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

These Little Champions might be full of joy and smiles celebrating together, but if you get a chance to see them in action, you’d be amazed. Within seconds, these kids can go from filling the dojo with their contagious laughter and joy to making a quick decision to ‘focus.’ They aren’t just focusing their eyes

Let’s take a moment to celebrate these wonderful students. Aaruv and Shay (1 Year)Ben (2 years)Lyriic, Nakoa & Mahirah (3 years)Steven (7 years)Robbie & Jamie (8 years)These students aren’t celebrating days and months in the dojo, they are celebrating YEARS in the dojo. ‘Commitment’ is a quality that we practice in the dojo which becomes

Congratulations Sensei Shane & Senpai Christine on your gradings. Great to see more people moving into & through the dan ranks in Australia.

2020 AGM of the ICKFA (Sunshine Coast Branch) Inc will be held this Saturday 28th November via Zoom. All members of Sunshine Coast Karate are also members of this association and are invited to attend the AGM. Please note, in order to vote, you must be a voting member, which is someone who has been

“What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.” ~ Meister Eckhart

In this last week, we have celebrated quite a few training milestones. It’s wonderful to see so many students embracing the longer-term benefits of their training. It’s especially exciting to see the friendships growing stronger with every class, every month, every year as we all pursue our personal goals and contribute to enhancing each other’s

Here are a few photos of the celebrations in the dojo last week. Congratulations to all of our Little Champions on another great week in the dojo.