2019, 3-5 MAY A group from Spain traveled to Sweden to enjoy the seminar that our colleagues from Stockholm offered us in Stockholm. From Ja

Finally, after more than one year of preparations we were all gathered at Bosön, Sweden's largest training facility for elite sports. Ka

On the 16th day of February 2019, Sensei Ken Kitaoka and Ayumu Oda taught at the JKI General training Camp at Honbu dojo City of Imus, Cavit

The Danish branch was celebrating the day with a practice 28-Feb starting at 17:00 Danish time which actually is 01-Mar, 01:00 Japanese time

The Danish girl, Frederikke Bjerring, won 3 rounds at the WKF senior World Championships beating Algeria, Australia and Azerbaijan ending am

On January 6th, 2019, the 58th annual “Winter Beach Training” was held at Enoshima Beach, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. The members of Kanto d

Although it was still new year’s holiday, my sensei, Shihan Ara, opened his private dojo and allow us to practice. I really appreciate it. U

In 2019 Itosu-kai Sweden will arrange a Black Belt Seminar 3-5th of May. We are very proud to have Soke Saadaki Sakagami as instructor and g

Season’s Greetings from Itosu-kai Denmark

A total 25 athletes and 3 officials represented from Sri Lanka for the 13th Itosu-kai Kyushu District karatedo championship, which was held

After that, Soke Sakagami conducted the class, and he taught Bassai Sho at first. We usually practice Bassai-dai a lot but we have relativel

My most recent trip to Japan was a mixture of work and fun. Working for the International Olympic Committee has brought me to many cool plac

For the seventh time, Kaizen Karate Do in Kolding, Denmark held the Kaizen Danish Open tournament, and again this year we had a record numbe

At the honbu dojo (headquarters,) I practiced “Rohai Shodan” and “Matsumora Rohai” under the instruction of Soke Sakagami. It was such a gre

Recently, I had the honour to be invited and attend the 44th Japanese Shihan (Master) training in Osaka, Japan. Although I am not a Shihan,

On October 6th, 2018, the Malagueña Association of Goju-ryu Karatedo organized a Kung-Fu course in the style of the White Crane of Yong Chun

The founder of our karate style, Itosu-ryu is Master Anko Itosu. His monument is in a cemetery in Makabi, Naha city, Okinawa. His family gra

In the end, we practiced JKF Shitei Kihon Kata “Heian Series” (Japan Karatedo Federation Designated Basic Katas: Heian Series.) Japan Karate

This time I would like to report about the further friendship with the Republic of Djibouti through Karatedo. Our friendship developed more,

This time, Team Itosu-kai made a big success and we received 5 x Gold medals, 10 x Silver medals and 21 x Bronze medals. Top 8 competitors i