JKA Clondalkin, locally known as the Clondalkin Shotokan Academy has been in the local community since 2009 when Sensei Robert Preston established his club in the Scouts Hall Watery Lane.

 

Since then we have moved to the Knockmitten Youth & Community Centre, and have been based there ever since.

We are South Dublin's only official JKA Shotokan club, directly affiliated to the Japan Karate Association via JKA Ireland with Chief Instructor Noel Casey 7th Dan.

 

 

Unlike most other clubs, none of our gradings are completed in-house, all gradings are completed by Sensei Noel Casey, 7th Dan Chief Instructor of Ireland who has a special license from JKA HQ in Tokyo Japan to carry out gradings. No other clubs in the area have that level of quality assurance.

 

Established in 2009 by Sensei Preston the Clondalkin Shotokan Academy is the only Shotokan karate club in the area directly connected to the original family tree of the Shotokan Karate style, via the Japan Karate Association.

All our grades are accepted and respected all over the world and our Dan Grades are registered and certified in the JKA Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.

There is no higher karate achievement than a JKA black belt. 

 

We are now a registered community group with the South Dublin Public Participation Network