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25.01.2022 Reminder - Gold Coast Cup Entry Forms due in by this Saturday.

25.01.2022 Congratulations to Sensei Klaudia Caston, successfully grading to Nidan last Saturday. Normally QLD Chito-Ryu seniors have the opportunity to do dan gradings at... the QLD camp (usually May) and senior training weekend (Sep or Oct), however there are some special circumstances and we felt it was appropriate to make an exception. Prior to the QLD camp we were watching Sensei Klaudia closely as someone who was possibly ready to grade, but at that time there was still some more work to be done in some areas, so she did not get the opportunity to grade at the camp. Shortly after the camp Sensei Klaudia shared some big news with us, that some of you may already know. She's decided to spend the next 2 years in Canada, staying on after the Soke Cup. Given that she was so close to being ready to do her grading at the camp, we decided to give her the opportunity to keep working towards her nidan grading and if she got up to speed attempt her grading last weekend. She not only got up to speed to earn an invitation to grade, but also successfully passed, becoming only our 3rd home grown nidan on the Sunshine Coast. The next 2 years are sure to be a big adventure for her and although we're sad to see her leave the Sunshine Coast (temporarily) we're also excited to see where life takes her as she embarks on this adventure. Of course, there's still a few weeks before she heads off to Canada for the Soke Cup and beyond, so there will be plenty of opportunities to train with her and congratulate her in person before she goes.

25.01.2022 2018 - Sunshine Coast Tournament (March)

25.01.2022 It's wonderful to see so many beginners getting involved in the upcoming Sunshine Coast tournament & QLD camp. Both of these events are a great opportunity to grow your karate in new ways and they're lots of fun too. If you've never competed before, this is the perfect chance. And if you think you might enjoy spending a full weekend with some amazing people practicing karate, then don't miss out on the camp either.... Reminder: Registration for both of these events close this Saturday, 6th April.

24.01.2022 Entries are now open for the 2018 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate-Do State Titles. Entry forms are available to download or from your dojo. http://www.karatedo.org.au//2018-qld-chito-ryu-karate-do-/

23.01.2022 More photos from the 2019 State Titles. Thanks to Jane Graham for taking all these photos. Unfortunately she didn't have time to process them all before head off overseas but very grateful she could pass them on before she left. I've done my best to process, just hope I've done them justice.

23.01.2022 2017 Gold Coast Cup Schedule We are anticipating a finish of around 2:30 if all goes t schedule. Of course to enable that we do need help with volunteers for table official and marshalling roles. If you can help out please come forward in the morning (8:45) when we call for volunteers. You do not need any experience, instructions are provided and it is pretty straight forward what needs to be done. Plus the club provides volunteers with lunch :)

22.01.2022 REMINDER: Gold Coast Cup entry forms are due by Saturday 9th June.

22.01.2022 Thank to all brown & black belts who attended the 2019 Senior Training Weekend (26-27 Oct). A great weekend of training. Thank you to the teachers: Shihan Martin Phillips, Shihan Sandra Phillips, Sensei Adam Higgins and also for assistance with teaching during the weapons training rotation, Sensei Bailey Keefe & Senpai Sami Phillips. Also thank you to Steven Phillips for capturing a lot of these photos throughout Sunday.... Finally, congratulations to Senpai Brendan Young, successfully grading to shodan.

21.01.2022 12 Places Available 2018 QLD Camp - First in first served. Do not miss out! Speak to your Sensei to claim your spot.

21.01.2022 Sunshine Coast Tournament - Sun 11 June. Registration from 9:00am Competition start 9:30am Buy 100 club entry for $5 at the door to win $250 cash prize.... Check out the lunch menu below. Tournament schedule will be published tomorrow.

20.01.2022 2017 QLD Camp at Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi. Day 3, Sunday 21 May - Early morning beach training.

20.01.2022 Successful senior gradings at the recent QLD Camp. Congratulations: Sam Phillips, Jr Shodan Sam Lenton, Shodan Anthony Horgan, Nidan... Monica Lester, Jun-Shidoin See more

20.01.2022 What a great day of competition with competitors from the Gold Coast Dojo, Sunshine Coast Dojo and Blue Mountains dojo in attendance. There was a very good sta...ndard and a great attitude from everyone. It is good to see so many of our members competing well and pushing each other to do better and better. To come out on top requires a lot of dedication and hard work. There was quite a few new people stepping up for the first time in a tournament. congratulations on your courage and spirit for stepping up. Congratulations to our Tournament Champions: Little Champions - Liam Glover (Gold Coast) Juniors - Bailey Keefe (Sunshine Coast) Seniors - Sam Hunt (Sunshine Coast) Thank you to all our referee's for the day in particular Shihan Mark Snow, Shihan Martin Phillips, Senpai Monica Lester and Senpai Ben Dempsey who refereed for virtually the whole day. Thank you also to all our wonderful volunteers, too numerous to mention individually but without your support we would not be able to run these events.

18.01.2022 2017 QLD Camp at Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi. Day 1, Friday 19 May. Sji and evening training.

18.01.2022 Congratulations to everyone who attended the 2017 QLD training camp over the weekend. Thank you to all of the students and parents who supported the event. A big thank you especially to Sensei Sandra who co-ordinated all of the teaching at the camp. There were so many valuable lessons shared over the weekend, and it was clear in the final session and demonstrations that a lot of those lessons are already starting to sink in and transformations are starting to occur. Also, c...ongratulations to Keanu Caston & Jack Graham successfully grading to shodan over the weekend. We are looking forward to seeing more students following in your footsteps in the near future from both the Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast. Also a big thank you to Senpai Anthony & Sensei Adam who took lots of photos, which we'll share over the next few days, once we have a chance to sort through them all. For any of the camp attendees who would like a digital copy of the supplementary materials that Sensei Sandra shared, please comment below and we'll get a copy to you soon.

18.01.2022 There is a fair bit of kobudo scheduled for this weekends QLD Chit-Ryu Karate Brown & Black Belt Camp. Maybe we could get a special guest instructor?

17.01.2022 Tournament results from last weekend's Sunshine Coast Chito-Ryu Karate Tournament (Sun, 28 Apr 2019).

16.01.2022 Thursday 15 June we had Shihan Martin Phillips come to the dojo and take a few of the classes. It was great to see a lot of students turned up for the classes and everyone got a lot out of his lessons.

16.01.2022 The Gold Coast Karate Competition is nearly here! Entries for the tournament are officially closed how ever we will accept late entries until Wednesday 26 February. As we are using online entries for the first time their will not be a late fee for late entries this time. Entry and payment for the tournament is done online at our website:... http://www.gckarate.com.au/events/gckaratecompetition/ You will also find more details about the events at the tournament on the website. ----------------------------- ** TEAM KATA ** I understand there have been some problems trying to register a team for team kata. Please let your Sensei know if you wish to be in the Team Kata event. If you do not have a team they can find one for you. If you do have a team please let them know all team members and your team name. There is definitely not any extra entry fee for entering the Team Kata event. ---------------------------- Tournament Details:- Date - Sunday 1 March Time - Registration 8:30. Competition Starts at 9:00 Where - Trinity Lutheran College (Senior Campus) - Ashmore Rd, Molendinar Tournament Events:- Individual Kata Team Kata (Check out the noticeboard for people looking for extra team members) Kumite Tag (This is the game we play in the dojo where the students wear a vest and try and get the tag off the other person) Individual Kumite You do not have to enter all the events, you can just enter the ones you wish to compete in.

16.01.2022 2017 QLD Camp at Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi. Day 2, Saturday 20 May - Fun & Games. Guessing competition, donut eating competition, mummy making challenge, paper aeroplane contest, Japanese speech contest, and more....

16.01.2022 A guideline to the rules and format of the Kobudo Divisions at the Gold Coast Cup are now available on the competition webpage. http://www.gckarate.com.au//2019-gold-coast-cup-sunday-17/

16.01.2022 Good luck to all Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast members competing this weekend. Schedule and luck menu for the canteen is all set. See you on Sunday.

15.01.2022 Congratuations to Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast students successfully grading at the recent QLD Camp on the Sunshine Coast. Sam Phillips, Jr Shodan Sam Lenton, Shodan Anthony Horgan, Nidan... Monica Lester, Jun-Shidoin It's always wonderful to see students moving to higher levels, particularly in the black belt ranks. Congratulations to all of you.

14.01.2022 IF YOU HAD ONE QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD ASK SOKE SENSEI, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Read the following message from Michael Noonan Kyoshi for your chance to have your questions answered and featured in an upcoming interview. A big thank you to Noonan Kyoshi for leading this project. ***Message From Noonan Kyoshi... Soke Chitose interview part 2, son of Dr Chitose (1898-1984), one of the original Okinawan Karate Masters that brought Karate to mainland Japan. We will be shooting another interview this year and are now taking suggestions for questions that serious Karate-ka would like to ask. No guarantee on whether or not your question makes it, we will strive to produce an insightful interview. The best way would be to Message us. You could also put them in the comments section if you wanted feedback from others (but please make sure you Message us as well). ***

14.01.2022 Results for the 2017 QLD State Titles can be found here: http://www.gckarate.com.au/2017stateti/2017stateresults.pdf Congratulations to all our competitors for a great event. Tournament Champions:... Little Champions - Aaron Higgins (Gold Coast - Ashmore) Juniors - Patrick Edwards (Sunshine Coast) Seniors - Klaudia Caston (Sunshine Coast See more

14.01.2022 Friday 16 June Shihan Phillips took the Brown & Black Belt class through Kihon Bo and the finer points of the Shitei Kata up to Chinto.

14.01.2022 Schedule for this Sunday's Sunshine Coast tournament.

14.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who attended the 2017 QLD State Titles, a great day with lots of exciting karate action. If you have any photos to share please contact your dojo instructor and they can add them to this photo album.

14.01.2022 A few important updates about tomorrow's Sunshine Coast Tournament.

13.01.2022 REMINDER - QLD Camp Rego forms due by Monday 30 April (next Monday)

13.01.2022 Some fantastic kata and kobudo performances at the 2019 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate State Titles held on the Gold Coast featuring students from Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate, Sunshine Coast Karate and The Australian Karate Institute (Sydney).

13.01.2022 Entries are now open for the final QLD Tournament of the year. This will be a team challenge tournament. Start forming your teams now, you can either grab an entry form from the dojo or download by following the link below. When: Sun 4 Nov Where: Kuluin State School Entries close: Sat, 20 Oct

13.01.2022 Here is the schedule for Sundays QLD State Titles. We have a record number of competitors so it is going to be a great (but busy) day :) The schedule can also be viewed on the Gold Coast website http://www.gckarate.com.au//2019-qld-chito-ryu-karate-sta/

13.01.2022 QLD State Titles - Entry forms due by Saturday 8 June Adult's Kumite Division - We have received some inquiries regards a beginners division for adults (both men's and women's). We will run these division if we receive 3 or more entrants. Adults Beginners Divisions for kumite will be from White belt to Blue Belt. We will allow the beginners Women to enter the open division as well if they like. On your entry form please indicate whether you would like to go in just the beginners division or both.

12.01.2022 First session done for this year's QLD camp. Actually this was the first session for everyone. Many of our seniors already had 4 1/2 hours in the dojo today before this session. Looking forward to a great weekend of training with this amazing group.

12.01.2022 Another great QLD Camp bringing together students from Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast dojos. This year on the Sunshine Coast; good people, good training, pretty good weather. What more could you ask for. Some photos from early morning beach training, plus various photos of training in the gymnasium. Thanks to Matt & Annie for taking these great photos for us.

12.01.2022 2017 QLD Camp at Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi. Day 3, Sunday 21 May - training & demonstrations.

11.01.2022 2 days left to get your entries in for the 2020 Gold Coast Karate Competition. Have you got your entry in?

11.01.2022 2017 QLD Camp at Sunshine Coast Recreation Centre, Currimundi. Day 2, Saturday 20 May - Training.

07.01.2022 GC Cup - Entry Deadline extended to Tuesday 2 May Thank you to everyone who has got their entry form in for the Gold Coast Cup, only 1 week to go! We would stil...l love to see more of our students taking up the challenge of participating in the tournament so the deadline for entries has been extended to Tuesday 2 May. Tournaments are a great experience for everyone, especially our younger members. Through tournaments children learn about performing under pressure, overcoming self doubt, plus the value of stepping out of comfort zones and challenging themselves. I have witnessed 1st hand the personal growth that participants in tournaments experience. I have watched my daughter go from crying at the thought of it to having a go and realising that she could do it (she came somewhere near last). Within a few weeks of having competed at a tournament her teacher at school was asking what we had done with her as her confidence had grown so much. Juniors Students are welcome to just do kata or team kata if they don't feel confident enough for kumite (fighting) yet. For Junior students looking to grade the tournament is a perfect place to practise performing your kata under a little bit of pressure. Little Champions For our Little Champions there is kata, team kata, kumite (fighting), and kumite tag (the game where they rip the tags of each other). They do not have to do Kumite. Kumite Tag the kids love doing (even if they have not done it before they will quickly work out what to do). For the kata in the beginners Little Champions division students can have a senior belt count the kata for them, it is normal for 1/2 the kids at least to make a mistake in their kata, it is not about winning but about the elation and the confidence they get from having a go. The schedule for the event will be worked out mid next week, the kata events are completed before lunch, with the kumite events after lunch. for the Little Champions events we aim to have all their events completed by lunch time. Competitors are welcome to leave after their events or stay and enjoy the rest of the events. Entry forms can be downloaded from the Gold Coast Website (www.gckarate.com.au) If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me Sensei Adam.

07.01.2022 The schedule is now finalised for this Sunday's QLD Chito-Ryu State Titles. Please note: Due to the larger than expected number of entries, the start time will be 9:00am instead of 9:30am as originally publicised. There will be a canteen operating throughout the day. Menu to follow.

06.01.2022 Tournament results are now online for last weekend's Sunshine Coast tournament. Lots of photos to follow soon.

06.01.2022 Here are the draws for the Gold Coast Karate Competition. Please bookmark this link as there will not be any paper draws at the event. We are moving away from unnecessary use of paper :)... SCHEDULE If the schedule does not appear for you please click on "Area 1" and "Area 2" The timing used in the schedule is a BETA test mode so please keep an eye on the schedule through out the day and listen for the announcer to call you to marshaling. The BETA test mode does not allow for a lunch break. The plan is to have a lunch break after the "Kobudo -4 Kyu" on Area 1 and "Kumite 6-7yrs" on Area 2. So please add 45 minutes to events after these. (The schedule times will correct themselves when we start the first event after lunch)

06.01.2022 Entries are now open for the Gold Coast Karate Competition. Enter online at: http://www.gckarate.com.au/events/gckaratecompetition/ Competition is open to registered members of a Chito-Ryu Karate-Do dojo.

06.01.2022 http://www.gckarate.com.au/even/2018-gc-karate-competition/

05.01.2022 Well done to the trophy winners at the 2019 QLD State Titles held on the Gold Coast. Congratulations to our tournament champions:- Little Champions - Liam Glover (Gold Coast) Juniors - Raiyan Khan (Sunshine Coast)... Seniors - Klaudia Caston (Sunshine Coast) The biggest winners though are everyone who takes part, challenges themselves and most of all makes great friends :)

05.01.2022 If anyone would like a higher resolution copy of any of the photos (without the watermark) please contact Sensei Adam

03.01.2022 Reminder: Registrations close this Friday (12 Oct) for this year's QLD Chito-Ryu Senior Training Weekend. If the last few years are anything to go by it's shaping up to be a great weekend of training. https://www.sunshinecoastkarate.com.au//2018-qld-chito-ry/

03.01.2022 A reminder that the registration forms and payment for the 2018 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Training Camp are due by Monday 30 April latest. Please note that there are limited spaces available and are provided on a first come first served basis so please do not leave it to the last moment if you wish to be guaranteed of getting a place.

03.01.2022 What a big weekend of training for our Queensland seniors. More than 14 hours of training in just 2 days. Thank you everyone for making it a great weekend of learning. This is now the 3rd year that we've done this. Each year it's been great to see an ever growing love of training and continual growth in everyone's Karate. For our newer brown belt who attended the senior training weekend for the first time there is bound to be quite a bit of information overload. And for those... who have been in the senior ranks for a few years maybe it was the same for you, but if not there was definitely a lot of refinement of skills going on, plus a deepening of understanding in many areas of training. There is just one downside of the weekend, we were all enjoying our training so much, didn't get any photos, except for this one... Sorry. For everyone who attended... After a shower and a good sleep, get all of your notes up to date a get back in the dojo and continue practising. It's what you do next that will make all the difference for your continued learning. One last thing. In addition to a big weekend of training, I am please to announce that a number of students have successfully passed teaching and Dan gradings. Congratuations: Anthony Horgan - Jun-shidoin Matthew Stevenson - Jun-shidoin Keanu Caston - Jun-shidoin Klaudia Caston - Jun-shidoin Bailey Keefe - Jun-shidoin & Nidan

03.01.2022 A pair of glasses were left behind at the tournament on Sunday. If you recognise them, please let us know.

02.01.2022 Entries are now open for the first tournament of the year for the QLD Chito-Ryu tournament circuit for 2018. All Chito-Ryu students from around Australia are welcome to attend. When: Sunday, 18th March 2018 Tournament Venue: Kuluin State School, Tallowwood Dr, Kuluin Entries Close: Saturday, 3rd March 2018... Entry forms are available for download from: http://www.karatedo.org.au//sunshine-coast-tournament-18-/

01.01.2022 QLD State Titles The schedule is now available on the website: http://www.gckarate.com.au/2017statetitles/2017state.html As we have a big event please ensure you are registered and in your gi ready to start at 9:00.... The number of rounds for Kata are (Top 4 proceeding to second round): Jr F Beginner (4-7 Yrs, White-Orange) - 1 Round Jr F Open (4-7 Yrs) - 2 Rounds Jr E Beginner (8-9 Yrs, White-Green) - 2 Rounds Jr D Beginner (10-11 Yrs, White-Green) - 2 Rounds Jr D-E Open (8-11 Yrs) - 2 Rounds Jr B-C Beginner (12-15 Yrs, White-Green) - 1 Round Jr B-C Open (12-15 Yrs) - 2 Rounds Adult Beginner (16yrs+ White-Blue) - 2 Rounds Adult Open (16-39 Yrs) - 2 Rounds Masters A-B Open (40 Yrs +) - 1 Round The number of rounds for Team Kata are (Top 4 proceeding to second round): Beginner Team Kata (L/C & White-Orange) - 2 Rounds Intermeadiate Team Kata (Green-Purple) - 2 Rounds Advanced Team Kata (Brown-Black) - 2 Rounds

01.01.2022 Lots of great action at the 2019 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate State Titles held on the Gold Coast with some fantastically spirited and skilled matches.

01.01.2022 Gold Coast Cup entry deadline extended to Wednesday 13 June. Please get your entry in ASAP.

01.01.2022 Reminder - QLD State Titles entry forms due in by Saturday. Great to see we have already got a good number of competitors from Sydney coming up to the tournament :)