ITKA Karate
Home of International Karate Associates and ITKA Karate Global, Inc
About
ITKA Mission Statement
International Traditional Karate Association (ITKA) provides top level instruction in traditional Japanese and Okinawa martial arts for all levels of ranking through training, seminars, and competition.
ITKA seeks to provide positive energy and support to our students by
maintaining a culture of respect, humility, honor and resilience.
Kancho M. Bambouyani
In addition to teaching in Chicago, Kancho Bambouyani travels to Japan and Okinawa frequently in pursuit of excellence and to meet with the Masters and Founders. He is eager to help promote, expand and strengthen the philosophy of Traditional Karate and the importance of Karate as a part of the Olympics.
ITKA Karate Association’s success is not an accident; it is result of five decades of hard work, public service, training, teaching and International travel under the leadership of one of the World’s most well-known leaders in Karate. Kancho M. Bambouyani is the founder of ITKA Karate. Master Bambouyani feels the organization’s world-wide success is due to the fact he has been fortunate enough to train with the premier and highest ranking Okinawan Japanese Masters. During the Karate expansion in the US, Master Bambouyani was one of few non-Japanese Masters with the title of Chairman and Chief Instructor serving the US Central region in the 1980s until mid-1990s preceding the formation of ITKA Karate Association. Since then, he continues to share his experience and knowledge through ITKA Karate Association and he has frequently invited to guest-teach at karate Dojos throughout the US, South and Central Americas, Europe, Middle East, Japan and Okinawa.
For more than five decades, the International Traditional Karate Association (ITKA) has been training students in the art of Shotokan Karate. ITKA Karate Association is an organization dedicated full-time to teaching the highest level of traditional Karate outside of Japan. The ITKA headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. It holds daily training at the main headquarters and other various locations throughout the city. Training is available for beginners through advanced Black Belts. ITKA also holds quarterly seminars and examinations as well as judges and instructor clinics. Membership is open to individuals, groups, karate schools, and karate organizations. Traditional Karate encompasses the four major styles, including but not limited to Shotokan, Wado-Ryu, Goju-Ryu, and Shito-Ryu. Many practitioners of all ranks have visited and trained at our headquarters, including students from Asia, Europe, Africa, and Australia. We have also developed an outstanding children’s program and a top-rate adults programs. ITKA Karate Association is here to serve.
Kancho M. Bambouyani, of ITKA Karate Association, I am so grateful to you for everything you have given me in life and so happy that we have a life long friendship.
- JK, University of Cambridge
