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.

The Dadar Dojo celebrates the completion of 32 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 Honbu 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 Former JKA Headquarters Instructor
	Anand Ratna Head Instructor	6th Dan JKA. Technical Director & Head Instructorfor JKA India. Authorised JKA Rep. and Special Examination Rights Holder for India.
	Karl Naoroji Permanent Instructor	5th 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	5th 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
	Bhagyashri Khot Permanent Instructor	5th Dan  Maharashtra State Women's Champion
	Mahendra Satdive Instructor	2nd Dan
	Surendra Tiwari Asst. Instructor	3rd Dan  Mah State Champion, Member of the JKA India National Team
	Virendra Pardesi Asst Instructor	Nidan In charge of Satara District
	Makarand Sawant Asst. Instructor	In charge of Sangli District
	Pradeep Shinde Asst. Instructor	Shodan In charge of Pune city Dojo
	Uday Pasad	Shodan In charge Karad Town