JKA England is the official Japan Karate Association (JKA) organisation for Shotokan karate in England and Wales.
Every year JKAE holds spring and summer courses inviting instructors from the JKA honbu dojo to teach.

History

JKAE was officially formed in 2003 by several clubs from KUGB. Following the death of Enoeda, formerly chief representative of JKA in the UK and head of KUGB, there was a disagreement between the JKA, the KUGB, Andy Sherry

Andy Sherry

Andy Sherry is one of the most senior British practitioners of karate and the chief instructor of the KUGB.-Biography:Born in Liverpool, Andy Sherry showed an interest in the martial arts as a young man. Initially training in judo and jujutsu, he soon took an interest in karate, starting his study...

 (the next highest ranked instructor) and Yoshinobu Ohta (Enoeda's assistant). The result was that JKAE was formed with Ohta as chief instructor and the KUGB withdrew from the JKA with Andy Sherry as their chief instructor. Some KUGB clubs transferred to JKAE to form the new association, they possibly wanted to remain affiliated to the JKA or perhaps had a stronger sense of loyalty to Ohta. The division had a strong geographic correlation: most northern clubs chose KUGB and most southern clubs chose JKAE.

Instructors

Chief instructor is Yoshinobu Ohta, ranked at 7th dan. He is a graduate of Takushoku University

Takushoku University

Takushoku University is a private university in Japan. It was founded in 1900 by Prince Taro Katsura . The university is located in Tokyo and has two campuses: the main campus in the Bunkyō district, and a satellite campus in the Hachiōji district...

 and attended the JKA instructor's classes at the JKA honbu dojo in Tokyo. Ohta was the assistant of Keinosuke Enoeda

Keinosuke Enoeda

was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He was a former Chief Instructor of the Karate Union of Great Britain. Enoeda was ranked 8th dan in Shotokan karate, and was widely renowned as a formidable karateka . Following his death, Enoeda was posthumously awarded the rank of 9th dan.-Early...

 for 20 years, from 1982.

Technical director is Adel Ismail, 5th dan.

Competition

JKAE holds two annual national competitions, one for kyu grades and one for dan grades. The competition for dan grades is held at the beginning of July. From 2004-2008 this has been held at Guildford

Guildford

Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...

 Spectrum sports centre.

The style of kumite

Kumite

Kumite means sparring, and is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which you train against an adversary, using the techniques learned from the kihon and kata....

competition rules is shobu ippon (one point match).

International Course History

Date	Guest Instructors
August 2008	Kurasako Kenro, Masaaki Ueki
May 2008	Yoshiharu Osaka, Fujikiyo Omura (JKA Thailand), Nakata
August 2007	Masaaki Ueki http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/01_ueki.html, Tomio Imamura http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/09_imamura.html
May 2007	Masahiko Tanaka http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/02_tanaka.html, Kazuaki Kurihara http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/25_kurihara.html
April 2006	Yoshiharu Osaka http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/04_osaka.html, Kobayashi, Osamu Aoki (JKA Spain)
May 2005	Hideo Tomita, Kazuhiro Sawada (JKA Belgium), Yoshiharu Osaka http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/04_osaka.html, Takahashi
August 2004	Masaaki Ueki http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/01_ueki.html, Tomio Imamura http://www.jka.or.jp/english/about/09_imamura.html