Basic self defense is the first level of activity this club provides. Over time, as a student progresses, we then build in the rigors and traditions of Japanese Karate. Beginners and general public are welcome.
We have a great support network with 8th Dans in Japan, United States and Australia who sit on our grading panels, run seminars and attend our camps.
Times and Locations:
Location: All classes at the University Sunshine Coast (near Rugby oval) UniClub - Sippy Downs. Cost is $8 per class or $55 per month.
Tues: Kids: 4:30pm - 5:30pm (7-12yrs old)
Adults: 5:30pm - 6:45pm - all year round
Thurs: Kids: 4:30pm - 5:30pm (7-12yrs old)
Adults: 5:30pm - 6:45pm - all year round
Map to USC UniClub at bottom of this page....
Video 00: Kid`s belt test March 2008 featuring Willem Langford, Jacob Koehler, Tama Hoare & Eastyn Collie (8 min).
Video 01: A brief clip showing how to do a take down by using a fake head klck. This relates to sports karate rather than street based self defense. At USC we teach both sides of the art.
Video 02: A 15 minute video which talks about karate styles and intorduces why traditional karate kata relate to self defense through its applications and form.
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We have a number instructors that have come together from a number of different styles including: Shotokan, Shito-ryu, Kyokushin and Tae Kwon Do. The style we all now practice at USC is Shito-Ryu Karate which was founded by Kenwa Mabuni. As a beginner this will be the core of your training and as you progress you will gain an understanding of broader styles and techniques. Shito-Ryu possess the kata of both Goju and Shotokan and offers a good balance of “liner and hard” with “round and soft”. Therefore, the three styles are innately connected. In fact, Mabuni Sensei (who founded Shito-ryu) regularly trained with Funakoshi (Shotokan) and Miyagi (Goju) to work on concepts, techniques and kata. We honour this age-old tradition and so enjoy training with other styles/clubs and welcome students from the many forms of martial arts to come into our dojo and train with other like minded people.
Instructors:
Senpai Anthony Wetherspoon (2nd dan), started in 1984 and has 23 years of experience. He has taught at the Toowoomba PCYC for a number of years and trained and fought in the USA on a 2006 tour.
Sensei David Leiws (4th Dan), started karate in the 1970s sensei Dave & has more than 28 years of experience. He aids as an instructor and advisor to the University of the Sunshine Caost Karate Dojo in Australia. He has visited and trained in Japan and received his 3rd Dan there in 1986.
Senpai Greg Scovell started Karate in 1972. He has trained within Asia, lived in Japan and due to travel related work gained Shodans in Tae Kwon do, Wu Su and Kyokushin before finally settling on the Sunshine Coast. He achieved Shodan in Shito Ryu whilst training under Sensei Jason Armstrong.
Jason Armstrong, Ph.D. (6th Dan, Shihan), in 2002 moved to Australia from Japan (6th degree black belt has studied both Shito-ryu & Shotokan). Sensei Jason has been involved in the martial arts for over 20 years and has spent the majority of that time living and training in the USA and Japan. This includes being a live-in student (uchi-deshi) of a Japanese master in Japan. In his travels he has had extended exposure to Japanese 8th dan masters (highest possible rank in karate) in goju, shotokan, and shito-ryu. Over the years he has competed in many tournaments in Australia, the USA and Japan. Sensei Jason has trained numerous students to the level of black belt and instructor. Some of these students tested under his supervision in the USA, and other tested to such ranks on-site in Japan in collaboration with Sensei Jason’s instructors. In his exposure to Japan and its culture he also held a CEO position of a company in Tokyo where enjoyed applying the “Art of War” strategies in to business.
Below pictures:
Picture 1: Map to our training hall - USC UniClub
Picture 2: Beach training at the 2004 annual training camp.
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