Shotokan Karate Magazine

Soon Pretorius 8th Dan JSKA Kata is Kumite

Interview By Michelle du Plessis & Janine Engelbrecht.

SP: My karate career started in 1966

By Jerzy Łabiński

Karate training is associated by many laymen with the ability to perform splits, hig

EDITOR’S COMMENT:

We don’t often include an Obituary in the magazine, however, I’m publishing this one

SKM Editor, John Cheetham 5th Dan stresses the importance, especially for older karateka, of maintaining speed, impac

Every Karate-ka decides what Karate is and means for themselves. Their own limits, as well as their own potential, se

The train from NYC runs past Rockefeller mansion and Sleepy Hollow an hour north to small town Mt. Kisco. It’s a ride