Category: News
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Term 2 2016 – Grading results
Congratulations to all students who successfully graded to their next level on 27 June 2016. (* = distinction) Itai Libman 1st kyu Emelia Ferraro 2nd kyu Benjamin Capovilla 3rd kyu * Georgia Smith 5th kyu Hugo Ohis 5th kyu Jamie Lancaster 5th kyu * Joshua Collins 5th kyu Michael Collins 5th kyu Ryan Morters 5th…
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Term 1 2016 – Grading results
4 April was the big night, well done to all who earned their new belt. *=distinction Joshua d’Ettorre 2nd kyu * Karl Ohis 3rd kyu Cody Lambert 3rd kyu Marcus Sinicropi 4th kyu Jackson Schomacker 4th kyu Aspen Lambert 4th kyu Sophie Chaney 5th kyu Victoria Karountzos 5th kyu Alicia Aslanidis 5th kyu Natasha Pracy…
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WKF Recognition for Sensei Tony Hails
At the 2015 Cadet, Junior and U21 World Championships Sensei Tony Hails 7th Dan, Founder and Chief Instructor of Ishinryu in Australia, was given lifetime recognition as a WKF accredited kumite coach. His certificate finally arrived, as applied for by Karate Fiji (of which Sensei Tony has been the mentor coach for 8 years). In a…
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2015 NSWKF Award Winners
At the recent NSW Karate Federation Awards Dinner three of our members were rewarded for their efforts in 2015. Congratulations to Sensei Alison Peachey (Referee of the Year), Sempai Ruby Lorinczi (Junior Female Kata Athlete of the Year) and Sempai James Walker (Junior Male Kumite Athlete of the Year).
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2016 NSW Representatives
Congratulations to Ruby Lorinczi, James Walker and Cody Gale who have been selected to represent NSW at the AKF National Championships (Melbourne, August).
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Term 1 Grading
The term 1 grading will be held on Monday 4 April at the Menai dojo. Online entry is now open. Entries need to be in by Saturday 2 April.
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Welcome to 2016!
Term 1 will commence on Saturday 23 January at the Menai dojo. All classes as per timetable. We wonât be training on Australia Day, so the first class at Jannali will be on Tuesday 2 February. There is no membership renewal required to restart in 2016 (that comes up in May). For those who are keen to…
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Term 4 Grading Results
A fabulous effort at both of our gradings this term. On 5 December we had our closed-door grading for nidan, shodan and 1st kyu. We’re thrilled to report: Nidan Gary Crookshank Gino Ferraro Shodan Karri Whiting James Walker 1st Kyu Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer On 17 December we held our kyu grading, the biggest of the…
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17 December Grading
Online entry is live!! And will close on Tuesday 15 December at around 8pm (most definitely, so we can analyse and get the groups and times out on Wednesday). To grade you require 3 black stripes on your belt and the confidence that you know all your new, and old, techniques. If you have any…
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2015 Annual Championships – results
A huge day! And a chance for all students to get out there and impress us with their improvement since the last competition. It was very clear that good work is being done in the dojo and at home. Results are as follows. Please take particular note of all our fabulous volunteers, listed at the…
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Winners at the Menai District Sports Awards
Huge congratulations to Sempai James Walker (winner of Male Junior Sportsperson, second time running) and Sempai Ruby Lorinczi (runner up, Female Junior Sportsperson). Excellent. Hard work, and fabulous achievements, recognised.
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2016 Summer Course entry is LIVE
Woohoo! We’ve got a fabulous suite of digital info for you. And there will be a nice one page flyer in the dojo for you too. Online course information form – you’ll find photos and a brief bio of all the instructors, the schedule, plus links to a fabulous Wayne Otto OBE video Our online…