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Ballarat Karate Club

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 400 984 778

Address: 9 Moyle St 3350 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.ballaratkarateclub.com.au

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23.01.2022 A message from Kyoshi Wayne Reddrop regarding adult classes; Hi everyone, Just confirming that the indoor training will start Monday night as per roster.... Also I wanted to personally thank Paul Schaper for going down and cutting the grass (with catcher) in readiness for what would have been our commencement of outdoor training had the rules not recently changed. (We also had an offer from Dave Hyatt as well) Also thanks to John McMahon who again sprayed the weeds on our dojo grounds. Great job guys ! Given that the rosters go for 5 weeks there will no doubt be times when something unexpected comes up and you may not be able to attend your nominated training session. That's fine as it can be easily changed. With that in mind I will send a weekly roster out on the weekend prior to the start of each week that reflects any last minute changes. Please remember to check these updated rosters. Regards Wayne #ballarat #gym #dojo #covidsafe #hohansoken #fuseikise #shorinryu

21.01.2022 Here's a great action shot taken at Paul Shaper's Black Belt grading in 2016. Paul (white uniform) is seen executing a spinning back kick, while Sempai David Mounier (black uniform), moves to the left and deflects the path of the kick, ready to counter attack, and narrowly avoiding the impact of Paul's spinning back kick into his ribs. Excellent technique, speed and skill from both gentlemen. ... #blackbelt #karatedo #karate #ballaratkarate #fuseikise #hohansoken #shorinryumatsumuraseito #kumite

16.01.2022 We are pleased to announce that the dojo has re-opened and adult classes will recommence this coming Monday. Please note, children's classes are still on hold until further notice. With current restrictions on all gyms, current members and anyone interested in joining our adult classes are asked to call 0400984778 to ensure there is available space on the floor. We are taking strict measures to ensure we are in line with covid-safe practices, and it's great to be back! #gym #shorinryu #dojolife #dojo #fuseikise #hohansoken #okinawakarate #ballaratlife #ballarat #covidsafe #regionalvictoria

15.01.2022 Here's one more action shot for today. This image features Sempai Brad Fisher (left) and Sempai Dan West (right). Whilst engaged in kumite (freestyle fighting), Sempai Brad executes a left front kick. Sempai Dan steps off the path of the kick, with a left punch to Brad's ribs. Sempai Brad maintains his balance as he controls Dan's right arm, and pulls Dan toward him to close the distance.... Balance, timing and technique. #karateballarat #karatedo #karate #kumite #shorinryu #shorinryumatsumuraseito #hohansoken #fuseikise #BKC

14.01.2022 Congratulations to Rod Hilton who successfully passed his Godan (5th degree black belt) review in both karate and kobudo on Friday night. Rod who commenced training with the club in 1971 has been a loyal and dedicated member throughout. In 1975 he won first place in the inaugural SRMS (Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito) Australian black belt tournament presided over by Ted Lange (5th degree black belt - now deceased).... In 1976 fought in the main event of the Australian kickboxing tournament organised by the Bob Jones corporation. He was Chief instructor of the club from 1979 until 1983 when he then relocated to Western Australia where he ran numerous karate dojo's. In 1985 he accompanied Barry Packham to Okinawa with fellow club man John Crebbin where both he and John successfully graded to 4th dan under Grandmaster Kise and while in Okinawa competed in the Island full contact tournament. In 2005 was awarded Life membership to the Ballarat Karate Club. (Shorin Ryu - Australia) Since Rod's return to Ballarat in 2018 he has been training and teaching 3 times a week and constantly sharing his vast amount of knowledge and experience with other BKC members. During Rod's review he demonstrated the original version of Ananku (A kata Rod brought back to Ballarat from the Okinawan hombu dojo in 1985) Tokumine No Kon then the test kata's of Goju Shiho, Soken No Nunchaku and Maezato No Tekko. In a typically strong showing of technique and power the panel headed by founding member Hanshi Packham, Chief Instructor Kyoshi Reddrop and assisted by club founder Renshi Govan and foundation members Renshi's Howard and Robinson were all unanimous in their endorsement of Rod's elevation to 5th dan. *Kyoshi Wayne Reddrop, 7th Dan #shorinryu #shorinryumatsumuraseito #bkc #ballaratkarate #ballaratkarateclub #okinawakarate #fuseikise #hohansoken #bobjones #bjma

13.01.2022 A recollection by Kyoshi Wayne Reddrop, 7th Dan. Director and Chief Instructor Shorin Ryu Matsumura Seito Australia. In the mid eighties I had the great opportunity to attend a training seminar led by the founder of the International Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Federation (IOGKF) Sensei (Hanshi) Morio Higaonna 10th degree black belt during one of his Australian seminars. This came about via an invitation from one of the masters students Peter Conroy (Standing second row, far... right) who was training at the Ballarat Karate Club during his studies at Ballarat University. Higaonna sensei is 6th from the left (close examination shows the extent of his makiwara conditioning) Other notables in the photo are immediately to Higaonna sensei's left, Sensei Dennis May (New Zealand representative) and to the masters right Sensei David Lambert (Australian representative) 4th from left is Sensei James Sumarac and 3rd from left myself. Also standing 3rd from right, second row is Shihan David Zarb who heads Art of Defence, Australia. Shihan Zarb conducted a training session for the BKC members around this time with myself returning the gesture to the Melton clubs. A photo from long ago bringing back many memories. One in particular stands out with the master giving a demonstration / lesson in forearm conditioning with sensei Lambert. To this day I well remember the power, expertise and humility shown by master Higaonna. #karatedo #kumite #blackbelt #shorinryumatsumuraseito #karateballarat #gojuryu #gojuryukarate #shorinryu

12.01.2022 We are very pleased to announce that our ever popular children and teens classes will resume in 2021!! classes will re-commence on Tuesday February 2nd at 6pm. as a gesture of good will and in recognition of the challenges faced this year, we will waiver all 2021 annual membership fees to returning students. ... new participants are always welcome! (Ages 8 and up) we will follow all necessary covid-safe practices and will respond appropriately should there be changes regarding covid regulations.

08.01.2022 Here's another great action shot, this time featuring Shihan Jack Lyons (left) and Shihan Lachlan Howard (right). Whilst engaged in kumite (freestyle fighting), Shihan Jack controls Shihan's Lachlan's right arm while executing a right punch to the head. Shihan Lachlan defends with a left front kick, while simultaneously redirecting the punch to his head.... Excellent speed, power and control demonstrated by these two 4th Degree Black Belt master ranks. #karatedo #karate #karateballarat #fuseikise #hohansoken #shorinryumatsumuraseito #BKC #kumite #blackbelt

06.01.2022 The Bo (Staff) is one of the most commonly practiced kobudo weapons throughout Okinawa. These ten exercises originate from the Matsumura Seito Kobudo lineage and once individually taught are then practiced in a continuous manner as demonstrated here by Kyoshi Reddrop. The commencement of these exercises can be done in a formal setting with Bo held vertically alongside your body or in the less formal manner with Bo carried over your shoulder. The Bo over shoulder typifies ' o...ld school ' as can be seen by Hohan Soken's commencement of Chikin Bo. The Ballarat Karate Club (Shorin Ryu Australia) syllabus contains an extensive range of weapon (Kobudo) exercises, ippons and kata. #karatelife #karateka #karate #kobudo #bo #bostaff #bostaffskills #hohansoken #shorinryu #ballarat #ballaratkarate #fuseikise #BKC #shorinryumatsumuraseito #karateballarat

05.01.2022 Thank you WIN News Ballarat for sharing this archival footage of the Ballarat Karate Club. In this news segment from 1986, John Crebbin discusses the proposed legislation that would impact martial arts organisations. #ballaratkarateclub #ballaratkarate #shorinryumatsumuraseito #okinawakarate #fuseikise #hohansoken #BKC #martialartstraining #martialarts

04.01.2022 Here's a few additional photos from last night's grading. Congratulations again to Maddi, Dave, Courtney, Peter and Will.

03.01.2022 On Wednesday night the Ballarat Karate Club (Shorin ryu - Australia) conducted a coloured belt kyu grading for 5 of its members with a 6th member due to test next week. The successful candidates were Maddi Vawdrey grading to 2nd kyu brown belt, Dave Hyatt and Peter Griffin both grading to 3rd kyu brown belt, Courtney McMahon grading to 4th kyu green belt and Will Talbot who graded to 5th kyu green belt. All candidates were tested as a group then individually examined in both... kata and kobudo, followed by green and brown belt ippon kumite then extensive rounds of kumite (Free sparring) in continuous line up bouts. Special thanks to Bernie Lyons as our resident first aider and the strong panel of judges headed by Chief Instructor Kyoshi Wayne Reddrop 7th dan. Those assisting Kyoshi Reddrop were Renshi Vaughan King, 5th dan. Renshi Rod Hilton 4th dan. Shihan's Jack Lyons, Lachlan Howard and Troy Wakefield all 4th dans. Sempai's John McMahon 2nd dan, Chris O'Keefe 2nd dan, Paul Schaper 2nd dan, Bernie Lyons 1st dan and Heather Wingate 1st dan. Well done and congratulations to all. #ballarat #ballaratkarate #martialarts #shorinryu #hohansoken #fuseikise #traditionalkarate #shorinruymatsumuraseito #kumite