Harpenden JKA Karate Club

10/03/2026

What a weekend!

Last Sunday, 8 March, the JKA England Central and Northern Regional competition took place at the University of Bedford. All the students worked so hard in the lead up to the weekend, they all trained consistently and gave it everything. All Sensei Miranda has ever asked of any student is that they give it their best so they can be proud, no more than that. Harpenden JKA is incredibly proud of them for just being them.

Sensei Miranda spent the day keeping the mats on time and running as they should so under the watchful eye of Coach Sensei Susie and her usual suspects of volunteers we took a team of 34 and the results were glorious! 🥇🥈🏅🏅🏅

Alex McCann: Silver Team Kata, Silver Kata, and Gold Kumite
Alice Rathbone: Silver Team Kata, Gold Kata, and Silver Kumite
Arthur Foggin: Bronze Team Kata, 4th Kata, and Gold Kumite
Becky Straker: Gold Team Kata, Silver Kumite and Silver Kata
Ben Hibbert: Gold Kata, Silver Kumite
Charlie Moss: Bronze Kata and Bronze Kumite
Conor Moriarty: Gold Kata and Silver Kumite
Daisy Moss: Bronze Team Kata
David Ramasar: Silver Kumite
Eddie Churchill: Bronze Kata
Ellen Isgin - Silver Kumite and Bronze Kata
Emaan Syed: Silver Kumite
Emily Masters-Clark: Gold Team Kata, Gold kata, and Gold Kumite
Evie Harrison: Gold Team kata, Bronze Kata and Silver Kumite
Felix Waters: Gold Team Kata and Gold Kumite
Freya Simms: Silver Team Kata, Gold Kata, and Gold Kumite
Graham Miller: Gold Team Kata, Gold Kata, Gold Kumite
Konrad Lessig: Silver Team Kata, Gold Kata, and Gold Kumite
Laurie Tierney: Bronze Kumite
Lucy Russell: Gold Team Kata, Silver Kata, and Silver Kumite
Matt Moriarty: Gold Team Kata and Bronze Kata
Megan Thomas: Bronze Team Kata and Bronze Kata
Oliver Hibbert: Silver Kata, Silver Kumite
Rachael de los Reyes-Churchill: Gold Team Kata, Gold Kumite and Bronze Kata
Sai Rithic: Silver Team Kata, Bronze Kumite
Sophie Anderson: Silver Team Kata, Bronze Kumite
Ralph Maddison: Gold Kumite, Bronze Kata
Rocky Holmes: Silver Kata, Bronze Kumite
Thomas White: Gold Team Kata, Silver Kata, and Silver Kumite

30/11/2025

Toot toot!!!!

I cannot begin to say how proud I am of these two! A perfect example of hard work and consistency. Turn up, show up and deliver!

Father and son duo Matt and Conor Moriarty took their black belts today under the watchful eyes of Sensei Ueda, Sensei Hakizume, Sensei Gary and Sensei Dave they absolutely smashed it 👊🏻👊🏻

Give something new a try and see what you can achieve!

https://harpendenjka.com

04/11/2025

Look at us coming second at the JKA Open Championships on Saturday! Once again our little club did us proud.

Są już oficjalne wyniki na stronie organizatora zawodów.

https://www.jka-england.org/_webedit/uploaded-files/All%20Files/Competition%20Results/2025%20Open%20Championships%20Results.pdf

Analiza wykazała, ze jako klub zajmujemy zdecydowanie piersze miejsce w klasyfikacji medalowej! ☺️
Ponad 500 zawodników, ponad 40 klubów z 10 krajów świata.

Qemetica Glass i Qemetica Silicates

28/04/2025

Attention please!!!!! We have a brand new black belt at Harpenden JKA 🥋

Emily Masters-Clark absolutely smashed it at the JKA England International course. A full weekend of training with Sensei Ogura, Sensei Sawada, Sensei Naka and Sensei Ohta. Not only did she pass she got a special mention on the level of her grading from Sensei Ohta. Emily is a great example of consistency and smart training, focus and fun.

23/11/2024

Today was a fabulous day at the Harpenden JKA, Ataru Shotokan Karate and Stevenage Karate
Club grading with Sensei Gary Stewart 7th Dan JKA. A long day of 3 training sessions and 3 gradings and a full house of passes with some excellent performances!!!

Here are just some of the students celebrating the hard work and determination of one of our family!!! We train together, lose together and win together 🥋

Come and check us out!!

https://harpendenjka.com/training-in-the-dojo/

30/09/2024

If you are thinking of starting something new, something to get you fit, get you out the house or even open up a new social circle then come
And check us out!

www.harpendenjka.com

You have to be beginner sometime!

Yesterday we had the JKA Central and Regional Championships! What a day we had!!! There was so much fun and laughter from the team along with a lot of happy tears! The students turned up and went out with the intention to have fun and do their best… and the results of their best was..

Henry R: 🥈Kumite
Sophie: 🥈 Kata 🥇 Kumite
Emaan: 4th Kata
Evie: 🥈 Kumite
Ben: 🥈 Kumite
Eddie: 🥈 Kata 🥇 Kumite
Jesse: 🥈 Kata 🥉 Kumite
Jeroen: 🥇 Kumite 4th in kata
Daisy: 🥇 Kumite
Aisling: 🥇 Kata 🥈 Kumite
Ariadna: 🥉 Kata 🥉 Kumite
Matteo: 🥉 Kata
Arthur: 🥇Kumite
Megan: 🥇 Kumite
Olivia: 🥉 Kumite
Alice: 🥈 Kata 🥇 Kumite
Alex: 🥇 Kata 🥇 Kumite
Tausa: 🥉Kata 🥉 Kumite
Conor: 🥇 Kata 🥈 Kumite
Harry: 🥉 Kata
Tahra: 🥇 Kata 🥉Kumite
Emily M-C: 🥈 Kata
Corinne: 🥉 Kumite
Janice: 🥉Kumite

Thank you to JKA for organising such a fantastic event. On to the next one!!! JKA Open Championships, 2nd November at the K2 in Crawley!! 🥋

Welcome to Harpenden JKA karate club. We're led by Miranda Price - a gold medal-winning kumite champion who believes everyone can benefit from karate.

13/04/2024

When I took over Harpenden JKA in 2018 I set out to build a club that's a karate family, a club that welcomes and supports everyone. Students who started in our 2018 beginners karate classes in Harpenden are getting close to black belts!! Come and check us out and you may even join!! 🥋🥋

www.harpendenjka.com/beginners-karate-classes-in-harpenden

08/03/2024

Taking life seriously on International Women’s Day!

Join Harpenden JKA Karate for self-defence fitness and fun. https://harpendenjka.com/training-in-the-dojo/

Happy International Women's Day to every single one of you ❤️

02/03/2024

Harpenden JKA are very proud to host Okuma Sensei, 7th Dan, Thursday 25 April. Book your place ASAP before it's sold out!!!

15/02/2024

How does your Sensei warm up for class?? This is how our Sensei warms up for karate at Harpenden JKA.

02/02/2024

Harpenden loves a challenge! How strong is your stance and core?!?

Nothing works without solid team work 🥋🥋🥋

give it a go!