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For those who don’t know who Soke Sensei is, he is the Supreme Instructor of Chito-Ryu (Internationally), without a doubt he’s the most incredible Karate-ka I’ve ever met.  For the last 23 years he has made regular teaching visits to the Australia.  But this year, we will be moring to a new format in order to maximise the opportunity for everyone to train with him.

In Qld, we will have a full day training session for 1st kyu and black belts.  Along with a full day training open to all members on both the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast.  Plus, Soke Sensei will also be teaching selected evening classes at both Sunshine Coast & Gold Coast dojos.

This is an opportunity that you don’t want to miss.  In the past to get full day training opportunities with Soke Sensei, you either had to go to the national camp in Sydney, or go to Japan.  All the dates are now set, full details are at the following link.

http://chitoryu.com.au/resources/#SokeSensei2010

Here are all the dates for the full-day training seminars with Soke Sensei.  At the very least, make sure you block off the days on the Sunshine Coast and do your best to get to any others that you can.  This is an opportunity that you don’t want to miss:

• Sat 13 Mar – Soke Sensei Full Day Senior Seminar (1st kyu & black belt), 9am-4pm, Maroochydore Dojo
• Sun 14 Mar – Soke Sensei Full Day Seminar (all ranks), 9am-4pm, Sunshine Coast,Venue TBA
• Sat 20 – Soke Sensei Full Day Seminar (all ranks), Gold Coast, Time & Venue TBA
• Sun 21 – Soke Sensei Full Day Seminar (all ranks), Blue Mountains. Lithgow High School 10am- 3pm. Followed by visit to onsen.
• Sat 27 – Soke Sensei Full Day Seminar (all ranks), Sydney, Details TBA
• Sun 28 – Soke Sensei Full Day Senior Seminar (black belt), TAIK (Peakhurst), Details TBA

Please note, that due to Soke Sensei’s visit, the March celendar of events have been revised and updated.  Please check the link below for more details.

http://www.karate4life.com.au/maroochydore-dojo/calendar.php

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for visiting the Sunshine Coast Karate Website.  We greatly appreciate your feedback as to how we can further improve this site for you, your family and friends.

Below are the recent updates to the Sunshine Coast Karate Website:

Update #1:  Calendar Of Events Page -

• Additional events have been added to February.  Kids Night Out, Teens Night Out & Committee Meeting
• March Updates:  Now include Soke Sensei’s visit.  Please note that all private lessons, leadership training and squad training will be absent in March due to Soke Sensei’s visit.  We do however encourage all members to attend as many training sessions as possible with Soke Sensei.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing everyone in the dojo.

Sunshine Coast Karate QUICK LINKS:

You can now join Sunshine Coast Karate on facebook,  twitter and you tube.

For all our tournament enthusiasts please be sure to download your Gold Coast Cup Registration information by visiting the following link.  Big thanks to Adam Higgins Sensei and the Gold Coast Team for hosting another Chito-Ryu Karate Tournament in the QLD Region.

http://www.gckarate.com.au/goldcoastcup/gccup.htm

To learn more about tournaments in 2010 be sure to visit our annual calendar of events.  The National Chito-Ryu Karate Championships will be in the Blue Mountains this year and the International Chito-Ryu Karate Championships will be held in Kumamoto Japan.

To ensure that you are prepared for tournaments be sure to get yourselves into the weekly tournament training program at Sunshine Coast Karate where you will develop the necessary skills to compete at your best.  Click on the following link to learn more about the Sunshine Coast Karate weekly tournament training schedule.

We all think in pictures. Many times what we see in our mind translates to what we end up with in reality. The great challenge lies in being ale to control what kind of pictures play in the theater of our mind!

What kind of thoughts do you habitually think? What kind of thoughts does your child habitually think? Although we would like to believe our thoughts are of success, accomplishment, and a bright future, they may not always be. If we took an inventory of our thoughts we might discover from this audit that we dwell on past failures, present problems, and future anxiety too much. No matter how good you or your child’s current situation we can all benefit from tighter control of our own thoughts.

Why is this so important? Because many of the psychological breakthroughs of the last century had to do with the fact that “we become what we think about most of the time.” Just that one sentence should awake you to how important this topic is to you and your child’s future success. This is mainly due to the power of the subconscious mind which processes every thought and experience we have. The subconscious actually
doesn’t know the difference between a real event and one that is vividly imagined. I encourage you to do your own research on the subconscious.

Your assignment is to catch yourself thinking thoughts of fear and failure and then quickly change them to positive successful thoughts. Just being aware of your thoughts and this fact will have a huge impact on your success. The challenge is to control thoughts of past failures, present and future problems. The goal… To replace those thoughts with thoughts of success and victory.

The best way to help teach your child to control his/her thoughts is with a fun concept called visualization. Positive visualization or mental rehearsal, as it’s sometimes referred to, is practiced by top performing men and women in all kinds of situations. Athletes, entertainers, public speakers are just a few of the professions where the champions rely heavily on this discipline. We have a theater in our mind and it’s open 24 hours a day! Positive visualization is how we make sure that good movies are playing. So how can this
help you and your child?

We’re going to pick this up next time. But in the mean time please take a few minutes and think a little harder about controlling your thoughts! Focus on what you want, not what you don’t want! Focus on success, Not Failure. This is the greatest discovery in the field of personal achievement. If you can begin to master this concept you’ll be on your way to great success!

Hi Everyone,

There is much energy and excitement building at Sunshine Coast Karate as we have finally revealed who will be going to Japan in August 2010 for the World Chito-Ryu Karate Championships (also known as the Soke Cup).

Congratulations to the following Sunshine Coast Karate members:

Duncan Bigg
George Britchford
Tia Guy
Viet Kaas
Emma Moehead
Jim Moehead
James O’Grady
Helen O’Grady
David Strazzari
Emma Woodhouse

Be sure to congratulate all Australian Team members listed above when you bump into them at the dojo.

To learn more about the Soke Cup please click here.

Thank you to everyone stepping up to support our Australian Team representatives in the lead up to the World Chito-Ryu Karate Championships.