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My daughter absolutely loves her karate classes! She looks forward to every single session and comes home beaming with pride. The instructors are fantastic, patient, encouraging, and genuinely investe... See more
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Brilliant instructor just like the traditional shotokan in Japan. If you want your children to learn disciple as well as self defence this is the best place to go. The instructor is very talented and... See more
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I've been looking for a local Karate club or a while, for myself and my son to join. So glad I found JKA Academy. Sensei Sham Aktar and his highly experienced team want every student to enjoy the s... See more
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We are the Shotokan Karate JKA Academy promoting the JKA Karate as practised in Japan. What makes our Shotokan JKA Karate different from other martial arts & sports ?... Whilst participating in other sports or activities can benefit you and/or your child, according to recebt research,no other sport can provide the level of discipline, challenge or emotional competency that Shotokan JKA Karate can, because at the Shotokan Karate JKA Academy, we are In pursuit of excellence in body, mind, & spirit Towards Black Belt Karate Excellence . We are affiliated to : Japan Karate Association World Federation (JKAWF) – Chief Instructor M. Kawasoe Sensei 8th Dan JKA..and the best club instructors headed by Shamim Aktar 7th Dan and his professional coaches in the UK. We offer classes for Adults. Also for Children from the age of 6 years plus. We teach the best JKA Karate as it is taught in Japan. Our head coach has been to Japan & trained at the JKA HQ for 2 continous months with the best original masters of JKA Karate about 20 years ago and has brought back the best skills from these karate masters of the JKA Karate to teach at the Shotokan JKA Academy UK. Our karate is the original japan karate as a way of life in order to build confidence,character,& essential life-skills, self-defence,self-control,self-discipline also to improve health & fitness whilst developing your full mind , body and full potential as you learn ultimate self-defence shotokan karate techniques which are taught in a step by step format to your level of progress.... Our invitation to you...You've probably tried the rest,now come to the very best in Shotokan JKA Karate learning...Our Shotokan JKA Karate techniques & skills taught are essential life self-development tools and the best thing you can give yourself or your child in life . Now you can get these important tools to succeed at school, at home, in your work, place or in your life with our Elite JKA Karate classes enrolment . All our karate classes are supervised by Shamim Aktar 7th Dan JKA. One of the finest coaches in the UK. Remember !.. we are in Pursuit of Excellence in Body, Mind, & Spirit Towards Black Belt Excellence . Affiliated to : Japan Karate Association World Federation England (JKAWFE) – Chief Instructor M. Kawasoe Sensei 8th Dan JKA one of the perfect karateka from Japan Karate Association (JKA). We offer Children & Adult JKA Karate Classes that build confidence,character,& leadership skills,learn self-defence,self-control,self-discipline & improve fitness whilst thriving in healthy competition.Develop your full potential whilst learning ultimate self-defence shotokan karate techniques. Book your FREE Trial & taster class now & learn from the best : Call : 07956 553417 visit our website : www.shotokanjka.com
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Watford Leisure Centre Woodside, Watford Herts, WD25 7HH, Watford , United Kingdom
- 07956 553417
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- shotokankaratejka.com
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my personal review
The karate is amazing,sensei and senpai's are actually putting effort into our learning,Sensei plans the lesson every single time and senpais assist up until the 45 minute mark.My self discipline has improved since the beginning,sensei tries hard to teach us the skills for desired black belt.
27 June 2022
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Glad to know it’s helped you .
Great place for learning n fitness
27 June 2022
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Thanks fir your kind comments
Very supportive and understanding and…
Very supportive and understanding and demanding dojo. My child really wants to learn something I seriously rather than just find it as a activity sport for some time in week. Staff makes sure kids got inspiration to achieve something than to take this lightly. All in all it's very good place get the kids learn some self defense and skills for future.
13 June 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thank you for your review. We continue to improve the quality of life of all our members through our unique karate-based trainining programs for all ages, at the same time encourage the serious learners to stay motivated by providing them with great knowledge and skills to last a lifetime.
Amazing club with excellent instructors…
Amazing club with excellent instructors teaching and explaining the core principles of self defence and self discipline to kids of all ages..my kids are happy
24 May 2022
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Thank you for your review and your comments. We go beyond the punching and kicking to instill core values of respect, self-discipline, and other important principles of our martial arts to all our dedicated students in order to bring about positive changes in them and to keep them engaged & occupied positively with our martial arts and fitness to help them build better lives.
I am very happy to join JKA luton…
I am very happy to join JKA luton academy, staff is very committed to teaching the skills and they continuously monitor the progress for the tiny Tigers.
23 May 2022
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Thank you for your review. By setting targets and goals of achievement each month & continuously monitoring our teaching methods and the students' learning enables our students to set targets & goals of achievements every month and achieve them. This helps them set bigger goals, targets, and challenges of achievements as they get older & builds up their self-confidence to greater heights then ever. At the same time they have a wonderful time learning and perfecting all their martial arts skills too!.Our commitment towards every single member is vital towards this process and we are truly dedicated to these aims. Have a great day.
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Thank you for your review and the positive comments about our classes !.
My son was shy at first but now he is…
My son was shy at first but now he is gaining confidence and he loves it. A lovely sport that teaches disciplines, lovely members of staff.
22 May 2022
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Thank you for your review and your kind comments. Very good to know that your son is gaining a lot of confidence through our classes..hopefully through time he will also learn some good physical and mental development skills from our teachings that hopefully last a lifetime. Have a great day.
Fantastic club with a knowledgeable dedicated sensei
My daughter and I joined this club in Sep 2021. We really enjoy the classes and sensei patiently works with us to help attain perfection. My daughter's confidence has grown over time and she is passionate to keep learning from sensei and others in her class. Sensei challenges and pushes each one of us in the adults class to also reach our full potential. Lessons are three times a week and we try our best to attend all of them as this is great form of exercise which also helps our mental health after a stressful day whilst also learning a skill to defend oneself. Thank you to sensei and others in the class who are helping us develop and perfect our skills.
21 May 2022
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Thank you for your reply and also your kind comments. One of the first things one begins to notice upon joining our Academy is the level of self-confidence. It just keeps going higher and higher at each lesson. Of course the self -defence skills take a little longer to apply in practice. But if you keep at it , you normally achieve your goal and more besides.Thank you for being dedicated students, and i,m sure you will go far if you persist with patience. Best wishes.
An extremely good karate club with…
An extremely good karate club with Adults only classes too.
21 May 2022
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Thank you for your review and your comments. We continue to provide age-specific JKA karate classes for the whole family from Children to Adults which are fun but challenging too to take you to a level beyond your normal paradigm
Good local club.
Great classes, my eleven year old son has been attending for the last year and he has made some good friends and gets on well with the teachers. Communication from the club is good with regular updates sent via Whatsapp. There have been a couple of changes of venues since we have been there which has sometimes been inconvenient but nothing too burdensome. I would have expected at least two more gradings for my son at the time he's been at the club but I think this has now fallen into place with there being another grading next month. Overall, nice club, nice staff and nice students.
17 May 2022
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Thank you for your review and your kind comments. We try to let all members know as much as possible in class what's going on within the club and now have introduced an events calendar in the members area of our website, which lets all members know the events taking place each month for that particular month in advance. Also since meeting back from the Covid-19 break, its been hard trying to find a suitable central venue/s for training,mainly due to unavailability, however this has now been resolved with both training venues being very near each other, and quite spacious too which is very encouraging. Our gradings are held every quarter and as you probably know if you miss that grading date you have to wait another 3/4 months again to grade. Hope all this helps.
A karate club like no other
It all started when i was looking for a karate club for my son to teach him self discipline and also as a way of exercise and not just on his gadgets. My son started in June 2021 and i remember watching him the first time and i asked him if he likes it which he did. I was intrigued with my son's interest with the martial art and i have also enrolled. I have no regrets of being in this academy either as my son. We are attending every session as we are learning a lot from Sensei Sham Akhtar and i would say that he is a great instructor not just to my son but also to me personally. He is very approachable and also knowlegeable about the art of karate.
16 May 2022
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Thank you for your review and your kind comments, as you,ve gathered by now we are a family oriented martial arts karate Academy, and those that join us and really want to learn art of karate and are dedicated to spend some time with us, we go all out to teach them everything we know, we don't hold any knowledge back, as every member is a special member at our Academy. We want every single member to be the very best person in their life too through our karate training. Our martial arts teaching method goes beyond the kicking and punching only, & makes one not only the best Black Belt in our JKA style Karate, but also through our self-discipline structure, the very best person in their life too, which you are beginning to realise after only a short time of training with us. Great job !!. Keep up your regular training and you will gain more and more from our classes. We guarantee it.
He is the worse and rude trainer
He is the worse and rude trainer. Has no manners to talk to the parents. He was very disrespectful towards me and didnt allow me to raise any concern.
Also kids are not safe in his hands. He pushed my kids out of the class infront of everyone. He pushed them and said go away.
Very bad and rude attitude.
14 May 2022
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Thank you for your review. We have had to reflect what actually happened today in class and which was also witnessed by all the parents present at the class today too & would like to present its version for the benefit of our readers so they will know exactly what occured rather then your presented above twisted story.Since you enrolled your kids about 2 months ago at the Academy, you have not shown any respect to the Academy & its instructors in respect of you and/or your kids expected outcomes at our martial arts Academy as members, which were pointed out to you when you started, but rather have always complained about this and that and also tried to dictate to us how we should be running our Academy which we run successfully for the last 40 years plus. You are in fact the first lady to dictate to us how you want things to run at our Academy, and clearly this is unacceptable by any means. You insulted one of our assistant coaching members a couple of weeks ago and our instructor tried to hold a meeting to sort things out with you today. But rather then letting our instructor finish telling you how our program works and your kids obligations on joining, you kept butting in saying "im a teacher and i know all about teaching kids so i have the right to tell you how to do things" and then rudely raising your voice whilst our instructor was trying to explain to you his viewpoints, so much so that you got your husband on the phone to verbally insult our chief instructor more then 3 times, which was heard by all the parents present in the class today. After getting this abuse from your husband and with you raising your voice, our instructor had no other alternative but to tell you to take your kids and leave the Academy, which was the most logical thing to do at that moment in time. He did not shove or push your kids by lifting them from the shoulders like you are suggesting, this is just made up by you to cover yourself. Our martial arts Academy prides itself in teaching its kids self-discipline with essential life-skills is a fact verified by many parent testimonials and positive reviews before you,just read them. We kindly request that you may be a teacher but please do not dictate to us how to teach our kids as we also many teacher parents who bring their Kids to our Classes and they are more then happy with the way we teach them and their progress.
Hope this clarifies your review to the public.
Great karate club
Great karate club, my son loves his lessons. Teachers are very dedicated
27 April 2022
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Thank you for your review, and we are glad your son loves his karate lessons..keep up the hard work.
Great class
Our son really enjoys attending these classes and we have seen the benefits of them too. He is more disciplined and eager to do his best in other areas. A very welcoming staff.
23 April 2022
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Thank you for your review. All our staff are welcoming. Our classes encourage all our members to do their very best in the karate dojo as well as all areas of their life.Thank you.
I recommend to anyone!
As a long time student, I can proudly say that this is an amazing place to learn karate and develop even more skills then you came for, you can build a sense of confidence and discipline. People treat each other with respect and treat each other equally. I highly recommend attending this JKA academy. It would benefit you in more ways than you can believe.
23 April 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thank you for your review and your honest evaluation of our Karate Academy. Respect is one of the key aspects we emphasise to all our members as it builds strong human relations which is also one of the primary objectives of our martial arts practise... i.e. to build community cohesion in society...and by practising with like-minded individuals in class helps to foster this aspect in our training. We thank you for your input into this. Have a great day.
Happy...
Since my son start Karate he became more confident in him and in what he does. I like the way the teacher speak with kids and explaining to them all the movements. I also like that at Karate Classes kids learning about self discipline, confidence and self defence)))
23 April 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thank you for your review. It is only through learning self-discipline in a fun way in our classes that our kids learn to build self-confidence in themselves over a period of time. Of course the self-defence naturally follows, after learning and repeating the movements over and over again, until they become second nature, and this takes time.
Shotokan jka academy
My son Frankie has been coming to shotokan jka academy for sometime.he’s confidence as grown.he loves coming to class. Very friendly team 😊
23 April 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thank you for your review and your kind comments. we always keep all our students smiling, but at the same time give them little challenges to do as well, which they learn to overcome slowly, slowly with time. This prepares them to overcome their bigger challenges in life as they grow older.
Fun and enjoyable lessons
My son really enjoys the classes and has gained a lot of confidence since he started. Staff are friendly and make the lessons fun!
19 April 2022
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Happy to be helping your child
Very Professional and very authentic Shotokan Karate.
Teaches real Shotokan karate using methods from the karate association in Japan. It benefits adults and children alike, and demonstrates discipline and things you will implement in real life.
16 April 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thank you for your review. We always want all our students to get the maximum benefit from our classes in order to help prepare them for life's challenges. All our skills, and self-discipline taught are practical life-skills and help one in their life whether it be at school, college, or at work.
I have been training here for around 10…
I have been training here for around 10 years. Very good and experienced instructor in shotokan karate who has trained under many big figures in karate. You will definitely learn true shotokan here.
10 March 2022
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Reply from shotokan karate JKA Academy
Thanks for your kind comments . As a long time student we really appreciate your feedback.
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