A great day of training today with 2nd & 3rd Generation Soke today on the Sunshine Coast. Kihon, kata, kaishu & kobujutsu, plus a great question & answer session. A big thank you to Kazumi-san from Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate for your help with translation during the Q & A session. At the end of

Samples of the new SCK club t-shirt arrived yesterday. Reminder that pre-orders close this weekend (Sun, 12 Nov). Shirts are available in 2 colours, snow marle (picture below) and black. Members can order online.

New signage up on the front doors of the dojo yesterday. Thanks to Matt Craven for the photography, and Seeking Signs and Print who did a great job getting it printed and installed.

Sensei Sandra hard at “work”… at least that’s what she tells me. Anyway, I caught her “working hard” at home the other day and thought it would be a good opportunity to give others an insight into some of what she does when she’s not at the dojo. Even when she’s not teaching she’s always

I had to capture this moment… During an extended warm-up last week, Sensei Martin worked his magic to help some of our teens and adults release the stresses of the day before delivering a great training session. With the melting away of tension and the increased state of relaxation, we can do so much more

Congratulations Tim & Hayden! Tim & Hayden are stepping things up with their training yet again. Although they already have a full schedule of basic training, leadership and squad training they continue to amaze us with their enthusiasm as they start their Kobujyutsu (weapons training) journey. Both Tim & Hayden earned 5th Kyu and are

Smiles all around for Axel, Matthew and Mason. Both Matthew and Mason are making their transition from the Little Champions program to our Karate Kids program. This is Matthew and Mason’s first karate kids grading and we hope that it is the first of many. Axel, just grading to blue/white stripe was also a Little

Last week our Little Champions had lots of wins… Here are some photos from the presentations. Spencer and Kai were presented with their purple stripe belts. Aaron earned his yellow stripe belt, and Jagger was awarded with his first tip. Keep up the great work Little Champions and thank you to all instructors and leaders

Here are a few photos of our final day in Japan. Enjoying a bit of baseball, bowling, basketball and an amazing dinner. Thank you Tomoko-san for sharing photos.

Thank you Goshi Sensei for these photos. Another great night of training with some very special people. Keichiro-san, I look forward to seeing you competing at a future Soke Cup and thank you for training with Steven and I at the Sohonbu.