Jikan Kai

18/05/2026

29/03/2026

🇯🇵🇬🇧 Exciting news! We'll be hosting jujutsu workshops at the HYPER JAPAN festival this summer. With over 53,000 attendees last year, it's the largest festival of its kind in Europe. Find out more here: https://hyperjapan.co.uk/workshop/jujutsu-workshop-2026

嬉しいお知らせです！この夏、HYPER JAPANフェスティバルにて、伝統日本柔術に関するワークショップを複数開催することになりました。昨年は5万3千人以上が来場し、ヨーロッパ最大級の日本文化フェスティバルとして知られています。

03/02/2026

NEW BLOG POST: From 'JUTSU' to 'DO'

https://www.jikankai.com/single-post/from-jutsu-to-do-the-path-to-self-perfection

Within the chronicles of Japanese martial history, a profound schism exists between the art of survival and the art of living. For centuries, martial tradition was dictated by cold battlefield utility; today, we explore how that strategic application of violence was distilled into a disciplined philosophy of being.

#糸東流 #武道 #古武道 #柔術 #日本柔 #古流武術 #日本武道協会 #ロンドン #イギリス #イングランド

09/01/2026

Here's some of the benefits in karate that we've observed over the years. Can you think of any more?

17/12/2025

Sh*to-Ryū founder Kenwa Mabuni saw Karate and Kobudō as inseparable. He mentored the legendary kobudo master Shinken Taira to preserve this bond, leading Taira to systematize 42 lethal weapon kata. In the Jikan Kai we aim to honour this lineage, and therefore we embrace a singular truth: whether wielding a Bō or a fist, the footwork, mechanics, and explosive power all come from the exact same source.

#糸東流 #沖縄古武道 #空手道 #武道 #形 #棒術 #武器 #古流 #武術 #沖縄の心 #訓練

03/12/2025

Ippon kumite 一本組手 also known as 'one-step sparring' in karate, is designed to hone responses to various situations. It develops alertness, optimisation of range, physical speed, composure, and quick decision making.

When done correctly, this training therefore provides us with the efficiency required to exploit an opponent's vulnerabilities when there is very little time to do so.

#糸東流 #空手 #空手道 #武道 #日本武道協会 #ロンドン #イギリス #イングランド

26/10/2025

Yesterday Jikan Kai members from London demonstrated traditional jujutsu for the Japanese Budo Association (JBA) at Japan's most important military shrine, Yasukuni Jinja, in Tokyo. The JBA's Hono Embu was dedicated to world peace. Congratulations to our members and the JBA family.

​ #古武術 #奉納演武 #靖国神社 #東京 #武道 #日本柔術

14/10/2025

When in London... Sumo wrestlers take on the Abbey Road crossing! 🚶‍♂️ An incredible sight as the Japanese national sport returns for a grand championship at the Royal Albert Hall. #日本柔術 #日本武道 #大相撲 #相撲

07/04/2025

Dojo Art 🎨 ❤️

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02/03/2025

We had a wonderful reboot of our ladies' self-defence course this weekend in East London.

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#護身 #糸東流 #空手 #空手道 #武道 #ロンドン #イギリス #イングランド #日本柔術