Ipswich Shotokan Karate Club (ISKC) has been established for over 25 years. All instructors are qualified to Dan (black belt) grade, are fully insured, have CRB checks and are registered with the Japan Karate Association England.

The head of the Japan Karate Association England (JKAE) is Sensei Ohta, 6th Dan, based in London. Sensei Ohta comes to teach in Ipswich on a regular basis, and supervises gradings where students progress through the different grades (shown by different coloured belts) up to Dan grades (black belt). It takes about four years to achieve a Dan (black belt) grade.

ISKC training takes place at the following times and places :

Mondays : 19h.00 to 20h.00 at Maidenhall Sports Centre
Tuesdays : 19h.00 to 20h.00 at Maidenhall Sports Centre
Thursdays : 19h.00 to 20h.00 at Sidegate Lane School
Sundays : 10h.00 to 11h.00 at Copleston High School

We are a friendly club and new students are welcome. At every lesson there is a qualified First Aider.

Club members frequently travel to training courses offered by Ohta Sensei and other senior JKAE instructors at different venues in Britain. In addition we try to attend the annual International Training Course organised by JKAE at the Sports Centre in Guildford, Surrey. Also many of us try to attend the International Training Course each November held at Sawada Sensei's dojo in Brussels, Belgium (see recent photographs).