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Karate

Karate is a Japanese martial arts. It is assumed to originate in 19th century in the island of Okinawa. Karate means empty hand. At the beginning it was also known as Chinese hand as the word "Kara" means both "empty" as well as "Chinese". At the beginning it was categorised based on the area name of the island where it was practiced, namely Shuri-te, Naha-te and Tomari-te.

Shotokan

Shotokan is one of the major styles of Karate. The style was named after it's founder Gichin Funakoshi's pen name Shoto. Gichin Funakoshi is also called as the father of modern karate. He was the one who brought karate from the island of Okinawa to mainland of Japan and brought the art in front of the world. Now the art is practised in most of the countries of the world.

JKS

Japan Karate Shotorenmei, also known as Japan Karate Shoto Federation, is one of the most prestigious organisation of Shotokan karate. It was built in 2003 by Shihan Tetshuhiko Asai and his followers after the big split of Japan Karate Association. After the death of Asai Shihan, the organisation is lead by his most favourite student and world champion Shihan Masao Kagawa. Now the organisation is known to be as one of the best Shotokan organisation to have a best mixture of the traditional karate and sports karate.

JKS India Hinode Kai

JKS India Hinode Kai was formed with the guidance and blessing of JKS headquarter to practice and promote JKS karate in India. We are a dedicated group of qualified members practicing and teaching pure karate. As per the association rule, we don't compromise on the quality but try to bring the art of karate in the reach of general people. We continue to train regularly with international instructors from Japan and Europe. It is also in association's agenda to invite high quality, international level instructors to train our members at least once every year. Hopefully, once we are over with the pandemic we will be able to continue with our activities in full-fledged.

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