For over 50 years, the Santa Clara University Shotokan Karate club has been training dedicated students in this Japanese-based martial arts form. Read about the club's founders here. Since its ...

The revered “father of modern karate” died in 1957 at age 88, leaving his style, Shotokan, to flourish as the most popular today. Japanese devotees make the pilgrimage to Funakoshi’s shrine ...

Learn the original versions of all 21 of the JKA katas performed by the original masters of Shotokan NakayamaEnoeda Mikami Kase Shirai Asai and the rest of the original group of masters You will ...

The Brakpan Shotokan Karate Club, headed by Sensei Lolia Basa, is preparing for the Japan Karate Association (JKA) Africa Cup ...