These are the posts for the North Sydney dojo.
Kata Showdown
We had a busy month of cross training with other Dojos including, PDK, Kurrajong and a Kata Showdown with GKR. A visiting instructor and a [...]
The art of body shifting plus a little Aikido
Tai Sabaki The focus of this month was Tai-Sabaki so we devoted the majority of the time working on the art of body shifting plus a little [...]
Our first trip to Kurrajong
The Kurrajong trip David Hennesey is a Karate-Ka from the early 2000's and was the last Shodan under Kyoshi Sensei Clutterbuck. David has moved around in the [...]
Kids night at the Dojo
Kids night at the Dojo The Winter school holidays happened this month so we invited the kids along to join our classes. Bruce's kids, Luke and [...]
Amazing techniques of Aikido
This month we were fortunate enough to get a visit from our good friend Elna but this time she didn't come alone. Her Sensei, Bruce Robertson came [...]
Horse stance and chariots
Horse stance and chariots The foundation of great technique is great stance. A stable, strong and balanced stance coupled with lightning fast footwork and accurate [...]
Kids at the dojo
Kids galore This month we had more kids at the Dojo than ever before. We were visited by the young Tabley boys early in the [...]
Heian Sandan Bunkai
Heian Sandan Bunkai The Vines below are a selection of our Bunkai for Heian Sandan. The returning Kiba-Dachi moves The last move (180 degree spin) [...]
Hangetsu Bunkai
Hangetsu Bunkai The Vines below are a selection of our Bunkai for Hangetsu (or Seisan). The Hisa-Geri The Mae-Geri and Age Uke
Kihon-Yon-Dosa is a fantastic platform to focus on Dachi
What a great start to the year! We started back at training on 6th Jan and wasted no time getting back into things. All the [...]