During the holiday season it’s easy just to sit back and slow down and stop training. If you haven’t yet developed the habit of training, just taking a short break can be enough to fall out of the dojo completely.Karate is not a seasonal “sport”, it’s something that you need to give time to on

Debbie has been working her magic for sometime at Sunshine Coast Karate as a parent supporting her kids from the sideline and volunteering at events and for many years. Debbie has been in charge of all things administrative and has most likely welcomed you to the dojo on many occasions. It was quite a surprise

In this week’s updates:– Weather Watch– Quote of the Week– Latest Podcast– Progress Checks– Student Birthday’s– Last Classes of 2020– End of Year Presentations– Annual Water Bomb Fight– Online Classes Continue Throughout Holidays– 2 Week Online Training Challenge– Kick Start 2021 with our New Year Training Challenge– Japanese with Rika Sensei Check out the latest

Everyone, please take care and stay safe with the summer rains & flooding. There are currently some road closures and power outages around the Sunshine Coast. At this stage classes will be on as usual this afternoon/evening, Monday 14th December 2020. But please keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates. Stay safe everyone.

GRADING SUCCESS: Here are a few photos that we’ve collected to help celebrate students who recently earned new levels. Although these new belts light up the dojo and capture our attention, take the time to chat to any one of these students to learn more about their grading experience. There have been:– A lot of

The end of year is fast approaching and we’ve got stacks of things coming up in the dojo.Find out about everything that’s going on. Upcoming Events (Christmas 2020 & New Year 2021)

Listen to the latest episode Karate 4 Life Podcast, wrapping up a mini-series about the basic principles of Chito-Ryu Karate-Do looking at RIKI (technique & power).

Last week Norm Perry Sensei passed away. We remember Perry Sensei from our early years practicing Chito-Ryu in Newcastle in the 1980’s & 90’s. He taught classes and had a strong dojo in Cessnock, in the Hunter Region and was one of the early pioneers of Chito-Ryu in Australia. Although we did not have a

Today we are very lucky to be welcoming Joyce to Sunshine Coast Karate. Joyce has only been training for a short time, but already pushing forward to her first grading. Joyce started on the sideline watching her kids (William and Isla) much like many of the parents that get started and now… Joyce is in

There’s always so much happening at the end of the year. The school year is finishing up soon (some people are already on holidays), most of us are preparing for holidays & Christmas is just around the corner. In the dojo, things are heating up. Classes are continuing as normal (for now) and we’ve also