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21-521: JKA may refer to: Japan Karate Association The FAA code for Jack Edwards Airport JKA Foundation , regulating cycle and motorcycle racing in Japan Jamal Khashoggi Award for courageous journalism Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title JKA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

42-604: A city , Yotsuya was one of its wards and had definite boundaries, but it is less clearly defined today. Yotsuya is generally defined as coinciding with the jurisdiction of the Shinjuku City Yotsuya Branch Office and the Yotsuya Police Station, which includes most of Shinjuku east of Meiji-dōri and south of Yasukuni-dōri. To the east lies the neighborhoods of Banchō in Chiyoda . For addressing purposes,

63-521: A karate organization dedicated to research, promotion, events management, and education: the Japan Karate Association. Funakoshi, then around 80 years old, held a position equivalent to chief instructor emeritus, with Nakayama as the chief instructor. The JKA emerged from karate clubs at Japanese universities located in the Tokyo region. Most of these universities, however, distanced themselves from

84-524: A more competitive approach to the training and in 1957 the first All Japan Karate Championship was held, and has been held annually since. In addition, the JKA has organised a number of international tournaments amongst which the following have been considered to be the JKA's World Championships: †Cancelled due to financial crisis . ‡Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Yotsuya Yotsuya ( 四谷, 四ツ谷 )

105-450: Is an area in Shinjuku , Tokyo , that previously was a ward (四谷区 Yotsuya-ku ) in the now-defunct Tokyo City . In 1947, when the 35 wards of Tokyo were reorganized into 23, it was merged with Ushigome ward of Tokyo City and Yodobashi suburban ward of Tokyo-fu to form the modern Shinjuku ward . Yotsuya is located in the southeastern part of Shinjuku. Prior to 1943, when Tokyo was still

126-604: The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . Prime Minister Saito Makoto lived in Yotsuya. He was assassinated at his home on February 26, 1936. This was one of the events of the February 26 Incident . Other notable residents include: Yotsuya has figured prominently in various works of fiction. The kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan took place there, as did the novel Teisō Mondō by Kan Kikuchi . Yotsuya

147-804: The Embassy of South Korea, is inside. The Shinjuku City (the Shinjuku Ward) Board of Education (新宿区教育委員会) operates public elementary and junior high schools. Most portions of Yotsuya are zoned to Yotsuya Elementary School ( 四谷小学校 ), which is in Yotsuya 2-chōme. Sections zoned to Yotsuya ES include all of 1 and 2-chōme and portions of 3 and 4-chōme. The remainder of Yotsuya 3 and 4-chōme are zoned to Yotsuya 6th (Dairoku) Elementary School (四谷第六小学校) in Daikyōchō . All sections of Yotsuya, 1 to 4-chōme included, are zoned to Yotsuya Junior High School ( 四谷中学校 ) in Yotsuya 1-chōme. Most area public high schools are operated by

168-492: The JKA does not recognize graduates from the instructors' courses led by the JKS (Japan Karate Shoto Federation, which also held the name JKA between 1990 and 1999). Karateka such as Dave Hazard (UK), Ennio Vezzuli (Brazil), Nigel Jackson (South Africa), Peté Pacheco (Portugal), Malcolm Fisher (Canada), Leon Montoya (Colombia), Richard Amos (UK, US), Pascal Lesage (France) and others, are mentioned in karate forums as having completed

189-450: The JKA during the 1950s. Takushoku University always kept strong ties with the JKA, being the alma mater of many of the senior JKA instructors, such as Nakayama, Nishiyama, Okazaki , Asai , Kanazawa , and Enoeda , who were responsible for the JKA's consolidation during the 1960s and 1970s. General uneasiness on how karate was taught by the JKA instructors and disagreements on Funakoshi's funeral arrangements in 1957 motivated some of

210-775: The JKA instructors' course (or having had substantial participation in it) but do not appear on the list of graduates as published in 2008 on the JKA's website. In addition, the list does not include graduate instructors from the instructor programmes of splinter groups such as JKS and KWF, examples being Otsuka Masamichi (KWF - Japan), Langley Scott (JKS, now HDKI Ireland), Koike Yutaka (JKS - Japan), Inada Yasuhisa (JKS - Japan), Kyle Kamal Helou (JKS - Lebanon), Matsue Takeo (JKS- Japan), Makita Takuya (JKS - Japan), Nagaki Shinji (JKS - Japan). Although Gichin Funakoshi wrote that there are no contests in Karate, Nakayama Masatoshi's teachings led to

231-460: The JKA tradition to a large extent, but is taught by instructors who are not officially affiliated with JKA (though most of them are former JKA instructors and graduates). In 1956, the JKA started its kenshusei instructor intern training program at the JKA honbu dojo , in Yotsuya , Tokyo, which had been built in 1955. This program was instituted by Nakayama Masatoshi. The training program has promoted

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252-493: The JKA. This list is incomplete. For instance, it does not include some members who were expelled or resigned from the JKA see below: The list at the JKA's website, which includes most members who left or were expelled, may also be incomplete. The JKA has not included some former members who have completed the course and are not currently affiliated with JKA. In addition, during the troubled period between 1990 and 1999 each JKA faction held its own instructors' course. Currently,

273-512: The Yotsuya Gate occupied 20,000 tsubo (66,000 m ; 710,000 sq ft). Yotsuya developed rapidly due to its central location. In 1894, the Kōbu Railway, predecessor of the present-day Chūō Line , extended its existing railway line between Shinjuku and Tachikawa to Ushigome and opened Yotsuya and Shinanomachi stations. The railway enabled the easy transport of raw materials into

294-479: The area; soon, pencil, tobacco and other industries moved in and began Yotsuya's rapid industrial development. Many historic temples and graves are located in Yotsuya. Among them are Sainen-ji, where the grave of the ninja Hattori Hanzō and his lance are interred. The Korea Center is located in Yotsuya, and the Korea Education Institution ( Korean : 동경한국교육원 , Japanese : 東京韓国教育院 ), affiliated with

315-421: The consistency and quality control of JKA training practices over the years, graduating some of the world's most well known karateka (practitioners of karate), as listed below. The following table lists JKA kenshusei training program graduates in order of year of graduation. The reported rank of graduates no longer with the JKA is that from their current organization. Such rank is not necessarily recognized by

336-443: The karate practice at the JKA's honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) in Tokyo during the early 1960s, from his unique perspective as a western karate student going from white to black belt in a few years. The JKA experienced several divisions from the 1970s onwards. Notable splinter groups formed as follows: Due to these divisions, there is today the notion of a separate JKA karate style—that is, Shotokan karate that follows

357-655: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JKA&oldid=1066232107 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Japan Karate Association Gichin Funakoshi played a major role in introducing karate from Okinawa to Japan, adjusted to reduce injury and merged with approaches for athletic training . On May 27, 1949, some of his senior students including Isao Obata , Masatoshi Nakayama , and Hidetaka Nishiyama , formed

378-417: The name Yotsuya is used for a part of Shinjuku located immediately west of Yotsuya Station ; it is divided into four chōme . Before the growth of Edo , Yotsuya was a farming village outside the city. In 1634, with the digging of the outer moat around Edo Castle , many temples and shrines moved to Yotsuya. The moat had stone walls, and a mitsuke, or watch tower, was also built. Yotsuya Mitsuke stood near

399-485: The present-day Yotsuya Station . The relocation of the temples and construction of the mitsuke brought settlements of workers, and following the devastating Meireki fire, many more people moved to Yotsuya, which had been spared. Gradually the area became part of the city of Edo. In 1695, the shōgun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi ordered the establishment of a vast kennel. The purpose was to board stray dogs as part of his policy of showing mercy to animals. The facility outside

420-533: The senior karateka connected with Funakoshi, but not associated with the JKA, such as Shigeru Egami , Genshin Hironishi, and Tsutomu Ohshima , to form their own organizations, such as Shotokai and Shotokan Karate of America ). They claimed to practice a version of Shotokan karate closer to what Funakoshi taught, as compared to the JKA style. The JKA Shotokan approach is also based on Funakoshi's karate, but with significant adaptations introduced mostly by Nakayama, who

441-466: Was JKA chief instructor until his death in 1987. Under Nakayama's leadership, a generation of respected instructors spread karate worldwide, guided from the JKA headquarters in Tokyo. Nakayama's books, which include Dynamic Karate and the Best Karate series, are fundamental reference materials on Shotokan karate as practiced under the JKA. Clive Nicol , in his classic book Moving Zen , describes

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