Congratulations to all students who successfully completed their grading at the 2026 Winter Grading for Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate.

Grading is not just about the day itself — it reflects the many hours of training, persistence, focus, and effort that each student has invested over time. Every class attended, every correction worked on, and every challenge overcome has helped prepare you for this achievement.

Well done to everyone who stepped onto the floor and gave their best. Your commitment to improving both physically and mentally is something to be proud of.

To those who graded successfully, congratulations on reaching the next stage of your karate journey. And to all students, remember that growth comes from continuing to train, learn, and persevere.

Successful Grading Applicants:

• Charlie Chipperfield 4 Kyu – Purple
• Jesse Valencour 4 Kyu – Purple
• Leon Bonaventure 6 Kyu – Blue
• Aidan Connolly 6 Kyu – Blue
• Sylas Dawson 6 Kyu – Blue
• Airi Tani 6 Kyu – Blue
• Sine Levin 7 Kyu – Blue & White
• Lucas MacDonald 7 Kyu – Blue & White
• Quinn McDonald 9 Kyu – Green & White
• Zara Deans 10 Kyu – Orange
• Ethan Duong 10 Kyu – Orange
• Abigail Hurtig 10 Kyu – Orange
• Jayden Vandermaat 10 Kyu – Orange
• Liam Wood 10 Kyu – Orange
• Jake Lee 11 Kyu – Orange & White
• Michael Sgouros 11 Kyu – Orange & White
• Miguel Tapiador 11 Kyu – Orange & White
• Zac Teelow 11 Kyu – Orange & White
• Archibald Boshier-Stambe 12 Kyu – Yellow
• Charles Griffin 12 Kyu – Yellow
• Stirling Griffin 12 Kyu – Yellow
• Alex Yaginuma 12 Kyu – Yellow

A new black belt at Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate! congratulations to Bridget Weeks for achieving this significant milestone.

Bridget started her karate journey 8 years ago after watching her young children and husband train. Persisting after they have all stopped training she has shown the value of perseverance and hard work to become the newest black belt at Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate.

Bridget’s is a great example of what can be achieved with a no excuses attitude. Juggling work, caring and managing a young family, working through injuries and training around all the other things life throws at us all Bridget kept putting one foot in front of the other and turned up on the dojo floor.

We look forward to Bridget’s continued success and the inspiration she provides for all others of what can be achieved.

The brown belt ranks continue to grow at Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate with 2 new additions and progress for existing brown belts.

At Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate the levels 3-1 kyu are seen as where the serious preparation towards becoming a black belt happens. There is an expectation of a high quality technical standard, a strong spirit, a willingness to work hard consistently and a demonstration of the correct etiquette and behavior over a sustained period of time.

It is pleasing to see so many of our students demonstrating this and the inherent growth that comes with training this way. Well done to everyone, we look forward to seeing you all achieve your black belt in the not to distant future.

Congratulations to:

• Tahlia Boyd – 1 Kyu (Brown & Black Belt)
• Harrison De Byl – 1 Kyu (Brown & Black Belt)
• Siani Symons – 1 Kyu (Brown & Black Belt)
• Carlo de Byl – 2 Kyu (Brown Belt)
• Adam Glachan – 2 Kyu (Brown Belt)
• Bohdi Valencour – 2 Kyu (Brown Belt)
• Ben Hastings – 3 Kyu (Brown & White Belt)
• Naoki Tani – 3 Kyu (Brown & White Belt)

Well done to all those that attended the Spring Grading, it was great to see so many people stepping up, some who haven’t done so for over 12 months. Keep up the hard work and dedication as you strive to achieve your black belt and beyond.

• Eito Tashima – 4 Kyu (Purple)
• Ramesh Snell – 4 Kyu (Purple)
• Xaviar Thompson – 4 Kyu (Purple)
• Charlie Chipperfield – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
• Jemaine Mulcahy – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
• Jesse Valencour – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
• Jayden Watanabe – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Leon Bonaventure – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Leon Cersofios – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Sylas Dawson – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Jeremy Valencour – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Johnson Yu – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Sine Levin – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Aggie Jones – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Ashton Collins – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Chris Tice – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Claire Mulcahy – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Tarl Mason – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Ian Craig – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Jackson Lowe – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Obed Nalau – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Ophelia Wu Leng – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Owen Constantino – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Theo Gordon – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Harper Timoti – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Joanna Yu – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Kalie Starkey – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Kurt Boswerger – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Quinn McDonald – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Sebastian Brown – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Thomas Connolly – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Eliah Hurtig – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
• Jude Summers – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
• Leo Shuklov – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
• Maxine Martin – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
• Miranda Boswerger – meadows – 12 Kyu (Yellow)
• Zac Teelow – 12 Kyu (Yellow)

A great showing at the Winter Grading with many students stepping up for the first time in a while. It was great to see that the standard continues to improve and everyone is working hard to be the best they can be.

Results

• Kalani Kloot – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
• Kayden Kloot – 5 Kyu (Purple & White)
• Tom Allibone – 6 Kyu (Blue)
• Henry Ho – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Hou Leung (Cody) Ng – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Kar Yann (Chloe) Ng – 7 Kyu (Blue & White)
• Aidan Connolly – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Harrison Coughlin – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Airi Tani – 8 Kyu (Green)
• Jasmin Collins – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Zen Kudo – 9 Kyu (Green & White)
• Ashton Collins – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Ari Everitt – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Amy Graham – 10 Kyu (Orange) *double grading*
• Robert Graham – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Isobel Starkey – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Luna Summers – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Avery Wu Leng – 10 Kyu (Orange)
• Andrew Collins – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Owen Constantino – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) *double grading*
• Ian Craig – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) *double grading*
• Christopher Wilkinson – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) *double grading*
• Ophelia Wu Leng – 11 Kyu (Orange & White) *double grading*
• Amelia Wyatt – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)
• Katie Wyatt – 11 Kyu (Orange & White)

Congratulations to the following for their success at the kobujyutsu grading. Well done everyone.

Carlo DeByl – 1 Kyu
Xaviar Thompson – 3 Kyu
Amy Graham – 5 Kyu
Ramesh Snell – 5 Kyu
Eito Tashima – 5 Kyu

A new junshidoin at the Gold Coast dojo!

Congratulations to Kazumi Tominaga who demonstrated a fantastic understanding of the kyu level syllabus and her ability to teach Chito-Ryu Karate in last nights grading.