We are looking forward to an exciting 2024 at the dojo with lots of great events, special guests, training events, tournaments and more planned!
New members are welcome to join us. Register for a free trial lesson in the new year.
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Summer Grading Success
Congratulations to everyone who challenged for their next rank at our 2023 Summer Grading. Some great results and some people unfortunately not quite ready this time. The journey to Black belt and beyond is a rewarding one but not an easy path, every challenge we overcome will make us stronger.
Congratulations to:
Siani Symons – Purple 4 Kyu
Cooper Higgins – Purple 4 Kyu
Carlo de Byl – Purple & White 5 Kyu
Ben Hastings – Purple & White 5 Kyu
Ramesh Snell – Blue 6 Kyu
Slade Revell – Blue & White 7 Kyu
Eito Tashima – Blue & White 7 Kyu
Sarah Huston – Green 8 Kyu
Jemaine Mulcahy – Green 8 Kyu
Charlie Chipperfield – Green 8 Kyu
Isabella Kassab – Green & White 9 Kyu
Leon Bonaventure – Green & White 9 Kyu
Charli Hyland – Green & White 9 Kyu
Jeremy Valencour – Orange 10 Kyu
Leon Cersofios – Orange 10 Kyu
Hugo Harrington – Orange 10 Kyu
Sylas Dawson – Orange 10 Kyu
Hou Leung (Cody) Ng – Orange 10 Kyu
Kar Yann (Chloe) Ng – Orange 10 Kyu
Jade Spoto – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Aidan Connolly – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Cleo Spoto – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Aiden Spoto – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Finn McMillan – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Harvey Friend – Yellow 12 Kyu
Luna Summers – Yellow 12 Kyu
Ari Everitt – Yellow 12 Kyu
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Karate World Title Success
The Gold Coast Team at the 2023 Soke Cup (Chito-Ryu Karate World Titles) achieved terrific success with a swag of medals and some terrific results from all competitors.
Medals:
Gold – Kazumi Tominaga (Master’s A/B Female Bo)Gold – Kazumi Tominaga (Master’s A/B Female Sai)
Gold – Brendan Young (Master’s B Men’s Kumite)
Gold – Samantha Lenton (Women’s Masters Team Kumite)Silver – Samantha Lenton (Master’s C Female Bo)
Silver – Carlo deByl (Master’s C Men’s Kyu Kumite)
Silver – Kazumi Tominaga (Master’s A/B Female Kata)
Silver – Levi Lenton (Jr C Boys Team Kumite)
Silver – Anthony Horgan, Brendan Young (Men’s Team Kumite)Bronze – Samantha Lenton (Master’s C Female Sai)Bronze – Anthony Horgan (Adult Male Sai)Bronze – Brendan Young (Master’s A/B Male Bo)
Bronze – Samantha Lenton (Master’s B/C Women’s Kumite)
Bronze – Levi lenton (Jr C Boy’s Kumite)
Bronze – Brendan Young, Kazumi Tominga, Samantha Lenton (Master’s Team Kata)
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2023 Spring Grading Results
Well done to everyone who challenged themselves at the Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate 2023 Spring Grading. Excellent karate spirit and karate technique shown by all.
Results:
Millicent Mansbridge – Purple 4 Kyu
Enoch Kavelin- Purple & White 5 Kyu
Siani Symons- Purple & White 5 Kyu
Bohdi Valencour- Purple & White 5 Kyu
Levi Lenton- Blue 6 Kyu
Kalani Kloot- Blue & White 7 Kyu
Kayden Kloot- Blue & White 7 Kyu
Carter Lovelock- Blue & White 7 Kyu
Naoki Tani- Blue & White 7 Kyu
Damien Kloot- Green 8 Kyu
Aissa Symons- Green 8 Kyu
Eito Tashima- Green 8 Kyu
Xaviar Thompson- Green 8 Kyu
Jesse Valencour- Green 8 Kyu
Edward Bennette- Orange 10 Kyu
Max Millar- Orange 10 Kyu
Lucas MacDonald- Orange 10 Kyu **double grading
Isabella Kassab- Orange 10 Kyu **triple grading
Gabrielle Summers- Orange & White 11 Kyu
Odin Summers- Orange & White 11 Kyu
Harrison Coughlin- Orange & White 11 Kyu **double grading
Brianna Marcus- Orange & White 11 Kyu **double grading
Chloe Ng- Orange & White 11 Kyu **double grading
Cody Ng- Orange & White 11 Kyu **double grading
Tana Sun- Yellow 12 Kyu
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Shihan certificate presentation for Adam Higgins Sensei
In March this year Adam Higgins Sensei traveled to Japan to train at the headquarters for Chito-Ryu Karate under the guidance of Soke. During this training trip Higgins Sensei was tested for and successfully passed his Yondan grading and also his Shihan grading. In Chito-Ryu Karate the rank of Shihan is not handed out lightly and is only awarded after years of dedicated study. Higgins Sensei commenced training in Chito-Ryu Karate in 1996 so in this case it was 27 years of study. This was also a particularly important milestone for Australia with only four other active members of Chito-Ryu Karate Shihan or higher.
At the recent QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Camp Phillips Shihan had the honour of presenting Higgins Shihan with his grading certificates and a special gift of a new black belt embroidered with his new rank.
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2023 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Annual Camp
Keen karate students from Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate and Sunshine Coast Karate joined together for a weekend of intense karate training on the Gold Coast. Training was led by Martin Phillips Shihan with the assistance of Sandra Phillips Shihan and Adam Higgins Shihan.
With a large range in ages of the participants ranging from 8 years old to 60+ it was great to see everyone working well together all with the same purpose of self-improvement and of course some karate fun! The training session covered everything from kihon, kata, kumite, kobujyutsu, bunkai and plenty of physical work as well. The highlight for many was Sunday morning beach training with a beautiful sunrise to great the day.
The 2024 QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Camp will be held on the Sunshine Coast and we look forward to another great weekend of training.
The full photo gallery can be found pn the QLD Chito-Ryu Karate Facebook Page – https://www.facebook.com/QLDChitoRyu
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2023 Winter Grading
Congratulations to everyone who was successful at the 2023 Winter Grading:
12 Kyu – Reid Gordon (Yellow Belt)
11 Kyu – Leon Cersofios (Orange & White Belt) *Double Grade
11 Kyu – Matthew Dawson (Orange & White Belt) *Double Grade
11 Kyu – Sylas Dawson (Orange & White Belt) *Double Grade
11 Kyu – Aggie Jones (Orange & White Belt) *Double Grade
10 Kyu – Jeremy Valencour (Orange & White Belt) *Double Grade
10 Kyu – Leon Bonaventure (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Matthew Boote (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Henry Langton (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Noah Oldfield (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Pailyne Price (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Jaime Toyer (Orange Belt)
10 Kyu – Johnson Yu (Orange Belt)
9 Kyu – Ding Ma (Green & White Belt) *Double Grade
9 Kyu – Sarah Huston (Green & White Belt) *Double Grade
9 Kyu – Matt Moran (Green & White Belt)
8 Kyu – Zion Brown (Green Belt) *Double Grade
8 Kyu – Carter Lovelock (Green Belt)
8 Kyu – Slade Revell (Green Belt)
7 Kyu – Yasmine Lintott (Blue & White Belt)
7 Kyu – Chui McDonald (Blue & White Belt)
7 Kyu – Tilly McMillan (Blue & White Belt)
7 Kyu – Taiyo Tani (Blue & White Belt)
6 Kyu – Carlo de Byl (Blue Belt)
6 Kyu – Ben Hastings (Blue Belt)
4 Kyu – Harrison De Byl (Purple Belt)
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2023 Gold Coast Karate Competition Results
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Gold Coast Karate Competition. It was great to kick off the year with an exciting event with lots of high standard karate on display.
A big thank you to all our volunteers for helping out with the set-up, take-down, marshaling, first aid, referees and table officials.
Results:
Senior Tournament Champion – Sam Phillips (Sunshine Coast)
Junior Tournament Champion – Levi Lenton (Gold Coast)- Tournament Champion selection is weighted towards individual kata and individual kumite results.
2023 Gold Coast Karate Competition Results (PDF)
View the full gallery of tournament images at https://www.facebook.com/QLDChitoRyu
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Autumn Grading Success
Lots of new coloured belts at the dojo after our Autumn Grading. The standard was good with all students demonstrating that they have been working hard in preparation. Most pleasing to see was that students that had failed a previous attempt had done the necessary work to improve and be successful this time.
Grading Results:
Finn McMillan – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
Mason Hunt – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) **Double Grading
Graham Wilson – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) **Double Grading
Claire Mulcahy – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
Vander Mulcahy – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
Zinzan Taylor – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
Jaime Toyer – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
Johnson Yu – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
Yida Zhou – 10 Kyu (Orange)
Sienna Bauer – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Charlie Chipperfield – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Lucas Kirkup – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Jemaine Mulcahy – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Eito Tashima – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Xaviar Thompson – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Jesse Valencour – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Abigail Weeks – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Calista Weeks – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
Kalani Kloot – 8 Kyu (Green)
Yasmine Lintott – 8 Kyu (Green)
Naoki Tani – 8 Kyu (Green)
Levi Lenton – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
Enoch Kavelin – 6 Kyu (Blue)
Bohdi Valencour – 6 Kyu (Blue)
Harrison De Byl – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
Millicent Mansbridge – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
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2022 Annual Award Winners
Congratulations to our Annual Award winners.
Thank you all for being awesome members of our dojo and setting a fantastic example for others to follow.
2022 Budoka of the Year – Brendan Young
2022 Senior Karateka of the Year – Carlo DeByl
2022 Karate Kids Karateka of the Year – Harrison DeByl
2022 Little Champions Karateka of the Year – Jayden Beste
