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Oss! and Welcome to JKA Karate

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.


Watch JKA Karate in Action...


JKA Karate in Australia

Due to the enormous size of our country, JKAWF Australia is made up of different administrative regions.

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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 Dojos in Melbourne

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 Major Events

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.

Important: Invited guests, JKA senior karateka and any member of JKAWF Australia may participate in the following activities...

  • Keiko Hajime
    Venue: Bayside Private Dojo
    Date: January 2023
  • Invitational Gassuku 
    Venue: Melbourne Victoria
    Date: March 2023

  • JKA World Federation Spring Gasshuku
    Venue: JKA Sohonbu Dojo Tokyo Japan
    Date: Subject to confirmation
  • 65th JKA All Japan Championships
    Venue: Tokyo Japan
    Date: July 2023
  • JKA Honbu Dojo World Autumn Training Camp
    Venue: JKA Sohonbu Dojo Bunkyo Japan
    Date: Subject to confirmation
  • Camp Victoria Annual Gasshuku
    Venue: Mt.Evelyn Victoria
    Date: TBA December 2023
  • Keiko Osame
    Venue: Bayside Private Dojo
    Date: December 2023

Why JKA..?

Why should you choose JKA Karate? There are plenty of great reasons...
Find them here


5 Time JKA All-Japan Kumite Champion

Nemoto Keisuke

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JKA All Japan Tournment Results 1957 - Now

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
 
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
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
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
2021
Haga Igarashi Osawa/Ueda Hakizume Ueda Hakizume
Womens Kumite 
 Womens Kata
 
1st
2nd
3rd
1st
2nd
3rd
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
2021
Shiina Akiyama Yoshida/Hitosugi Shimura Akiyama Shiina

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