A few months back some of our black belt members had the opportunity to participate in a Ph.D. research project at the University of Sunshine Coast, lead by Colin Gavagan.  Here’s a short message that Colin has written about the project. (Photos below). To the members of Sunshine Coast Karate, Recently Sensei Martin Phillips and

A few weeks ago when we had Mitchell German Sensei here from Canada, he noticed that we had a few students who just about lived at the dojo.  While it’s true there were a few people who did some extra training while he was in town, it was just normal routine for a few of

Congratulations to all students who passed gradings on Saturday, 27th August.  As always, it’s great to see students stepping up to next levels.  It was only a relatively small grading this time around, which means next one is likely to be a big one.  A special mention to the students who double graded, who have

Congratulations to all students who participated in the in-house tournament team challenge.  It was great to see a high standard of competition.  This is sure to put many competitors in good stead for the upcoming QLD Chito-Ryu State Titles. Well done to captain of the winning team Llama Train – Bailey Keefe & David Strazzari.

We are very pleased to announce that we will be hosting a special guest instructor for a week, 10-16 September, Mitchell German Sensei from Halifax, Canada.  After this year’s Soke Cup was cancelled due to the devastating earthquakes in Kumamoto, Japan in April, our local association decided to fund a guest instructor from North America

Congratulations to the following students who successfully passed gradings at the recently.  As always it’s great to see lots of students moving to higher levels.  Well done everyone. 12th Kyu – Yellow Belt Eden Baker Madison Cartwright Jessica Hobbs Isaiah Jackman Erika Pikturnaite Scott Roberts Phoenix Rusich Irena Sprey Megan Topham 11th Kyu – Orange

Congratulations to all juniors who competed in May in-house tournament last Friday night.  This is our second round of in-house tournaments this year and it was great to see so many first time competitors jumping and entering.  It was also inspiring to see such a great standard of competition and lots of different people placing who