Japan Karate Association- Philippines Davao

It is also one of the oldest karate organizations continuously in operation until the present.

Japan Karate Association (日本 空手 協会; Nihon Karate Kyokai; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as Kyokai 協会 in Japan) is one of the most influential Shotokan karate organizations in the world. The JKA is also the most authoritative and by far the largest karate organization in the world, the Keeper of Karate”s Highest Tradition. No other organization approaches karate with greater intensity of purpose than we do.