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Sunday, 02 November 2008

JKA SAN DIEGO DOJO

JKA San Diego was established in 2005 by Joey Cornel. We are affiliated with the ISKF (International Shotokan Karate Federation) under Teruyuki Okazaki Sensei and Yutaka Yaguchi Sensei. Our ISKF Southwest Region Director, James Field Sensei oversees the training and the advancement of the students. We affiliated with USANKF in 2006 and have actively participated in the annual National Tournament , Junior Olympics and the US Open tournaments since 2004. Our students learn JKA/ISKF style Shotokan karate and competition using WKF rules.

JKA San Diego’s top students Michael Cornel and Christine Cornel have competed successfully in both the ISKF and the USANKF communities. Both are National Champions in their age groups. Both were USANKF US Open Outstanding Youth Competitors, Michael in 2006 and Christine in 2007.
On July 2008, at the USANKF National Championships and US Team Trials in Houston, Texas, Michael qualified to be a part of the Junior Team. He competed in Santiago, Chile on Sept. 5-7, 2008 at the 19th Junior Pan American Karate Federation Championship and won Gold in the - 70kg. 14-15yr.old male kumite and Bronze in the 14-15 yr. old male kata divisions.