“JKMO India” is the Indian branch of JKMO established by Kancho Sasaki Toshiatsu from Japan in 1964. He was the student of Soke Masatoshi Nakayama who was the disciple of Gichin Funakoshi. He was also one of the senior WKF referees in the initial stages of WKF. JKMO India is headed by Shihan Dr. Shaji S Kottaram (WKF Referee & Certified coach).
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Soke Sasaki Toshiatsu
Founder JKMO Former WKF Referee & Shitei Kata Coach
JKMO India: Spread over more than 10 states in India, hundreds of Instructors and thousands of students. Traditional Shotokan lineage extends from Soke Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan style. Following WKF competition rules in sports Karate.
SHOTOKAN JKMO
Till his demise in 2023, Kancho Sasaki Thoshiatsu used to visit India and train the instructors once or twice in every year.
SHOTOKAN JKMO
Sports Karate is also promoted simultaneously with traditional Shotokan Karate techniques. There are qualified WKF and AKF referees in JKMO to promote sports Karate.
SHOTOKAN JKMO
Regularly conducts own championships in addition to official Federation championships. One National level JKMO Championship in memory of Shihan Bonnie Roberts and another International Championship in memory of Kancho Sasaki Toshiatsu are being organized every year.
SHOTOKAN JKMO
JKMO has competent and experienced instructors, WKF and National coaches and WKF,AKF, National referees to promote sports Karate along with the traditional methods.
SHOTOKAN JKMO
JKMO India ever maintains its high standard over the years under the direct guidance of Kancho Sasaki Toshiatsu.
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We promote traditional Shotokan Karate and Sports Karate. We focus on quality of Shotokan Karate rather than the quantity.