After our day class this morning the other day, Emma from Hot 91? dropped in to the dojo to get a few self defence tips to share with the women of the Sunshine Coast. We filmed a short video clip (bel...
When my wife Sandra and I first moved to the Sunshine Coast 17 years ago we decided to follow our passion and work towards teaching karate full-time. For the first few years we did it tough. Looking b...
Recently we hosted a Committed to Black Belt Seminar. It’s a training seminar which attracts students of all levels from white to black belt. At this seminar our junior belts train along s...
Keep Life Fun In The Holidays Whilst Positioning Yourself For a Great Day, Week, Month or Year Throughout the festive season we drop the routines and focus on how many experiences we can squeeze into ...
It’s almost time to kick start another term of training at Sunshine Coast Karate. If you have ever thought about trying martial arts and you live on the Sunshine Coast, you’ve got come a...
I get to be inspired by some amazing karate kids at Sunshine Coast Karate and this week was no different. As a way to share my gratitude for their presence in the dojo and in my life, I was searc...
As a young karate-ka (teenager) I kept a special folder with my karate notes, essays and grading requirement lists. Whilst I was doing a little research today I stumbled across this well worn folder...
This week, it would seem that my training program (based on notes from Japan) has proven to be more than enough to pull me out of my comfort zone. I’m feeling out of my depths and mid week I c...
This week I share with you how our amazing Little Champions and the message of ‘The 3 Levels of Focus’ helps me get across the line with my personal challenges as a beginner paddler (one y...
THE last thing John Boman expected to get out of karate lessons was a self-published children’s fantasy book. But the willpower and discipline of the ancient Japanese martial art were applicab...