Category: News
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World U21, Junior and Cadet Championships
Ishinryu will be widely represented at the World Championships being held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in November. Sensei Tony Hails will be coaching Fiji. Sempai James Walker will be competing for Australia in the cadet kumite. Our founder, Sensei Ticky Donovan OBE, will be coaching England in kata And we hear there are three Ishinryu athletes…
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Sensei Tony Hails: lifetime WKF accredited coach
We’re very proud to announce that our Sensei Tony Hails 7th Dan, current mentor coach to Fiji and former Australian national coach, has been recognised with lifetime accreditation as a World Karate Federation kata and kumite coach. This is an outstanding achievement and recognises his 30+ years coaching or competing at a high international standard.
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2015 Annual Championships
Our great annual championships will be held on Saturday 28 November at the Menai dojo. Online entry is now open and encouraged! You will also find paper entries in the dojo, but if you’re reading this online then it’s really quick to enter. There are most certainly kumite events for students of all ages and…
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2016 Summer Course
We’re getting excited. Time to get these dates in your diaries: Summer Course @ Wollongong Surf Leisure Resort Friday 4 – Sunday 6 March 2016. We’ll have the online entry open soon, and the fabulous online flyer going live, and the full list of course instructors. Confirmed as our fabulous special overseas guest, for the…
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COMMONWEALTH CHAMPION!
In September Sempai Ruby competed in the 8th Commonwealth Karate Championships in India. She was representing Australia in the Junior (16-17 years) and Senior kata divisions. She won the Junior Kata division in four rounds, such a fantastic achievement! And such a brilliant way to finish her time in the Juniors. Later that day she had a…
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Sempai Ruby is on her way to the Commonwealths…
Sempai Ruby is en route to New Delhi, India for the 8th Commonwealth Karate Championships. She’ll be representing Australia in the Junior Kata division. The event is 18-20 September, we’ll certainly be letting you know how she goes. Go Ruby, show them why you’re there…
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September grading results
Well done everyone, a pretty thorough 4 sessions with Sensei Alison and Sensei Leighton, it was a pleasure to see hard work rewarded with good results. We hope you are enjoying your new belts… * distinction Dojo Neil Jeram Menai 2nd kyu * Julian Anderson Menai 4th kyu James Selas Menai 5th kyu Thomas Petkovic…
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Congratulations Sensei Stuart
At the AKF National Championships in August Sensei Stuart was upgraded to National Kata Judge A. Considering Sensei Stuart’s wealth of kata knowledge this is not at all surprising, and is well earnt. Congratulations.
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Congratulations Sensei Alison
At the Australian Open in April Sensei Alison successfully upgraded to Oceania Kumite Referee B. She is now at the second highest Oceania level in both kumite and kata, and remains the highest graded Ishinryu referee worldwide.
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Hugely successful Pacific Games for Karate Fiji
Sensei Tony Hails had a busy few weeks in pre-training and online coaching at the Pacific Games in Port Moresby, PNG. He has been the Mentor Coach since 2008 and thoroughly enjoys this 4-yearly event. In a fabulous result, the small Karate Fiji team were joint maximum gold medal winners with New Caledonia. They won…
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National champions!!
The AKF National Championships were held in Adelaide in August, and Ishinryu in Sydney has two NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. Well done James Walker, +70kg Cadet kumite champion (again), and Ruby Lorinczi, Junior Kata Champion. These results don’t happen overnight, well done to both athletes, their families, Senseiis and many, many training partners.
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2015 Winter Championships
Results from our fabulous winter tournament (Saturday 29 August)! Thank you for the hundreds of photos on our facebook page, a few in the website gallery (a big thanks in advance to our fab photographers, Deb Walker of Fine by Design, and Lynne Lorinczi). We know your hanging to know, but the date for our…