2008 Chito-Ryu Karate National Championships Results

Dojo News, Photos and Videos, SCCKA Association News

By now word may have passed around the dojo about some of the great results from our Sunshine Coast members who participate in the National Chito-Ryu Karate Championships in Lithgow, NSW, Sunday 26th October. This year our dojo was well representated with 14 competitors travelling interstate for the tournament. Of the 19 events contested, our dojo won, 9 x Gold, 4 x Silver, and 6 x Bronze. Not a bad effort!

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Martin’s Japan Trip 2008 – Part 5 >> Kakedameshi

Training Holiday

I have been back in a Australia now for a bit over half a week and have been catching up on some much needed sleep.  Now it’s time to catch up on the last few days of my Japan trip.  The day after the grading, kakedameshi, as week ago today… Like the day of the

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Martin’s Japan Trip 2008 – Part 4 >> Grading Day

Training Holiday

I’ve been a bit slow keeping up with my journal as the days have been very full.  I am currently sitting at Fukuoka ariport waiting for my plane.  My last update was very late on Friday night, or perhaps better described as very earlly Saturday morning, so I’d like to rewind a few days back

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Martin’s Japan Trip 2008 – Part 3 >> Final Grading Preparations

Training Holiday

Another full on day, but really good.  Weather has been warm and muggy, not much different than Sunshine Coast, maybe just a little higher humidity and we have had a bit of rain this evening. The day started early about 5.30am wake up, 6.00am taxi to the sohonbu, then morning training started at 6.30am.  As

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Martin’s Japan Trip 2008 – Part 2 >> Arrival & Training

Training Holiday

After several more hours wanderin around Singapore airport, 11 hours in total I made my way onto the next leg of the journey. I couldn’t get over the size of Singapore airport. It was my first time there, and although I have done a bit of travelling over the year’s, I haven’t been to an

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Martin’s Japan Trip 2008 – Part 1 >> Travelling

Training Holiday

I’m finally on my way to Japan for the 1st Annual Chito-Ryu Martial Arts Festival in Kumamoto, Japan.  After an early start this morning and a very late night finalising things before I left, I am currently sitting in the airport in Singapore with several hours to kill.  I guess it’s not a bad thing

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Sakugawa no Kon – Youtube Video

Photos and Videos

This video was recorded earlier this year at the Sydney regional Chito-Ryu tournament (April 2008).  This is bo kata is “Sakugawa no Kon”, performed by Martin & Sandra Phillips, instructors at Sunshine Coast Karate.

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Karate Kids – School Holiday Program >> Success

Dojo News

From the 22-26 September, a group of nearly 20 karate kids enjoyed the school holiday program at the dojo. Throughout the week participants did 3 hours of karate each day, while this might seem like a lot, everyone learned a heaps and had a great time. The majority of the week was spent preparing for

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 10

Women's Self Defence

Tip 10: Maintain Eye Contact Another basic tip that you need is the fact that you can often keep aggressors at bay by holding their eye contact. You are seeing them and that in itself can be intimidating to those that consider attacking. While we will go into more details about how to react to

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