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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As parents, it is our role to guide our children to the best of our abilities.  The easiest way we have found to do this ourselves is by ‘leading the way’ and choosing to be a good role model.  And yes, we make mistakes but that’s life.  We choose to continue to be students and

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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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Many things take place in the dojo. At a surface level, we learn how to punch, kick, block. We learn kata, bunkai, kumite, kobudo, nage waza. We make lifelong friendships. We challenge ourselves to refine our techniques a little more with each lesson to achieve greater levels of mastery. We step up into leadership roles

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‘Positive’ Is Power In Your Pocket Is there any area in your life where you feel as though you are going round and round in circles? Maybe this has been something that has been eating away at you for years, yet every time you have tried to make a change you have ended up where

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