The following article was written by combining and slightly editing a few responses from ChatGPT. Whilst mostly accurate, according to my teacher (2nd Generation Chito-Ryu Soke), the concepts of “muda”, “mura” and “muri,” oringinated in the martial arts and was then applied to lean manufacturing. Not the other way around. Martial arts and car manufacturing

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Up until a  few weeks ago, one of the senior members of our dojo, Duncan was working as security guard at various Sunshine Coast night spots.  In his time working security he witnessed escalating violence, the effects drug use and various other social problems.  If you’re not out amongst this kind of thing, you could

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 It’s been a rough year for Sensei Sandra.  But most people probably haven’t even noticed. A few months prior to the Soke Cup (Chito-Ryu Karate World Championships), she got the news that her Mum had been diagnosed with terminal cancer in the final stages and was given just 3 months to live. For a little

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After our day class this morning the other day, Emma from Hot 91? dropped into the dojo to get a few self defence tips to share with the women of the Sunshine Coast. We filmed a short video clip (below) Emma shared with Hot 91’s Facebook followers and she also shared on air that afternoon.

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I was chatting with Sandra last night and she reminded me of something that I had said to her about 20 years ago.  I don’t remember what started the conversation back then, but I was sharing my philosophy on life (at that point in time).   It was three simple words – balance, perspective &

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