In view of the Covid 19 Pandemic, it is advisable to stay at home and maintain social distancing rather than have group meetings. Wash your hands as many times as possible, do not touch your face or eyes often. A mask is advisable as it prevents spread of organisms. Also, like in the dojo, keeping footwear away from your main place of stay is also beneficial. PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

The Covid pandemic is NOT YET OVER. It is advisable to be safer at this time. Although the majority of people affected are escaping, there is definitely above 3% death risk due to this infection and yet no reliable parameter is found that can predict who will survive and who won't. Also, in those patients who are not destined to survive, the disease progresses very fast and the mean period from start to death is about 5 days. The risk of death on ventilator is about 88% (which means that artificial respiration will help only 12% of patients) and other more advanced methods such as ECMO are only helpful in few cases. It is for this reason it is better to be safe than be sorry. Life as we know it, comes only once.

DOJO AT AJMAN

New Dojo has started at Ajmaan at Horizon Towers

opening was done by Mr Khaleed Ibrahim from Ministry of Justice and Dr Avinash Dal in presence of Hakeem Sensei

See New Page on Kerala India

The World Shotokan Karatedo Organisation is created solely for the purpose of encouraging the complete martial art of Karatedo learnt in its traditional manner.  The WSKO  is a non political and non affiliated body which is governed only for a no profit basis for dissemination of the art of Shotokan Karatedo. It is a pure body without any ulterior motives of holding events other than training programmes. The WSK0 will not be involved in its own competitions or in awarding any belts but will help in arranging the training programmes for students. This is very important as in India, many students are not exposed to correct training as well as they cannot afford to go out of India to learn better Karatedo. The WSKO will help in organising the training programmes and yet be a litle aloof from the usual polarisation and partisanship of commercial Karate. We plan to help teachers and students as well as propagate material that will be helpful for the art. In the long term, there may be a philanthropic fund to help its programmes.

The ALL INDIA SHOTOKAN KARATEDO FEDERATION is an association of like minded Shotokan Karate experts all over India and is formed primarily to disseminate the knowledge of traditional Karatedo all over India. We are now planning camps in other parts of the country and a structured programme to encourage students and earnest practitioners of the art to get together on one forum. This organisation is affiiliated to the WORLD SHOTOKAN KARATEDO FEDERATION [TOKYO JAPAN], which is run by HITOSHI KASUYA Sensei who a wold renowned authority in Shotokan Karate. The organisational aims of WSKO and ALL INDIA SHOTOKAN KARATEDO FEDERATION are different and they will be managed by different committees although they may share the same webspace initially.

SENSEI K T HAKEEM,  who is an expert and respected teacher in the art of Karatedo and has students all over India, runs the GOLDEN FALCON INTERNATIONAL which is now affiliated to WSKO and all its students are welcome!

In Kerala, Sensei Hakeem has started new classes in Kuttiadi, Kozhikode (Calicut) city, Kerala state of India for the disbursement of knowledge to more students. All the training that occurs here is as per the traditional Karate style called Shotokan Karate which was founded by Gichin Funakoshi. The Karate training program is as per the syllabus set by the Shotokan Karate and the daily training routine also follows the same. The notice shown below is in  Malayalam language and is about the new classes that have been just set up. Traditional Karate is an effective tool for self defense and in the modern world that has become a real necessity.

Recently, black belt students of Shorin Ryu style of Karate joined the Golden Falcon International

Sensei Hakeem [centre] with recently graduated Shodan black belt students

ANOUNCEMENT

There will be a Karate Seminar at Dubai on 22-23 January 2016. Teachng will be done ny Shihan Saito and Sensei Hakeem. For further details please email senseikth@gmail.com

27.11.2011 Mukkom Karate camp by Sensei Saito being inaugurated by senior IPS officer Mr Sateeshchandra

Shihan Saito with Sensei Hakeem in the dojo at Mukkom, Kerala, India

MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN

Student and Instructor Memberships are now open for the WSKO  and one may visit the upcoming "How to Join" page for the same.