Trivia Night Photos

Photos and Videos, SCCKA Association News

Here are few pictures from our local association’s trivia night at Bli Bli Hall last Saturday, 23rd August.  A special thank you to our committee for organising what was a great night, especially thank you to our quiz master Deb Woodhouse, and Ryan Kolcze who was our auctineer and music trivia quiz master. Great job

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 6

Women's Self Defence

Tip 6: Prepare Yourself Correctly While we live in a day and age where women have equal rights to men, that doesn’t mean that we share the same body make up and that means that they are likely to be stronger than you, especially when they want what you have. A key element here is

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 5

Women's Self Defence

Self Defence Tip 5: React To Problem Situations It is essential that when you find yourself in a problematic or potentially problematic situation that you get out of it. For example, in a previous lesson, Melissa recognized that a man could be planning to hurt her. Recognizing the fact is one thing. The next act

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Demonstration of Bassai with Sai

Dojo News

Recently we had the pleasure of having Bill Ker Sensei visit for a few days and teach a little bit.  For those who do not know Ker Sensei, he was the Honbucho (Chief Instructor) of Austrlian Chito-Ryu for a number of years prior to his retirement.  During his active years, Ker Sensei graded to the

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5th Annual Sunshine Coast Chito-Ryu Karate Championships

Dojo News, Photos and Videos, SCCKA Association News

I have been meaning to get these results up for a while now, finally here they are, results and photos. 2008 Sunshine Coast Tournament Results. [singlepic=102,390,270] Mike Noonan Shihan helping his son Ken prepare for demonstration match

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Day Out At Maranatha Recreation Camp

Dojo News, Photos and Videos

Here are a few photos from our day out the other weekend (Sat, 2 August 2008) at Maranatha Recreation Camp.  Thanks to Carmen Kitchen for supplying the photos. This was a great trial run for our first QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Training Camp we are planning later in the year at Maranatha Camp.  The training camp

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First Annual QLD Training Camp

Dojo News, SCCKA Association News, Upcoming Events

We are pleased to announce that the Sunshine Coast Chito-Ryu Karate Association will be hosting the first ever QLD Training Camp 21-23 November 2008.  Camp forms are available now. The weekend is planned primarily to bring together members from Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast Dojos for a weekend of intensive training at Maranatha Recreation Camp

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 4

Women's Self Defence

Self Defence Tip 4: Pay Attention to Your Body’s Signals Your body has the ability to be aware of troublesome situations. This is best explained by an example, such as Melissa’s. She had to walk home from work one evening about 8pm. This was not the normal thing but with her car breaking down, it

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Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Words Of Inspiration

Here is an incredibly inspirational message that I stumbled across a while back.  It was featured on the Oprah show when I happened to be watching one day and it literally brought tears to my eyes.  If you have ever had a dream, wanted to improve yourself in any way or have kids you MUST

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