Welcome to Oh Kami Karate Club
Learn safe, JKA karate with us in Glasgow and Erskine - Our intention is to ensure that every member of our club is left feeling fantastic every time they train with us!
    
Shotokan karate is the most famous martial art in the world and has a long and successful history promoting fitness, discipline and self defence in all age groups, both male and female.
Martial Arts classes for women and men in Glasgow and Erskine. Lead Instructor, Gerry McDougall, 4th Dan JKA, has been teaching in the Summerston and Maryhill area for over 25 years. Oh Kami Karate Club now has clubs in Summerston, Maryhill, Erskine, Robroyston, Glasgow and is affiliated to JKA Karate Do Shotokan, a countrywide association which is an officially recognized & is directly affiliated to the governing body of the art the JKA (The Japan Karate Association).
Oh Kami Karate Club offers Martial Arts classes for complete beginners and experienced students. All instructors are Disclosure Scotland vetted. Read the Frequently Asked Questions. and keep up to date with news & events & ohkamishop
Every year we have attended various successful training courses as well as sitting Instructor and Judge exams at the April International Joint Training Camp in the Sohonbu Dojo, JKA Tokyo Headquarters, Japan. Instruction is given by Sensei Sugiura, JKA chief Instructor, Sensei Ueki, Sensei Tanaka, and guest instructors. Courses and gradings are with Sensei Ohta and there are Black Belt course and gradings with top Japanese instructors - Sensei Tanaka 8th Dan JKA, Sensei Osaka, 8th Dan JKA and Sensei Imamura 7th Dan JKA taught at the Scottish Gasshuku in March and October 2008. We also attend courses in Guildford, Slovenia & Budapest. But we also continue to have fun - with club championships - visit by TV crew - club outing to Xscape.
In April 2009 we achieved the highest level clubmark status, and have been awarded  - a first for any club in Glasgow. This follows success in 2007 as well as having been the first karate club, & only one of nine sports clubs, in Glasgow to receive the first awards of the city’s "stamp of approval" with the Clubmark accreditation scheme award in 2006. The scheme was set up by the council, who want to ensure parents choose a well run, fully accredited club, with required procedures & policies including child protection inplace, puting children first.
 
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