December 2015 – Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

The latest newsletter (December 2015 edition) is now available for download.  Hard copies are available from the dojo or on the dojo noticeboard, or you can view it online – December 2015 – Newsletter (PDF 2.1MB).  This month’s newsletter features: This month’s newsletter features: 2015 End of Year Presentations (Winners of each category) – [Read on association website]

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Parents Shop, Kids Do Karate

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Have you got some last minute Christmas shopping to do? We want to help make things easy for you… So, we’ve got a plan! We’ll take care of your kids for 3 hours, You take care of the Christmas shopping. Parents do this… Kids do this… And this… Who: All members and guest are welcome

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Grading Results – 21st November 2015

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Congratulations to all students who graded last weekend.  Great to see lots of students finishing the year on a high with new colours. Pacific Paradise Dojo 12th Kyu (Yellow Belt) Ethan Whittaker 11th Kyu (Orange Belt, White Stripe) William Buckland 9th Kyu (Green Belt, White Stripe) Kate Killion Maroochydore Dojo 12th Kyu (Yellow Belt) Josh

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SCK Club Shop Christmas Sale

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Looking for a Christmas present for your favourite karate nut? Your search is over…. Everything that’s in stock is on sale.  Be quick, some sizes are very limited & there won’t be any more stock before the sale. If you want to set up your home dojo, or want to order something that we don’t currently

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Clear Your Calendar! Soke Sensei is Coming To The Sunshine Coast

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Soke Sensei is the world-wide Supreme Instructor of Chito-Ryu Karate-do and he will be visiting our Maroochydore dojo 6-8 December as a special guest instructor. This is a great opportunity for all members to train with the best in the world in our style of Karate. Even if you normally only train one day a

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November 2015 – Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

The latest newsletter (November Edition) is now available for download.  Hard copies are available from the dojo or on the dojo noticeboard, or you can view it online – November 2015 – Newsletter (PDF 3.2MB).  This month’s newsletter features: In Memory of Chris Ring Black Belt Gradings Little Champions Play & Celebrate Highlights 2015 National Titles

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Japan Day 5 (Friday) – Getting Out And About

Sensei Martin - Japan Training

Getting settled in, so it’s time for morning training again with Soke Sensei. As usual training started at 6:30am with 30 minutes meditation in seiza. This morning Tanaka Sensei & Todd Sensei both joined us for training. I love the energy they both bring into the dojo, again a bit of a trip down memory

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Japan Day 3 & 4 (Wednesday/Thursday) – Big Training Days & Catching Up

Sensei Martin - Japan Training

Early start on Wednesday, this was our first scheduled morning training session with Soke Sensei.  Into the dojo early, windows and doors opened up to let in a bit of air.  Airflow is a really good thing when you do morning classes with Soke Sensei.  But also being mindful to stay quiet, because the dojo

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Japan Day 2 (Tuesday) – Orientation, settling into the routine

Sensei Martin - Japan Training

I love the simplicity of the Japanese sleeping arrangements. Futon laid out on the tatami, didn’t even worry about a blanket last night until the early hours of the morning because it was quite warm over night. At a guess, a bit over 20 degrees and quite humid. Tuesday (Day 2) there was no scheduled

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October 2015 – Newsletter

Dojo News, Newsletter

The latest newsletter (October Edition) is now available for download.  Hard copies are available from the dojo or on the dojo noticeboard, or you can view it online – October 2015 Newsletter (PDF 5.2MB).  This month’s newsletter features: 2015 Friendship Tournament 2015 Japan Training Adventure: Good luck to Bailey Keefe (2015 Training Scholarship Recipient) Highlights 2015

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