Seishikan Ballarat Goju Ryu Karate Club in Ballarat, Victoria | Sport & recreation

Seishikan Ballarat Goju Ryu Karate Club

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Phone: +61 428 681 031

Address: 10 Birdwood Avenue 3356 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://ballaratkarate.com.au

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25.01.2022 Great news! Can martial arts be practised? From 11:59pm on 21 June full-contact training and competitions may resume for people 18 years and under.... From 13 July, adults can resume full contact martial arts including judo, karate, Brazilian jujitsu and taekwondo indoors, if you are in a group of no more than 10 people (not including the people required to lead the class) and the four square metre rule is met. Competitions can commence from 20 July. Stay tuned for more details.

24.01.2022 A reminder that classes for term 2 commences tomorrow (Tuesday) at 6pm. Looking forward to another great term. See you there. Sensei Mark.

23.01.2022 A great day for beach training. Had Anglesea beach all to ourselves. Well done guys.

20.01.2022 Another fantastic year of karate nearly done. Great to celebrate the year and some individual awards at our Christmas party. Congratulations to Dylan, Cameron, Blake and Harry on your awards.

18.01.2022 VALE Sempai DANIEL LOCK 6.4.1982 - 16.12.2017 This week we lost the most courageous, spirited and determined karateka I have ever met. Afflicted with Cystic Fibrosis, Daniel encouraged me to begin the Ballarat Goju Ryu Karate Club so that his little brother, Devon could learn Karate. Dan went on to receive his Shodan Blackbelt in 2012. Despite his health being in steady decline he would continue to train when he could and support the club by attending gradings and club... functions. As with all things in Daniel's life, his karate style was unique. I would regularly have to tell him to stop trying so hard! We would laugh together when I would say that he was too strong which made his kata appear rigid rather than flowing in the hard-soft Goju way. He never shied away from a fight and loved kumite (sparring). He especially loved applying take-downs and the sneaky Aikido moves we had learnt years earlier in the Aikido dojo where we first met. Always humble and respectful, he earned the respect of his peers and the senior instructors of Seishikan. One time he was singled out by Kaicho Phil Bates to demonstrate Hiki geri (Chin kick). Kaicho's praise of his near perfect technique brought a smile to Dan's face that was priceless. Dan's sharp wit and sense of humour would make always break through the hard rigors of training. He would bring Doffle, his miniture poodle, along to class on occasions. This was fine until Doffle would start to bark in time with the kiah which Daniel thought was hilarious. We had no choice but to make Doffle an honorary member and our mascot. Daniel Lock, you were a true warrior and an inspiration to all that were fortunate enough to enter your world. We will miss you but never forget you. I was your Sensei but you taught me so much. Rest now and breathe easy my friend. Mark Azzopardi Chief Instructor Ballarat Goju Ryu Karate Club

18.01.2022 First class for 2020 tonight! See you there.

13.01.2022 Great fun at our last class for the term at Xtreme Bounce.

11.01.2022 Congratulations to these girls for getting through the Women's practical self defense course run at our dojo during term 3.

10.01.2022 Classes recommence on Tuesday 30th January. Special first week schedule. Combined classes Tuesday and Thursday 6.00pm - 7.00pm... All students Juniors, teens & adults are to attend these classes. Super Samurai class recommence Friday 9th February 5.30 - 6.00pm

07.01.2022 Classes recommence on Tuesday 29th January. Special first week schedule. Combined classes Tuesday and Thursday 6.00pm - 7.00pm... All students Juniors, teens & adults are to attend these classes. Super Samurai class recommence Friday 1st February 5.30 - 6.00pm

05.01.2022 Congratulations to our Super Samurai group on progressing to their new grade. An amazing group of kids.

04.01.2022 Our first night of video classes. Well done to the students who joined in.

03.01.2022 1st Blackbelt training session for 2020. Awesome kata session with Tyrone, Marlie Feeney and Tiffany.