The girls are tougher than the boys during winter
It was a cold July Only the girls made it to the 7am training sessions during the coldest weeks of winter. They were also the only [...]
A grading, some videos and a boxing lesson
June was a busy month. We had a grading presentation, our website commenced its overhaul and we jumped in the ring with some boxers. 8th Kyu Grading [...]
Would a Karate student survive a Boxing match?
Cross training was strongly discouraged in our dojo during the last part of the 20th century, so our experience of other martial arts, or any form [...]
The old Cairns dojo get back in touch
Students from the past, again At the start of the month we were contacted by Darren Garth. Darren is a Shodan who trained at the [...]
That first year went past almost as quick as my Gyaku-Zuki
Our first year back The aim of starting the dojo was to re-establish a Sydney based presence for Chidokan. I think our first year achieved that. [...]
Autumn 2014 Gasshuku – Rigorous training
To hear Soshi's announcement that the focus of this Gasshuku was rigorous training was a clear indication that we were in for some seriously hard [...]
Gradings
Four students were awarded their grading certificates this month. Bryan, Santina and Jamie were all awarded their 9th Kyu and Terry was awarded his 5th [...]
Uchi Uke
The challenge for this month was the introduction of Uchi Uke into our Kihon exercises as well as to explore the Kata that include it. [...]
Age Uke
The first lesson back for the year started at 7am on a Monday morning and there was a great turn out. The theme for January [...]
Christmas time
As Christmas approached I expected class sizes to get smaller but I was wrong. Students kept to their normal routine and some even came to additional [...]