JKS Shotokan Karate Orewa is a family-oriented Shotokan karate club that teaches children and adults, and it says its instructors are internationally certified. The Orewa classes run from Gym 2 at Orewa College on Riverside Road, and the wider club also trains in Browns Bay on the North Shore. The club offers a first class free, and it has a Little Tigers class for young children. Its senior class meets on Saturday mornings, and it runs tournaments and club events through the year.
Parents and students who have written about the club say the instructors are patient and encouraging, that children grow more disciplined and confident, and that adults feel fitter and more co-ordinated. One reviewer who came to karate later in life says the community is the main reason they stayed. A warning from one reviewer is that the training is hard and that belts are earned rather than handed out for turning up.