Congratualtions – 3rd Dan Black Belt Sensei Junko!

Congratulations to Sensei Junko on receiving her 3rd Dan Black Belt!  During Kansai Karate Academy’s End of Year Awards held at the Sumner Park in December last year Sensei Junko was presented with her 3rd Dan Black Belt certificate in recognition of her black...
End of Year Student Awards 2021

End of Year Student Awards 2021

Our End of Year Awards are a great celebration at the End of each year at Kansai Karate Gold Coast. Our Awards Events were held at  the Upper Coomera Dojo with our Kids Awards Day on Sunday 5th December and our Teens & Adults Awards Night on Saturday 18th...

A Brief History of Karate

A Brief Timeline of Karate 1911 The term karate first used to define the style of Okinawan martial arts being taught at Middle Schools in Japan. 1920’s Okinawan Karate Masters travel to mainland Japan to live and teach karate. 1930’s Karate Masters seek to...
The Purple Belt Paradox

The Purple Belt Paradox

The big road blocks in your karate training are all individual, yet they all seem to happen around the same time period for each student. I last wrote about the first challenges that crop up when a student receives their orange belt, you can read that here. The next...
The Orange Belt Conundrum

The Orange Belt Conundrum

The first major road block in a students karate experience is Orange Belt. Believe me its not the only road block. But in order to achieve your black belt you have to get past it. Not everyone can. It’s commonly repeated in karate circles that 1 in 1000 people...
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