2024 JKA SHOTO CUP
The JKA World Cup – also known as the "Shoto Cup", the "Shoto World Cup", and the "Funakoshi Gichin World Cup" . The global Shotokan community comes together to compete at this event, to which each country sends a select National Team.
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Dear Members, Parents, and Supporters,
We are pleased to share that four of our dedicated karatekas—Damian Beausang, Noah Babaii, Jordan Lavea, and Leilah Lavea—represented Australia at the prestigious JKA Shoto Cup in Japan this past October 2024.
Competing in one of the world’s premier Shotokan tournaments is a tremendous honour, as the Shoto Cup draws top practitioners from around the globe to showcase their skills in both kata (forms) and kumite (sparring).
While our karatekas gave their best and some progressed to the second round in their divisions, they did not place this time. However, the experience was invaluable, and your generous donations helped alleviate some of the costs involved in their preparation.
Thank you for your unwavering support and belief in our dojo and its talented members.
Sincerely,
Shamyla Lavea
Shotokan Karate Club
thank you for your support
'Spirit first, technique second.' Gichin Funakoshi
We are Affiliated w/ JKA-SKC Australasia
JKASKC Australasia is headed by Keith Geyer Shihan
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
The Shotokan Karate Club would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar nation and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We would also like to acknowledge all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. We recognise the contribution the Whadjuk people have made and continue to make to our culture and in our community. We will continue to seek the input of the Traditional Owners. The land on which we live, meet, and thrive as a community always was and always will be Noongar land.