Organizations

Official Website For Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation

The Karate Union of Great Britain (the KUGB) has over 300 karate clubs and is committed to the development of Shotokan Karate. The KUGB is affiliated to European and World Shotokan Karate Bodies.

The USA National Karate-do Federation (USANKF) members are among the ranks of thousands of Karate practitioners and enthusiast who enjoy the highest caliber support system of Karate in the United States.

ABE Keigo Sensei, founded the JAPAN SHOTOKAN KARATE ASSOCIATION the 10th February 1999. Abe Sensei holds 9th Dan in the Japan Shotokan Karate Association and is the JSKA Chief Instructor.

Began in 1970, when Mr. Sasakawa, a Japanese multimillionaire, and Jacques Delcourt, the French president of karate, decided to establish the first world karate organization.

A member of the ISKF, teaching Shotokan Karate

SKA National is a nonprofit organization that has been teaching traditional karate-do in the United States since 1956. SKA was founded and is still led by Tsutomu Ohshima who is also recognized as the chief instructor of many other SKA-affiliated national Shotokan organizations worldwide.

The Japan Karate-Do Federation has one of the most impressive backgrounds of Martial Arts Organizations in the United States, as well as around the world teaching traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate.

Founded in 1948, the Japan Karate Association (JKA) was highly appreciated for its social activities, and received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Education as a “General Incorporated Association” in 1957. From then until now, we have devoted our effort to inherit and develop this irreplaceable martial arts culture born in Japan. Consequently, on 21st March, 2012, we were approved as ” Public Interest Incorporated Association” by the Prime Minister.

The only officially sanctioned website of the International Traditional Karate Federation - Budo for Life