You have practiced JKA Karate for years, or maybe you are a former member with the urge to return to training or you might be an interstate or overseas visitor or a parent looking to get your family started in a fantastic new activity..
...if you're interested in JKA Karate - this is the place for you!
Here you’ll find a lot of information, like how to become a JKA Karateka or how to continue your training at a JKA Dojo. We invite you to see for yourself why JKA, the Way of Balance is so popular here in Australia and in most countries of the world.
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JKA Karate in Australia
Due to the enormous size of our country, JKAWF Australia is made up of different administrative regions.
The Australian administrative heads and senior instructors work closely with JKA HQ in Tokyo Japan to foster and promote JKA Karate throughout Australia. As a collective, JKA entities in Australia stage national events, participate in JKAWF sanctioned international events and regularly hosts visits by JKA Hombu Dojo instructors. See upcoming events below...
JKA In Melbourne
JKA Karate has been established in Melbourne for over 50 Years. This site reflects the experiences of senior JKA Karateka based in the Melbourne Metropolitan area and friends elsewhere across Australia.
There's information for our fellow karateka and visitors, as well as news and views relating to JKA Karate locally and across the world.
2023 will be another busy year for JKA in Australia. Here is a list of some events - dates will be added as they are confirmed.
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5 Time JKA All-Japan Kumite Champion
Nemoto Keisuke
The JKA All-Japan Karate-Do Championships have been held continuously since 1957 with two exceptions, 1964 because of the Olympic Games, and 2020 because of the Covid Worldwide Pandemic. In that time the rules have changed very little. Here are all the results in both the Individual Kumite and Kata Divisions for both Men and Women. Note, there are no weight divisions in JKA Kumite Shiai.
Mens Kumite |
Mens Kata |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
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1957 |
Kanazawa | Tsuyama | Nakamura | Shoji | Sakamoto | Koyama | |
1958 |
Kanazawa/Mikami | Nakamura | Kanazawa | Mikami | Saito | ||
1959 |
Mikami | Kanazawa | Sato/Shirai | Mikami | Kanazawa | Saito | |
1960 |
Sato | Mikami | Asai/Iwaizumi | Shoji | Mikami | Kanazawa | |
1961 |
Asai | Shirai | Mikami/Enoeda | Mikami | Asai | Shirai | |
1962 |
Shirai | Enoeda | Mikami/Yaguchi | Shirai | Mikami | Iwaizumi | |
1963 |
Enoeda | Shirai | Kanazawa/Yaguchi | Asai | Iwaizumi | Nakaya | |
1964 |
No Tournament Held Due to Hosting of Tokyo Olympic Games |
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1965 |
Kisaka | Ueki | Miyazaki/Ochi | Ueki | Ochi | Shinokuma | |
1966 |
Ochi | Tabata | Takahashi | Ochi | Ueki | Takahashi | |
1967 |
Ochi | Oishi | Tabata/Abe | Ueki | Ochi | Takahashi | |
1968 |
Ueki | Ochi | Tabata/Abe | Ueki | Takahashi | Ochi | |
1969 |
Oishi | Iida | Ochi/Isaka | Ochi | Takahashi | Isaka | |
1970 |
Oishi | Takahashi | Yamaguchi/Tabata | Takahashi | Yamaguchi | Takashina | |
1971 |
Oishi | Ueki | Iida/Tabata | Ueki | Takahashi | Yamaguchi | |
1972 |
Kagawa | Osaka | Yano/Sasaki | Takahashi | Yamaguchi | Isaka | |
1973 |
Oishi | Isaka | Tanaka | Takahashi | Osaka | Isaka | |
1974 |
Tanaka | Sakata | Hayakawa/Sawada | Ueki | Osaka | Takahashi | |
1975 |
Tanaka | Yahara | Osaka/Kasuya | Ueki | Osaka | Yamaguchi | |
1976 |
Osaka | Hayakawa | Takahashi/Yahara | Ochi | Kasuya | Naito | |
1978 |
Mori | Yahara | Iida/Osaka | Osaka | Yahara | Naito | |
1979 |
Omura | Mori | Yahara/Osaka | Osaka | Ochi | Isaka | |
1980 |
Mori | Omura | Imura/Yamamoto | Osaka | Yahara | Isaka | |
1981 |
Tsuchii | Tatetsu | Mori/Sakata | Osaka | Yahara | Imura | |
1982 |
Sakata | Mori | Yamamoto/Yahara | Osaka | Yahara | Aihara | |
1983 |
Yamamoto | Imamura | Kagawa/Furukawa | Osaka | Yahara | Fukami | |
1984 |
Yamamoto | Kagawa | Yahara/Ogura | Yahara | Kagawa | Kojima | |
1985 |
Kagawa | Ogura | Tatetsu/Kawawada | Kagawa | Aihara | Kojima | |
1986 |
Ogura | Imamura | Hashiguchi/Omura | Kawawada | Imura | Ohta | |
1987 |
Yokomichi | Shiina | Imamura/Kawawada | Kawawada | Aihara | Hashiguchi | |
1988 |
Imamura | Kagawa | Koike/Iwamoto | Hashiguchi | Imura | Kagawa | |
1989 |
Kagawa | Imamura | Koike/Iwamoto | Aihara | Hashiguchi | Kagawa | |
1990 |
Imamura | Koike | Hanzaki/Shiina | Aihara | Imura | Hashiguchi | |
1991 |
Shiina | Hanzaki | Kobayashi/Kokubun | Aihara | Imura | Hashiguchi | |
1992 |
Naka | Taniyama | Hanzaki/Kokubun | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara | |
1993 |
Shiina | Imamura | Iwamoto/Nakano | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara | |
1994 |
Shiina | Taniyama | Izumiya/Iwamoto | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara | |
1995 |
Taniyama | Ikenaga | Shiina/Takahashi | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara | |
1996 |
Taniyama | Kokubun | Shiina/Kobayashi | Imura | Hashiguchi | Aihara | |
1997 |
Kokubun | Izumiya | Kobayashi/Ogata | Izumiya | Hashiguchi | Terashima | |
1998 |
Taniyama | Noda | Ikenaga/Kobayashi | Hashiguchi | Izumiya | Taniyama | |
1999 |
Kobayashi | Taniyama | Noda/Hanzaki | Taniyama | Izumiya | Takahashi | |
2000 |
Kokubun | Shiina | Naka/Ikenaga | Taniyama | Izumiya | Shiina | |
2001 |
Taniyama | Ogata | Shimizu/Takahashi | Shiina | Taniyama | Takahashi | |
2002 |
Kobayashi | Taniyama | Shiina/Ogata | Taniyama | Shiina | Kobayashi | |
2003 |
Ogata | Sugiyama | Kobayashi/Taniyama | Taniyama | Kobayashi | Ubukata | |
2004 |
Kobayashi | Okuma | Taniyama/Ogata | Shiina | Kobayashi | Taniyama | |
2005 |
Ogata | Shimizu | Iizuka/Sugiyama | Kobayashi | Kurihara | Saito | |
2006 |
Shimizu | Sugiyama | Okuma/Ito | Kurihara | Taniyama | Kobayashi | |
2007 |
Taniyama | Sugiyama | Kurihara/Okada | Kurihara | Saito | Takahashi | |
2008 |
Shimizu | Inokoshi | Ogata/Okada | Kobayashi | Saito | Kumeta | |
2009 |
Inokoshi | Shimizu | Haga/Ogata | Kurihara | Saito | Okuma | |
2010 |
Nemoto | Shimizu | Kumeta | Kurihara | Maruoka | Saito | |
2011 |
Kurihara | Kumeta | Iimura/Shimizu | Kurihara | Maruoka | Yoshida | |
2012 |
Nemoto | Chubachi | Asano/Okada | Kurihara | Ueda | Maruoka | |
2013 |
Nemoto | Inokoshi | Chubachi/Kumeta | Kurihara | Kumeta | Ueda | |
2014 |
Iimura | Nemoto | Ueda/Yuzuki | Kurihara | Kurihara | Ueda | |
2015 |
Nemoto | Haga | Shimizu/Kurihara | Kurihara | Kurihara | Ueda | |
2016 |
Nemoto | Haga | Ueda/Okada | Kurihara | Kurihara | Ueda | |
2017 |
Asano | Kurihara | Ueda/Haga | Kurihara | Kurihara | Ueda | |
2018 |
Nemoto | Haga | Yoshida/Ishida | Kurihara | Ueda | Fukuhara | |
2019 |
Haga | Watanabe | Seya/Chubachi | Kurihara | Ueda | Kurihara | |
2020 |
No Tournament Held Due to Worldwide Covid Pandemic |
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2021 |
Haga | Igarashi | Osawa/Ueda | Hakizume | Ueda | Hakizume | |
Womens Kumite |
Womens Kata |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
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1974 |
Kobayashi | Saito | Ishida | ||||
1975 |
Saito | Hayakawa | Asano | ||||
1976 |
Kawashima | Hayakawa | Hashiguchi | ||||
1977 |
The Womens |
Kawashima | Ushigome | Asano | |||
1978 |
Kumite Division |
Kawashima | Osaka | Moriya | |||
1979 |
Was Introduced |
Kawashima | Moriya | Hayakawa | |||
1980 |
in 1985 |
Kawashima | Moriya | Yamamoto | |||
1981 |
Kawashima | Moriya | Hashiguchi | ||||
1982 |
Kawashima | Moriya | Hashiguchi | ||||
1983 |
Moriya | Yamamoto | Ebihara | ||||
1984 |
Nakamura | Yamamoto | Ebihara | ||||
1985 |
Hasama | Watanabe | Miki/Tayama | Nakamura | Yamamoto | Ebihara | |
1986 |
Saito | Taguchi | Kaneko/Yoshii | Nakamura | Tanizaki | Ebihara | |
1987 |
Kono | Okuda | Yanagibayashi/Hasama | Nakamura | Mimura | Maruyama | |
1988 |
Kono | Watanabe | Ito/Nakata | Mimura | Nakamura | Kono | |
1989 |
Yoneda | Yoshimi | Kono/Sasaki | Mimura | Nakamura | Kono | |
1990 |
Yoneda | Hasama | Ozaki/Baba | Mimura | Nakamura | Akiyama | |
1991 |
Yoneda | Hasama | Sasaki/Ohama | Mimura | Nakamura | Gunji | |
1992 |
Kono | Yoneda | Ohama/Hasama | Nakamura | Kono | Gunji | |
1993 |
Kono | Yoshimi | Hasama/Kobayashi | Nakamura | Gunji | Akiyama | |
1994 |
Hasama | Sakuragi | Baba/Yamazaki | Nakamura | Gunji | Oshima | |
1995 |
Okuda | Sudo | Baba/Takayama | Nakamura | Gunji | Nakata | |
1996 |
Baba | Okuda | Mori/Yamazaki | Nakamura | Gunji | Nakata | |
1997 |
Hasama | Baba | Sakuragi/Tsuchiya | Gunji | Nakata | Oshima | |
1998 |
Hasama | Baba | Shibuya/Okuda | Fujiwara | Gunji | Nakata | |
1999 |
Hasama | Baba | Oda/Takada | Fujiwara | Oshima | Nakata | |
2000 |
Hasama | Okuie | Takada/Baba | Nakata | Gunji | Oshima | |
2001 |
Suetsugu | Mizuno | Okuie/Ito | Nakata | Hirayama | Azuma | |
2002 |
Hirayama | Ito | Okuie/Mizuno | Nakata | Hirayama | Oshima | |
2003 |
Mizuno | Okuie | Tsukamoto/Aragaki | Nakata | Oshima | Aragaki | |
2004 |
Wakabayashi | Aragaki | Okuie | Nakata | Aragaki | Hirayama | |
2005 |
Okuie | Fujiwara | Aragaki/Takahashi | Aragaki | Hirayama | Oshima | |
2006 |
Takahashi | Takaya | Okuie/Fujiwara | Aragaki | Oshima | Shirota | |
2007 |
Okuie | Takahashi | Okuda/Arai | Oshima | Shirota | Hirayama | |
2008 |
Okuie | Takahashi | Shiina/Arai | Oshima | Shirota | Fukasaku | |
2009 |
Okuie | Takahashi | Tsukamoto/Yamada | Shirota | Oshima | Waterhouse | |
2010 |
Tanabe | Shiina | Okuie/Takahashi | Oshima | Fukasaku | Waterhouse | |
2011 |
Shiina | Takahashi | Tanabe/Takaya | Oshima | Nakamachi | Fukasaku | |
2012 |
Takahashi | Tsukamoto | Aoki/Tanabe | Nakamachi | Takagi | Kageyama | |
2013 |
Oyatsu | Shiina | Yamada/Sano | Nakamachi | Takagi | Hikawa | |
2014 |
Hirose | Shiina | Ito/Ishida | Nakamachi | Hikawa | Takagi | |
2015 |
Shiina | Sano | Takahashi/Imai | Takaki | Nakamachi | Takaki/Campbell | |
2016 |
Shiina | Ida | Shina/Minobe | Nakamura | Matsubara | Campbell | |
2017 |
Sugimoto | Minobe | Hasimoto/Akiyama | Nakamura | Sato | Campbell | |
2018 |
Takahashi | Shina | Imai/Mimura | Nakamura | Nakamachi | Matsubara | |
2019 |
Sugimoto | Akiyama | Miura/Hitosugi | Nakamura | Nakamachi | Sato | |
2020 |
No Tournament Held Due to Worldwide Covid Pandemic |
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2021 |
Shiina | Akiyama | Yoshida/Hitosugi | Shimura | Akiyama | Shiina |
This 150 page autobiography of the late Hiroshi Shoji Sensei - 8th Dan JKA is a fascinating insight to Karate in post-war Japan..