JKA - PHILIPPINES
SHUTO-KAI ELITE KARATE CLUB
"The Keeper of Karate's Highest Tradition"
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At JKA, we have thousands of children and youth members from elementary school to high school learning the values of karate and applying them in their daily life.
There are numerous JKA programs for children. In Japan, we have separated youth (age 6-18) from adults in tournaments since 1983 (26th JKA All Japan Karate Championship) and set up a special annual tournament for elementary and junior high school students. We also maintain a youth division at the Shoto World Cup Karate Championship Tournaments. Additionally we hold national-scale karate camps for school-age youth at the Tokyo JKA HQ
Karate for children is not only fun, it provides many important benefits to young people. Some of these benefits are referred to in Japanese as chiiku (mental development), tokuiku (moral development) and taiiku (physical development). These are the same three classes of personal development found in traditional educational systems.
In terms of chiiku (mental development), karate helps build concentration, focus, clear thinking and decisiveness.
Karate has strong internal benefits as well. It helps instill patience, discipline, perseverance, understanding and open-mindedness. It builds confidence, develops self-control and increases calmness, courtesy and peace—all of which will aid everyone in every endeavor they undertake in life. These correspond to tokuiku (moral development).
Of course, karate is good for the body, too (taiiku). Physically it is excellent for the heart, builds strong bones and bigger muscles, creates resilience, and makes the body less susceptible to sickness and injury.
In all these ways, karate is profoundly helpful to young people in dealing with the many challenges facing them in today’s society. It brings them balance and perspective at an age when these are needed most. It adds a strong foundation to their character.
NOTE: Other karate organizations often allow children as young as six or seven years old start kumite (sparring). But at the JKA, so as to avoid the possibility of injury, no sparring is allowed until the child is ten years old and in the fifth grade.
Our MISSION
- Unite all practitioners of JKA Shotokan style under the banner of JKA Philippines.
- Increase the reach and membership of JKA throughout the Philippines.
- Deliver the highest standards of JKA Karate instruction while upholding traditional values.
- Connect-Philippine members with JKA Tokyo and the JKA World Federation.
- Create opportunities for all members to display their talents and advance their Karate skills.
- Elevate the JKA brand's reputation and recognition within the country.
- Promote the JKA Shotokan Karate System to more sectors of the academe, Armed Forces, National Police and other security agencies.
Our VISION
- Become the largest Karate organization in the Philippines, surpassing 1 million members.
- Establish a dedicated JKA Philippines Headquarters and Arena in the country.
- Position JKA Karate as the preferred martial arts discipline for every Filipino.
Our VALUES
Honesty, Integrity, Fairness, Care, Reliability, Honor, Respect, Dojo Kun.
Always act in the public interest of the organization
JKA Techniques: The Inseparable Trinity Lead to Kime
The foundation of karate is the kihon (basic techniques), the kata (forms), and the kumite (sparring). Upon these three rest all technique, all speed, all strength and all progress in karate. They are, in essence, one. And they must be studied as one: without the kihon basic techniques, there can be neither kata nor kumite. Likewise, kata separated from kumite is simply rote movement unseasoned with the knowledge that comes from application. Finally, kumite without kata loses the characteristic agility and effortless smoothness inherent in karate. Kihon is kata is kumite.
At JKA, we emphasize all three of these equally and simultaneously.
Through years of training and experience, we developed a unique and unrivalled system of kihon techniques. We put tremendous focus on the fundamentals, teaching scientifically and step-by-step the proper posture, balance and angle of each specific movement. As with most things, continuous repetition is essential, for if you get the fundamentals wrong, there can be no further progress.
After mastering the kihon, you move on to the kata, the core of all karate skills. In kata, there is no wasted or meaningless movement. We emphasize repeating them over and over again. Through constant repetition, your body learns to move automatically, effortlessly and efficiently. Over time, the techniques become unconscious, rather than deliberate mechanical movements. You can do them without thinking, which frees your mind to be still and experience the dynamics of that moment.
At JKA, we refined the kata to be more applicable in kumite sparring. Through the techniques learned in the kihon and practiced in the kata, you discover how to respond to situations naturally and freely, and apply your techniques appropriately as the circumstances demand.
And that is when the true power of karate can be understood. When your entire being body and mind explodes forward and downs the opponent with one blow, it is called kime. Kime is the ultimate purpose of the kihon-kata-kumite trinity.
When you join JKA, you gain access to many benefits of membership. Primarily, of course, you get continual guidance from highly-skilled and certified instructors, experienced evaluation for Dan and Kyu rank promotions, the right to participate in local and international JKA karate tournaments, and dozens of other practical advantages, including the privilege of requesting the dispatch of an instructor from Japan to visit your organization or group*.
But the best reason to join is for karate itself.
Karate is not an easy art. But it is an art. And like any art, the more you put into it, the more you will gain. Ka-rate enriches you physically, mentally, and spiritually developing your body, your mind, and your character. Especially at the JKA.
Why?
Because the JKA is "The Keeper of Karate Highest Tradition". Our karate is the strongest and most traditional karate there is. We see it not as a sport, but as a whole way of life. And that is always our emphasis: the whole. The goal is to help you develop every aspect of who you are.