Sensei David McNamara
The Smiths Falls Japan Karate Association looks forward to helping you develop, both mentally and physically, through training in traditional Shotokan Karate. Our aim is to provide our students with a combination of high quality instruction and a friendly atmosphere that any member of the family can enjoy. Karate can be described as a martial art, or fighting method, involving a variety of techniques including blocks, strikes, evasions, throws, and joint manipulations.
Karate practice is divided into three aspects; kihon (basics), kata (forms), and kumite (sparring).
Sensei David McNamara, (Yondan), a 4th degree black belt with over thirty years’ experience in martial arts in the national and international arenas, is a local citizen who makes his home in Smiths Falls.
Sensei Dave, as he is known, is the cheif instuctor of the Smiths Falls JKA and has been instructing students young and old in Shotokan Karate for over twenty years in Smiths Falls.
Sensei Dave studies under the tutelage of Sensei Saeki, a 7th degree black belt, who is the head of the Canadian Japan Karate Association.
