Aungier Street, Dublin, Ireland
JKA Shotokan Ireland Honbu Dojo (YMCA Karate Club)
- Karate
The downtown home dojo of JKA Shotokan Ireland, a Shotokan karate group affiliated directly to the Japan Karate Association in Tokyo. Classes run three times a week, and Shotokan students visiting Dublin are welcome.
- The style
- Shotokan karate in the Japan Karate Association, with the group's own gasshuku, or training camps, and JKA international events through the year. Training at the honbu dojo is open to members of every club in the association.
- Lineage
- JKA Shotokan Ireland, founded in 1993, is directly affiliated to the JKA headquarters in Tokyo, and its technical director is Masao Kawasoe, 8th dan JKA. Its honbu dojo in the city center opened in 2014.
- The teacher
- Sensei Fran Meggs, 6th dan JKA, runs the dojo. He trained at the JKA headquarters in Bunkyo, Tokyo, in 2001 and gained 6th dan with Kawasoe in 2024.
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Where it is
YMCA, Aungier St., Dublin 2
53.3396, -6.2659
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