Only Hours to Go Before Take Off…

Sensei Sandra's Adventures & Life Lessons, Training Holiday

With only  hours before I leave to go to the airport I found myself this morning with a bit of organising to do.  Ok, I had a lot and I hadn’t had a lot of sleep these least few days.  Thankfully since returning home this morning Martin, Sami and Steven have been re-energising me with

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Term 3 Calendar of Events

Dojo News

The Term 3 Events Calendar (PDF) is now available online.  As usual there is lots going on in the dojo.  Gradings, progress checks, workshop, private lessons, social events and a whole lot more. Choose your preferred way to view the calendar: Term 3 Events Calendar (PDF) Subscribe to the iCal version for use on your smartphone or PC desktop

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July 2014 – Success Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

Download the July issue now. In this issue: Committed to Excellence 2014 QLD State Titles & Friendship Tournament Turbo-charge Your Progress with Regular Private Lessons Private Lessons & Small Group Clinics July Calendar of Events Quote of the month Attendance Recognition Welcome New Members July Member Birthdays Download the July issue now.

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May 2014 – Success Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

The May 2014 – Success Newsletter is now online and available for download (PDF). In this issue: 2014 QLD Camp May Club Shop Special – New winter Hoodies (pre-order now) Private Lessons & Small Group Clinics Upcoming Events Attendance Recognition Welcome New Members May Member Birthdays Download your copy now. Also be sure to check out

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Friday Evening Entertainment at the Dojo

General

This will be my final post before going to Japan tomorrow.  The goal of this post is to share some smiles, to nail the art of adding video to a blog post and to practice adding photos to a blog post. To begin this post I would like to introduce you to our son, Steven.

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A Sneak Peek Into Sensei Sandra’s Life

General

To help get a little more practice with blogging before going to Japan I thought I’d share some of the special places where I spend a lot of my time.  Many students have asked me what I do in my spare time so here is a sneak peak.  To put things into perspective, each day

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Martin… Please Help Me???

Training Holiday

The count down clock has started and it is time to get real serious about preparing for the upcoming training adventure.  There is only one person that I can think of that can help me at this stage and that is Martin.  I approached Martin for help and he said the perfect thing, ‘try and

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You Are Going To Japan!

Training Holiday

About 2-3 weeks ago I learned that I would be going to Japan to accompany scholarship winner, Jodie Marriott. I was quite excited to hear this at first and then the reality kicked in that Martin, Sami and Steven wouldn’t be travelling with me on this trip. Training in Japan has been a life long dream

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OffShore Sailing Experience For Sunshine Coast Karate Members

Dojo News

On January 12, 2013 I (Rod Jones) plan to deliver our team race yacht Alegria V AUDI Centre Sunshine Coast from Mooloolaba to Southport in preparation for a short 100nm offshore race following weekend The Surf to City – Southport to Brisbane via Cape Moreton. There is an opportunity for one or two members of

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The Power of Consistent Hard Work

Education

The Power Of Consistent ‘Hard Work’
Every lesson that you do (really push yourself to train as hard as you can) = you make a deposit into your personal confidence bank
Consider if you were to train consistently for a week, a month, a year, 5 years etc How much would you have invested into your confidence bank? And the longer you train these small deposits take on a compounding effect in your life much like a long term savings plan in a financial institution.

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