Masatoshi Nakayama Sensei In this, our second post we look briefly on the life of Nakayama Masatoshi sensei (1913-1987). Nakayama sensei was an exceptional martial artist and ground-breaking thinker, who…
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Tetsuhiko Asai Sensei In this, the first of three posts, we look to briefly explore the linage of Shotokan Karate, working from our association, the JKS, back in time to…
What Is Shotokan? ✍️ ** MINI BLOG ** ✍️ Our style of karate 🥋 is known as Shotokan, which is a traditional Japanese martial art developed in the early 20th century…
CHANGES TO OUR CALENDAR MARCH – APRIL Due to building work at our usual venue, we’re having to displace a number of our classes between 23rd March to 17th…
After another fantastic year we have a number of updates and announcements moving forward to 2020. The first of which is that our 2020 calendar running up to June is now…
As per our Facebook page and our announcements in the class our classes are displaced for the next few weeks! The calendar has been updated, so if in doubt please…
As 2018 draws to an end we thought it would be nice to look back over what has been a fantastic year for JKS Edinburgh. In the last couple of…
Hello all, The calendar page of the website has now been updated to include the remaining dates until the end of the year for the main classes and the next…
Hello everyone, Just to clarify the Tigers Classes will be running on a “Pay As You Go” system on the below dates in July: Friday 6th July Friday 13th…
JKS Edinburgh has been featured on the Waterman’s guide to independent clubs & gyms in Edinburgh! The guide, which can be accessed here, aims to highlight those clubs/businesses it…