Welcome to Brussels' Shôtôkan Karate-dô Sawada Academy
Japan Karate Association

Welcome to Brussels' Shôtôkan Karate-dô Sawada Academy
Japan Karate Association

Whether novice or experienced, our Academy will allow you to study and deepen this fascinating Oriental martial art that is traditional Shôtôkan Karate!

Kazuhiro Sawada
8th Dan JKA

Teaching karate demands an open mind, to respect students, and most certainly proper qualification.

Close to his students, Sawada sensei teaches his art full time, sharing his passion with respect.

Classes are conducted by qualified, experienced instructors. Training is always safe, with no heavy contact.

There’s no place for ego in the dojo. Traditional karate practice builds up character and teaches to respect training partners. Determination, sincerity, sense of effort, etiquette and self-control are needed in the dojo. In other words, the karateka must strive for philosophical and physical development.

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Trainings every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
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2025 JKA Louvain La Neuve Stage
19th - 21st April 2025
Special club rate available if signed up
 before 26th March 2025

The dojo will be closed the following dates
  • Saturday 19 April
  • Friday 23 May








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Training Schedule

Wednesday / Mercredi
16:00-17:00    Kids from 5 to 8 yrs
17:00-18:00    Kids from 8 yrs
18:30-20:00    Adults
Friday / Vendredi
18:00-18:30    Self-Practice
18:30-20:00    Adults
Saturday / Samedi
09:30-11:00    Adults + children
The above is our general training schedule.  The dojo is closed during the main holidays (July-August, last & first week of the year, public holidays and certain days of the year).

Ce qui précède est notre programme de formation général. Le dojo est fermé pendant les vacances d'été (juillet-août, premiere & dernière semaine de l'année, jours fériés et certains jours de l'année).

French is mainly used, while English is also widely spoken during training.
Les cours sont principalement donnés en français.

  • Club membership fees / Cotisations

    We are a non-profit organisation (ASBL/VZW). Your membership fee contributes to cover administration and rental costs.

    Nous constituons une ASBL ("VZW") ; les cotisations contribuent à couvrir les frais administratifs et de location.


    Generally, your club fee is paid quarterly.  However, you can also choose to pay monthly or per training.

    La formule la plus sollicitée est le paiement trimestriel, mais il vous est loisible d'opter pour la formule mensuelle voire annuelle.


    Children 5 - 7 Years / Enfants

    €40  month / mois

    €100 quarter / trimestre

    €300 year / an


    Students + 8 - 25 years /  Etudiants

    €50  month / mois

    €125 quarter / trimestre

    €350 year / an


    Adults / Adultes

    €60  month / mois

    €150 quarter / trimestre

    €400  year / an


    Short training / Entraînement(s) "occasionnel(s)"

    €130 card of 10 trainings / entraînements 

    €15 per training / entraînements


    Examination Kye fee

    €15


    The inscription starts when licence fees are paid.


    Bank information / 

    Coordonnées bancaires

    BE95 4281 1376 4158

    BIC: KREDBEBB 

    ASBL Brussels Shotokan Karate-Do

    Sawada Academy


    Licence and insurance / Licence & assurance

    BE54 4281 1350 6197

    JKA-Francophone: €40 year/ans + €2 for passport (- 7 years/ans  €20) / lors de la première inscription (carnet fédéral)

    Yearly renewal/Renouvellement €40 year/ans


    JKA-Vlaanderen: €35 year + 2 € for karate passport / lors de la première inscription (carnet fédéral) 


    One time membership fee: €25.

    Participation unique lors de la première inscription €25.


    Children (-16 years) need a parental agreement.

    L'inscription de jeunes (- de 16 ans) nécessite l'accord parental.


    During training people must respect others and regulations including ceremonial formalities.

    Durant l'entraînement, le respect tant mutuel que des règles, incluant les formes de cérémonial, est requis.


    Any physical or health problem should be mentioned (to the instructor) before training.

    Toute forme de restriction physique ou autre doit impérativement être signalée à l'instructeur, préalablement au cours


    The dojo reserves the right not to accept new members.

    Le Dojo (club & responsables) se réserve le droit de refuser tout nouveau candidat/membre.

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About Us

Sensei Sawada Kazuhiro

Belgium JKA National Instructor
& Club Chief Instructor

Sensei Sawada Kazuhiro (澤田 和弘) was born in Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island, on February 25th 1952.

He started practicing karate at high-school, and later joined the karate club at Taisho University (Taishô Daigaku - 大正大学), from which he graduated four years later, having trained under Sensei Iida Norihiko (飯田 紀彦) and Sensei Hayakawa Norimasa (早川 憲政)’s guidance.

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    Being very active in karate, Sawada Sensei became the club’s team captain. This Taisho team won three times the All-Japan University Championships. Sawada Sensei was Kanto area (Western part of Japan) University Champion, and reached twice the finals in the Free-style University Championships.


    After graduation, Sawada Sensei moved to Belgium and was appointed as assistant to Sensei Miyazaki Satoshi (宮崎 哲), at national level and in our club, and this continued until September '84 when Sawada Sensei moved back to Japan for a decade.


    Regrettably, Miyazaki Sensei passed away on May 31st 1993. The Belgian karate federation then asked Sawada Sensei to return and teach as national instructor. As he was Sensei Miyazaki Satoshi's  assistant, Sawada Sensei became the dojo's chief-instructor.

The Dojo

While we are Brussels oldest traditional Shotokan karate dojo, we are also the the most international dojo in Brussels.  Among our members, we have more than 20 different nationalities training with us.

Training can be hard as well as rewarding.  A misconception about karate is that some people consider it as a sport where one must score, win bouts, and its spiritual aspects are often wrongly replaced by the need to dominate others.

Instead, karate strives to improve character, social respect for others, mindfulness and discipline through martial arts training.

BRUZZ TV report

TV report about our club

History

Brussels’ Shôtôkan Karate-dô Center was founded in June 1978 when Sensei Miyazaki and Sensei Sawada, converted a former movie theater into a convivial dojo.
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    Over 200 m² of wooden floor was laid down and additional  facilities were built - Side mirrors and panels added to the seven meters high ceiling, increased the impression of space in the training hall.  Many people spent a great deal of sweat on this floor, including the Belgian national squad.


    In March 2007 was renamed Brussels' Shôtôkan Karate-dô Sawada Academy.  Today the dojo is located in the sports complex of the university campus Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

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Telephone number  +32 468 25 52 46