Home Sensei Harada Links Genealogy Books Contact Calender Multimedia

Welcome to AVKDS - Karate Do Shotokai Homepage

Åbo Akademi i Vasa KDS is a karate club at Åbo Akademi i Vasa Univerisity.

AVKDS is situated in Vaasa, Finland, and it belongs to Finland KDS, the umbrella organization of all the KDS clubs in Finland. The club was founded in 2001 by Anders Eklund who was main instructor until 2007. From 2007 forward main instructor has been Jari Lähdesluoma who is also a member of the Finland KDS technical group. Assistant instructors are Malin Häggman 1 dan (Finland KDS vicechairman) and Timo Harju 1 Kyu.

Monday          1900-2030

Thursday        1900-2030

Sunday           1800-2000

All practices are located at Akademill (Museigatan 2, Vaasa)

The KDS is an organization committed to practicing and teaching Karate-do as taught by Master Mitsusuke Harada and the style is open to anyone with a genuine interest in learning karate.

The KDS™ is directly overseen by Master Mitsusuke Harada, who is, the Principal Instructor of the KDS™ Organization. The KDS™ was established in the U.K. in 1965 by Master Mitsusuke Harada. The Chrysanthemum logo and the KDS™ abbreviation are the officially recognized trademarks (TM) of Master Mitsusuke Harada's Organization, the KDS™.

No other martial arts group should use either of these two legal trademarks, especially in relation to Master Harada and his practice.
Only those affiliated to the KDS™ have technical links with Master Harada.
Others using the Shotokai name have no technical links with the KDS™.

Jari Lähdesluoma

+358-443242003

jari.lahdesluoma (at) finlandkds.com

Malin Häggman

+358-505947674

malin.haggman (at) aktia.fi

Timo Harju

+358-407052181

timo.harju (at) abo.fi