. Instructor	In charge of Nagpur Dojo-1
	Rupraj Wakode Asst. Instructor	In charge of Gadchiroli District
	Avinash Bhonde Asst. Instructor	In charge of Chandrapur District
	Sudhir Sahare Asst. Instructor	In charge of Nagpur Dojo-2
	Pradeep Shinde Asst. Instructor	In charge of Pune Dojo
	Uday Pasad	In charge Karad Town