Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 9

Women's Self Defence

Tip 9: Look Confident Being confident is a key element to distracting and convincing a possible attacker not to bother with you. Hold your head up high. Keep your chin up. Pay attention to your surroundings. Those that are easy targets are much more likely to be a target than those that are confident and

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Looking For Something To Do These School Holidays?

Upcoming Events

With the school holidays fast approaching again, we are please to present a school holidy activity for kids that they are sure to love!  Over the last few years we have had a lot of children kick start their training career at Sunshine Coast Karate.  But it’s not just for new students, there is plenty

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 8

Women's Self Defence

Tip 8: Don’t Get Into the Wrong Car It sounds simple enough, but when your feet are killing you after a long day at work and you think you know the person pulling up next to you, it may seem like a good idea. If you think that this could not happen, here’s an example

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 7

Women's Self Defence

Tip #7: Dress Conservatively As women, we want to be beautiful and to have amazing looking clothing. The problem with this is that it puts you at a greater risk when you do have it on. For this reason, do not wear anything that is overly revealing. Some men, the bad type of course, see

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Trivia Night Photos

Photos and Videos, SCCKA Association News

Here are few pictures from our local association’s trivia night at Bli Bli Hall last Saturday, 23rd August.  A special thank you to our committee for organising what was a great night, especially thank you to our quiz master Deb Woodhouse, and Ryan Kolcze who was our auctineer and music trivia quiz master. Great job

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 6

Women's Self Defence

Tip 6: Prepare Yourself Correctly While we live in a day and age where women have equal rights to men, that doesn’t mean that we share the same body make up and that means that they are likely to be stronger than you, especially when they want what you have. A key element here is

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Women’s Self Defence Tips – Lesson # 5

Women's Self Defence

Self Defence Tip 5: React To Problem Situations It is essential that when you find yourself in a problematic or potentially problematic situation that you get out of it. For example, in a previous lesson, Melissa recognized that a man could be planning to hurt her. Recognizing the fact is one thing. The next act

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Demonstration of Bassai with Sai

Dojo News

Recently we had the pleasure of having Bill Ker Sensei visit for a few days and teach a little bit.  For those who do not know Ker Sensei, he was the Honbucho (Chief Instructor) of Austrlian Chito-Ryu for a number of years prior to his retirement.  During his active years, Ker Sensei graded to the

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5th Annual Sunshine Coast Chito-Ryu Karate Championships

Dojo News, Photos and Videos, SCCKA Association News

I have been meaning to get these results up for a while now, finally here they are, results and photos. 2008 Sunshine Coast Tournament Results. [singlepic=102,390,270] Mike Noonan Shihan helping his son Ken prepare for demonstration match

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Day Out At Maranatha Recreation Camp

Dojo News, Photos and Videos

Here are a few photos from our day out the other weekend (Sat, 2 August 2008) at Maranatha Recreation Camp.  Thanks to Carmen Kitchen for supplying the photos. This was a great trial run for our first QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Training Camp we are planning later in the year at Maranatha Camp.  The training camp

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