Aurora Cup - 7/4/24

Golds:

Meera Kumite

Alex Kumite

Silver:

Geeta Kata

Roberta Kata

JKS South team Kumite (Anthony/Alex/Himesh)

Bronze :

Geeta Kumite

Roberta and Geeta pairs Kata

Well done to Margate Karate Academy for a well run comp for a very special cause.

Sensei Shyam, Sensei Jason and Geeta travelled to train with Kaga Shihan in Nottingham on his annual UK visit. 

Sensei Shyam also tested for hsi C Class Examiner and C Class Instructor licenses which he passed under the watchful eye of Kagawa Shihan, Alan Sensei and Matt Sensei. 

Sensei Shyam and Geeta travelled to Budapest to train with Kata Shihan who gave an Unsu masterclass. 
Thank you to our friends at JKS Hungary for their hospitality. 

10/03/24 - JKS England South Development Tournament

Taiga:Kata, Kumite

Helen: Kata

Lakshita: Kata

Geeta: Kata

Ahana: Kumite

Congratulations to everyone who competed!

Well done to our karate mums for training in our annual mothers day class!
You all done fantastic!! :-)

BASK - 25/02/24

JKS Harrow took a small team to BASK at Brunel University.

Yumiko - Gold Kata
Taiyo - Bronze Kata

Adam - Bronze Kata
Himesh - Bronze Kata

Well Done!

4/2/24
Club grading. Our first grading of the year saw a record 76 students pass their Kyu graing under the watchful eye of Sensei Alan Campbell 8th Dan - Head of JKS England. 

A fantastic result for for the club and students. 

Next grading is 2/6/24.

28/01/24
Kangeiko 2024! Over 50 studnts joined in in our annual Kangeiko, Cold Weather Training. 
We started with our usual run around Harrow Recreation Ground, followed by training which was lead by Young Samuel, Sensei Zoltan and Sensei Jason. 
This was then followed by a party with Japanese food, pizzas and games.
Thank you to all the students and parents for making a great event.

Osu!

22/01/24
7 Members of JKS Harrow travelled to Denmark to train with 3 x WKF World Team Kata champion, Koji Arimoto Sensei.
3 days and 9 hours of training left us with sore muscles and big smiles!
A fantastic time with friends from Denmark, Wales and Somerset.

17/12/2023

A fantastic day of Karate at our 8th Harrow Championships

Thank you to our friends at Koburakai, JKS Luton, Eagle Institute, Tora Shotokan and Kettering and Corby Shotokan for supporting the tournament

Especially JKS Luton for the tatami loan today

Big thank you to all our Harrow Helpers who came early and helped with the setting up and the tidying up etc

A huge thank you to Leon, Jason and Harshil, who refereed the tatami's today and thank you to Witold, Laimis and our other club Seniors who picked up flags and scoreboards to make everything run smoothly on the mats.

Supporting the refs...thank you to our table teams for keeping scores, points and the time keeping

Mostly, thank you to all the competitors from all the clubs, and to their families for taking the time to come today. Without your support, there would be no Karate tournaments at all!

Well done to all the medallists. Some great technique on show!

Harrow Tigers finished 2nd in the Koburakai Junior League after 4 rounds and 20 fights!
Well done to Meera, Shlok and Saanvi and also to Taiyo who sadly missed the final round through illness.
Thank you to Alex for coaching.

19/11/23
JKS Nationals - Grantham
JKS Harrow took a small team to the JKS Nationals in Grantham. 
We came back with 3 Bronze Medals. 

Congratulations to Sanav who won Bronzes in Kata and Kumite and Lakshita won Bronze in Kumite. 

Well Done!

A huge well done to those who competed at the Koburakai Championships on Sunday!

Heba Gold Kata

Taiyo Gold Kata

Yumiko Silver Kata

Taiyo Gold Kumite

Dylan Gold Kumite

Daya Silver Kumite

Well done to Sabrina who entered for the first time and competed in both Kata and Kumite.

Also well done to Ryley. He lost his match in added time and sudden death after drawing in normal time.

A huge well done to Adam. He had a bereavement in the family only the day before, but still got on the mat

Also a big thank you to Alex for coming to coach on the day

15th Oct
HSK has attended a few tournaments in Oct including BASK, the E Series and the Elite International.
Well done to Roberta, Yumiko, Alex and Adam on their medals.

BASK - Roberta - Gold, Yumiko - Silver
E Series - Alex - Bronze

Elite - Alex - Silver + Bronze, Adam - Silver x 2

23/9/23

JKS England Squad Coach Sensei Matt Price 7th Dan made his annual visit to JKS Harrow to conduct our Autumn Grading.
64 Students graded and passed their belt. 
The grading was followed by followed by a seminar looking at Junro Shodan, Kanku Dai and Kumite Techniques.

03/09/23
Members of HSK went to Nottingham to train with our JKS World Chief Instructor, Masao Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan.
Hundred of students packed the dojo to celebrate the 20th anniversary of JKS England.
A great 3 hours of training had by all.

19/08/23
We had a fantastic time on our annual Beach trip with our friends at PSKO Havant. We headed out at 8am taking a luxury coach to West Wittering. 
After 2 hours of training, we all jumped into the sea which was followed by a Sand Castle competiton and beach picnic. A great day had by all. 

JKS Harrow were proudly given the opportunity to host JKS Hombu Instructor and JKF Japan National Kumite Coach, Yasuhisa Inada Sensei 6th Dan. 
The Course was well attended and enjoyed by all. Inada Sensei showed why he was former World Games and Asian Games Champion and current Kumite Coach to the Japan Olympic Team. 
Thank you to JKS England for the allowing us to host him. 

23/7/23

We took a small squad to the WUMF World Championship in Crawley which saw some 20 countries take part. 

Adam - Gold Kata
Meera - Gold Kata + Gold Kumite
Harshil - Silver Kata
Irushi - Silver Kata + Gold Kumite
Saanvi - Bronze Kata
Shlok - Bronze Kumite
Alex - Silver Kumite

Well Done Team!!

After our fathers day session, we hosted a class with Henry Bellinger from Japan. Henry is a student at Keio University in Tokyo and also at JKS HQ.
The students enjoyed the original Funakoshi style of Shotokan followed by the Asai Ryu Kata - Sensho.

Thank you to all our Karate Dad's who took part in our annual Fathers Day class. 
A great session full of fun and games and karate!

Results from the Slough Grand Prix

Thanks to Eagle Institute for the invitation

Gold - Yumiko/Taiyo Family kata

Gold - Meera Kata

Gold - Meera Kumite

Gold - Geeta kumite

Silver - Alex Kata

Silver - Yoanna Kata

Silver - Geeta Kata

Silver - Pairs Kata Geeta/Roberta

Silver - Yumiko Kata

Silver - Roberta Kumite

Bronze - Taiyo Kumite

Bronze - Lakshita Kata

Bronze - Taiyo Kick Master

Bronze - Himesh Kata

Bronze - Roberta Kata

Bronze - Himesh Kumite

4th place- Meera -Taiyo pair kata

Good performances from Adam, George and Amrit today too

21/5/23
JKS Harrow held our 2nd grading of 2023.
We saw 70 students take their belt test. 
There were faliures...but this is the point in exam.
If you fall down 7 times though, you get up 8 times. 
Osu

20/5/23
Koburakai Kyu Championships

Fantastic Results for the club

Yoana - Gold Kata + Gold Kumite
Himesh - Gold Kata
Ahana - Gold Kata + Silver Kumite
Amrit - Gold Kata + Bronze Kumite
Geeta - Silver Kata + Silver Kumite
Danial - Silver Kumite + 4th Place Kata

10/5/23
30 students attended a dojo night out to say farewell to Aarush who leaves us after 7 years as he heads to India for his education. Aarush started with us aged 3.5 and was one of the youngest Black Belts in the country aged 10!
We also wished Stefan and Melissa a wonderful future together as the get married in Romania.
It also gave us a chance to meet the new members who have recently joined the club. 

30/4/23
JKS Harrow took a small team to the KDF Open in Dagenham on Sunday 30th April. 
Little Meera came back with 2 Bronze Medals in some tough competition. 
Lakshita put in a solid performance but lost to the girls who won the categories.
Adam competed in the Veterans Kata and gave a solid performance. 

Results from BASK championships

Meera + Taiyo - Gold - Pairs Kata under 9s.

Yumiko - Gold - 18+ Kyu Grade Kata

Taiyo - Gold - under 7s Kata

Adam - Silver - 50+ Kata

Himesh - Silver - 18+ Kyu Grade Kata

Alex - Silver - 18+ Dan Grade Shobu Sanbon Kumite

Meera - Bronze - Under 7s Kata

Yumiko + Taiyo - Bronze - Family Team Kata

Meera - Bronze - Under 7s Kumite

Well done to Sensei Ganesh and his team for a successful and well run tournament

1st April
JKS Harrow were lucky to host Takuya Makita Sensei 6th Dan from JKS Hombu (HQ) Dojo Japan.
Sensei taught for 4 hours which saw 50 students across the classes. 
We covered Heian Kata, Bassai Dai, Kanku Dai and Nijushiho katas and then kumite techniques. 
Fantastic training!

25/3/23

HSK took a small team to the Legends Open at the University of Surrey.
Congratualtions to 
Yumiko - Gold - Kata
Meera - Silver - Kumite
Taiyo - Bronze - Kumite

19/3/23

Well done to the 4 students who went to the Shito Ryu Open in Harlow.

Adam - Silver - Para Kata
Mike - Bronze - 75kg+ Kumite
Alex - Bronze 75kg+ Kumite, Bronze Open Weight Kumite

Thank you to all our Karate Mums who did our annual Mother's Day 2023 Class! You all did fantastic!! 

4/5 March 2023

Members of JKS Harrow went to train with Kasuya Sensei 9th Dan from the WSKF. 
Sensei is a former JKA Instructor and a member of the Japanese team along with Yahara Sensei and Osaka Sensei in the 1970s. The 2 day course was a mix of Theory and Practical and sensei's ideas of karate enjoyed by all who attended

5/2/2023
JKS Harrow hosted Head of JKS England - Sensei Alan Campbell 7th Dan for a seminar, kyu grading and Dan Grading. We had 67 students grade with 2 double grading! The kyu grading was followed by a 2 hour seminar and then a Dan grading. We are happy to say we have 7 new Black Belts at the club. 
Well done to all those that passed! Please check the club Black Belts page for names.

29/01/2023 - Around 60 members of JKS Harrow took part in Kangeiko 2023. We started the moring with a run around Harrow Recreation Group before heading back to the dojo. Sensei Will taught a fantastic first session covering basics. Sensei Helen taught the second session covering the kata Chinte followed by Sensei Shyam teaching kumite. This was followed by a Kangeiko party. Thank you to all the students and parents for a great day.

19/1/23

8 Members of JKS Harrow travelled to the JKS Denmark Kata Weekend with Sensei Yamaguchi from JKS Hombu Dojo and Jesper Sensei from JKS Denmark.

We covered Kata's such as Rantai, Joko Isse, Kakuyoku 1,2 and 3, Hangestu, Gankaku and others. 

After the 9 hours of karate over the weekend, we went sightseeing around Copenhagen. A great learning experience for all. 

Osu

Our 2022 Dojo Christmas party was held at Eighty Six on Harrow on the Hill. 
A great night of fun and laughter.

18th December 2022 saw JKS Harrow hold our 7th Annual Championships.
We were joined by our friends at Koburakai, Zanshin North Herts, Kings Cross SKC and Eagle Institute. 
A great day had by all. Thank you to all those helped on the day.
Osu

Huge Congratulations to Sensei Shyam who passed his 6th Dan on the weekend of 26th/27th Nov. 
Sensei Shyam is one of the few Instructors in England to pass such a senior grad in Japan! 
The International Seminar was held in Tokyo with 25 countries in attendance. After a weekend of training, a panel led by Kagawa Shihan 9th Dan graded 12 candidates in a "closed grading". A fantastic achievement. 

JKS England Nationals 20/11/22

November saw JKS Harrow take a Squad to the 2022 JKS England National Championships. 
Results

JKS Harrow Team Kata - Bronze
Alex B-C - Bronze in Kata and Bronze in Kumite

Jason Lam - National Senior Men's Kata Champion