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Tournament Champs!

TJ Torne and Isabelle Wade delivered beautiful performances at a state-wide tournament in Phoenix during May 2024. TJ took the GOLD and Isabelle took SILVER along with other notable JKA wins that same day. Congratulations to team JKA Arizona!

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Spring 2024 mini-camp

More than 40 karate students and instructors from Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tucson gathered at Ryushinkan Dojo in Tucson, Arizona on 13 April 2024 for a Spring training mini-camp. Sensei Chuck Coburn and Sensei Cheryl Coburn gave seminars on kata and kumite, eligibl…

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USKA Regional Tournament

JKA Tucson travelled to Phoenix on 9 March 2024 for the USKA Southwest Regional Championships. One of our brown belts, TJ Torne, competed for the first time and took home a 4th place medal. We were all proud of her courage and performance. There were other great p…

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Budo Karate Seminar with Naka Shihan

Andrew & Isabelle Wade travelled to Los Angeles to participate in the JKA Los Angeles Budo Karate Seminar March 3-5, 2023. Over three days, Naka Shihan led sessions on fundamental techniques and kata. Finally, we applied everything in energetic kumite exercises. …

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Santa Fe, NM Camp

Posted on July 29, 2019


Sensei Enrique, Bob, Julian, and Carlos attended the JKA/WF America Camp and Tournament in Santa Fe, NM for four days June 20-23.


Santa Fe is a nice town with a very interesting historic center. We had a chance to train and socialize with…

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