About Shotokan Karate JKA Academy

Learn the ultimate shotokan karate of the JKA original masters, as experienced by sensei Aktar 6th Dan who has over 45 years of knowledge & experience in martial arts acquired in China & Japan from the worlds' best original masters.

We are affiliated with Kawasoe Sensei's  JKAWF. 

    BRIEF RESUME OF AKTAR SENSEI 6th DAN:

Sensei Aktar 6th Dan is our Chief Club coach. His martial arts journey began in the early 70's when he was a young boy and watched Bruce Lee on TV and vowed to become good in martial arts just like him. Subsequently he joined the then Bruce Lee Fan Club and received news and articles about Bruce Lee's training methods and courses and attended many courses run by Bruce Lee's assitant instructors in the UK, such as Sifu Danny Inosanto and others in the 70's. He also started practicing Shotokan Karate with Sensei Kanazawa 8th Dan with whom he was graded upto 4th Dan after many years of training. At the same time he continued with other martial arts such as Kick Boxing, Taekwon Do, Judo, Kung Fu & Tai Chi, and also achieved his first Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo in 1982 under Master Heel ILL Cho  8th Dan WTF.  He attended many courses run by Sensei Benny the Jet Urquidez who was holding teaching seminars in the UK. Sensei Benny the Jet at that time was knocking out the world's best Muay Thai fighters in full contact karate matches.  

Nonetheless, sensei Aktar's passion was in JKA Shotokan Karate since he was regularly participating in karate competitions in his early years and wanted to devote his whole energy into one martial art that would help him best utilise that energy positively & effectively in terms of health building as well as for personal,practical self-defence and competions, and for him it was Shotokan JKA Karate. He decided to dedicate his life to learning from the world's best original JKA masters, and took many trips to China and Japan in the early 2000s to study, research and synthesise his training from the very best in the Shotokan Karate JKA style.. He spent 3 months training in Japan in 2005, training at the JKA  HQ, SKI and  Sensei Yahara's Karate dojo KWF.  Over a  period of 45 years,he has trained with the very best original famous masters of JKA Karate. These included Masters: Nishiyama, Kase,Kanazawa, Asai, Shirai, Enoeda, Tanaka,Kawasoe,Asano and many others. His Taichi masters have included: W.Cheung, L.Deyin, Yang Zhengduo, and of course Master H. Kanazawa. All these martial arts masters have influenced & shaped Sensei Aktar's karate that he teaches today. Many are sadly no longer with us anymore.

He started to research their training methods and strategies and formed his own way of teaching based on the combined experiences of all of these great masters,together with his experience with other martial arts, which he tries to teach in his Shotokan JKA Academy Dojo's. His former students in the community have included people from all walks of life, Students ,Medical students, Councillors,Military & Security personnel, Religious leaders, & many others, many of whom have gone onto becoming leaders in their fields. Aktar sensei is a modest and inspiring instructor & karateka, still continually practising everyday to optimal perfection, considering himself a student of martial arts on a journey of a lifetime with plenty still to learn. He is passionate in passing on his knowledge and skills to those dedicated students interested in taking their karate beyond their potential to the maximum limit,in order to make them the best that they can aspire to become.

 If you are a sincere & dedicated karateka or student aspiring to master the art of Shotokan JKA Karate , Aktar Sensei & his Black Belt coaching team will help tap into your hidden potential & inspire you to be the best in an easy step-by-step simplified way. Whatever your current level of fitness or technical ability,whether you are an absolute beginner or an advanced Black Belt,we can help take you to the ultimate level...guaranteed.. In addition, we can also help you to achieve and enhance the best life-skills and positive character traits needed to be the number one in your life,through the philosophy of our martial arts over a course of time. These can be transferred into any walk of your life, whether at work, or school, at home or in your social life. Interested ? ..Remember the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step..are you going to take that important step and discover the wonderful hidden gems in that journey ? ...Call us now and set up your FREE trial qualifier session now.

Call : 07956 553417 or  07813 680603

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Aktar sensei Training at the JKA Japan  ( 2005 )

Our Locations

We run classes at two locations; Watford Woodside Leisure Centre and Foxdell Junior School in Luton. Click on the link below to see our locations and sat nav addresses.

Watford Woodside Leisure Centre

Saturday

Mixed Class,  beginners and intermediate: 17:00 - 17:45

Advanced class: 17:45 - 18:30

By Invitation only/personalised coaching 18:30 - 19:00

Sunday 

Mixed Class, beginners and intermediate: 10:45 - 11:30

BBC Class: 11:30 - 12:15

Brown /Black Belt Class by invitation 12:15 - 1pm

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Foxdell Junior School

Tuesday & Thursday

Mixed Class, beginners and intermediate: 18:00 - 18:45

BBC class: 18:45 - 19:15

Brown/Black Belts By invitation/personalised coaching: 19:15- 20:00

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