Come as you are, wearing anything (weather depending?) is fine, loose fitted clothing and/or active wear is recommended.
Bring a bottle of water if you can as this helps for one or two drink breaks.
Arriving a little earlier before class is recommended so we can talk about what the training is, house keeping & get to know each other.
Fill in the above application form prior to starting your intro class
HOUSE KEEPING
1 Finger nails & toe nails clipped & rounded back.
2 Piercings taken out or taped up, wear them at your own risk.
3 Kinder aged Little Samurai kids if you use the toilet come with your parent please to ensure you have cleaned properly.
4 If you borrowed equipment please clean it afterwards & consider purchasing your own in the near future, we sell lots of brand new & 2nd hand equipment direct to our students, just ask.
5 We are making extra efforts to start/finish classes on time, if a student is late please wait on the edge of the mats until invited to join in.
Little Samurai under 8 years
We are proud to offer our unique Kinder Karate Program, designed specifically for the little ones, in order to help get them ready for school, and to advance to our traditional karate classes. This class aims to develop, both gross and fine motor skills, balance, and encourage your child to learn in a structured environment, following teachers' instructions and learning to work with others. Classes run for 30 minutes.
Kids Karate under 13 years
Our Junior Karate classes are of course designed to develop your childs self esteem and self confidence. But I feel that the greatest thing we can do for you and your children is encourage them to develop a sense of community. The dojo is a safe encouraging environment, where children can push themselves physically and mentally to achieve amazing personal goals in all aspects of their lives. Beginners (WHITE & RED belts) who have trained for 1 year their classes run for 60 minutes, Novices (YELLOW & ORANGE belts) in their 2nd year of training their classes will often run for 60 minutes. Intermediates (GREEN belts & beyond) are often in their 2nd or 3rd year of training & their classes often run for 60 minutes.
SENIOR & VETERANS KARATE
Teenage to more mature (you'd be surprised!) Karate Training is hard work, great for your own person development, but most importantly it's FUN! Yes to Self Defence! Yes to Fitness! Yes to Flexibility! All of these attributes are vitally important the older we get. But most of all karate training is an opportunity to meet new like minded people and have a laugh together. Beginners who’ve trained for 1-3 years their class runs for 60 minutes, Junior Kyuu grades who’ve trained 3 years or beyond their class runs for 60 minutes.
KICKBOXING
Our class is coached through levels of competency and Graded through a system based on their knowledge, skill, attitude and attendance. This is great for teenagers and adults of all ages, bring a skipping rope, towel, drink bottle wearing loose fitted clothing and/or active wear. This class goes for 60 minutes.
KARATE DO
“The Way For All” or “Open to all”
“THE WAY FOR ALL” Shukokai Karate is a worldwide acting establishment. Its aim is to provide for the continued study and development of the art of Shukokai Karate Do.
Shukokai's Japanese roots centred on the universities of Osaka and Kyoto and their students established the school as a fast and powerful style.
Tani Sensei began his study of karate at junior high school practising Go Ju Ryu and continued his training at the Doshisha University in Kyoto where he studied under Chojun MIYAGI, the great karate Master (who was the founder of Go Ju Ryu and who had trained under Higaonna Sensei). Later when Sensei Miyagi returned to Okinawa, Tani Sensei trained under Kenwa Mabuni. After the Second World War Tani Sensei started to teach Karate in an open air car park in the centre of Kobe. His group (Shukokai) soon grew and one year later he built his own Dojo attached to his house. In 1946 Tani Sensei was presented with the scroll of succession from Mabuni Sensei and was given permission to start up his own school, Tani-Ha Shito-Ryu. Master Tani passed away on Sunday 11th January 1998. After the death of Tani sensei in 1998 YAMADA Haruyoshi sensei was elected to lead the organisation of Shukokai. He was born in 1938 in Akita prefecture, Japan. He began his martial arts study in Judo before becoming involved in Karate. In 1956 he became a disciple of Tani sensei and was one of his top ranking pupils. The Japanese Shukokai Union is made up of many different shukokai clubs, most of which can trace their lineage back to Tani Sensei and his original Shukokai club in Hyogo, Kobe.
Become an active member!
Become an active member!
To become an active member you must have;
1 Completed, read & understood the application form
2 Discussed your application with staff for your system of martial arts you’re interested in
3 Paid the $2 & completed your 2 trial classes
4 Paid for and received your uniform
Active members are financial, not being financial means you cannot attend or Grade, all sessions are paid for & booked in advance.
Bookings via the M system or through asking STAFF to invite you into the class on a regular basis helps us organise numbers & what we are going to teach each student, this helps us in planning to ensure you get the most out of your time with us, please book in.
1 week notice for changing this subscription.
If you are sick, there is an emergency or a public holiday make up your missed class within 10 days.
Families please ask STAFF to setup on the M system your 10% family discount, this is a per transaction requirement as we cannot have 2 people under the 1 transaction at this stage, this feature is forthcoming.
Lastly just to clarify its best if students are training at least twice per week, people are allowed to get away with once per week & we always suggest everyone does some homework.
Martial arts gym homework will be given out most lessons, otherwise please practice what you did this lesson before you see us next time.
Videos are on our socials, website, M system & you may request a video of us any time.
It is an EXCELLENT idea to take notes, as you progress, as part of your Gradings you will be asked to submit written answers to questions & later an occasional essay.