Category: Gradings
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Celebrating Sempai Andrew Wright’s 1st Dan Black Belt
We’re proud to celebrate Sempai Andrew Wright. He has achieved his 1st Dan black belt after ten years of dedicated training at Ishinryu Karate Australia. He was graded by our Head of Style Sensei Tony Hails 8th Dan on 1 April 2025. Andrew began karate as an adult, and his journey has been one of…
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Sensei Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer Achieves 3rd Dan
Sensei Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer Achieves 3rd Dan
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Four New 4th Dans at Ishinryu Karate Australia
On 28 February 2025, four of our senior instructors graded to 4th Dan in Ishinryu Karate. Congratulations to Sensei Gary Crookshank, Sensei Gino Ferraro, Sensei Michael Radermacher and Sensei Neil Walker. This is a major milestone. Each of these men has trained for decades and contributed significantly to our dojo and the Ishinryu style. Their…
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Term 1 Grading – Well done!!!
Each term’s karate grading is a chance for students to show their progress in front of our experienced panel. The term 1 grading clearly reflected the effort and commitment our students put in to learning their new techniques. Plenty of happy, relieved — and a few exhausted — faces! What added gravity to this particular…
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Term 4 grading – congratulations 🎉
Each term’s grading is an opportunity for students to showcase their progression in front of a highly experienced grading panel. Our term 4 grading was an immense success for so many of our students, showcasing their hard work, dedication, and progress Happy, relieved, and some exhausted faces Huge thanks to the grading panel for sharing…
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Meet Sensei Alison Peachey: 7th Dan Karate Instructor
Sensei Alison Peachey graded to 7th Dan
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Term 3 Grading – Congratulations
Term 3 grading ✅ Hard work rewarded 👊🥋 Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Term 3 grading. Your hard work, dedication, and progress are inspiring. Well done on your success in achieving your next belt👏🥋⭐ One step closer to black belt (and beyond).
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2024 Term 2 Grading results
It is always such a privilege to sit on the grading panel whilst students are determined to display their best new techniques. Congratulations to all students successful tonight.
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2024 Term 1 grading results
28 fabulous students have successfully graded to their next level, 8 with distinction. Excitingly, more than half of the grading students were female, highlighting our surging girl’s and women’s initiatives. This is the first grading to introduce the new additional “part way” belts, coloured with a white stripe, to designate considerable progress towards the next…
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Term 3 2023 Grading Results
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Our latest karate black belts 👊🥋
Congratulations to Sempai Akash and Sempai Alex, successfully grading to shodan (1st dan black belt). This is a significant event for the dojo and these two exceptional martial artists. Joining them (back row) were the grading panel and black belt observers, and (front row, Sempai Akash and Alex in the middle) the black belt grading…
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Term 1 2023 grading results
A fabulous grading result for all students on 28 March 2023. Congratulations on your effective preparation and substantial effort. Your instructors were both impressed and proud 👊🥋😃