Well done to all those that successfully graded in Chito-Ryu Kobujyutsu yesterday. It is great to see the progress everyone is making.
4 Kyu – Xaviar Thompson
4 Kyu – Millicent Mansbridge
5 Kyu – Sarah Huston
5 Kyu – Siani Symons
5 Kyu – Bohdi Valencour
5 Kyu – Jesse Valencour
A huge congratulations to Harrison deByl and Millicent Mansbridge for achieving their 3rd kyu (Brown & white belt) on Friday.
At Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karate gradings must be earned, they are not just given. We believe it is important that students understand and demonstrate the commitment required to achieve success. This is not only a great habit to have for karate but one that will see our students achieve success in other areas of their lives. Both had been working very hard leading up to this grading demonstrating their willingness to learn and their understanding of the work required to achieve this level.
3rd Kyu is a significant step in Chito-Ryu Karate and is an indicator that the serious training towards black belt is underway. We look forward to seeing both Harrison and Millicent continue their hard work and achieve their black belts one day.
It is fantastic to see that everyone’s karate and confidence is continuing to grow with a really solid grading overall. It is especially pleasing to see those that were not successful in a previous grading attempt had been working hard to make the required improvements and were able to successfully pass this time.
Grading Results
Bohdi Valencour – 4 Kyu – Purple
Erika Baritchi – 5 Kyu – Purple & White
Carter Lovelock – 6 Kyu – Blue
Tilly McMillan – 6 Kyu – Blue
Naoki Tani – 6 Kyu – Blue
Taiyo Tani – 6 Kyu – Blue
Aissa Symons – 7 Kyu – Blue & White
Xaviar Thompson – 7 Kyu – Blue & White
Jesse Valencour – 7 Kyu – Blue & White
Darcey de Byl – 8 Kyu – Green
Matthew Boote – 9 Kyu – Green & White
Zinzan Taylor – 10 Kyu – Orange
Jayden Beste – 11 Kyu – Orange & White *double grade
Kewan Clegg – 11 Kyu – Orange & White *double grade
Henry Ho – 11 Kyu – Orange & White *double grade
Sine Levin – 11 Kyu – Orange & White *double grade
Koda Revell – 11 Kyu – Orange & White *double grade
Tana Sun – 11 Kyu – Orange & White
Reyan Baral – 12 Kyu – Yellow
Eleanor Bennette – 12 Kyu – Yellow
Robert Graham – 12 Kyu – Yellow
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
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
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.
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)
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)
Well done to all students who were successful at the 2022 Summer Grading. Keep up the great work!
Adam Glachan – Purple 4 Kyu
Kayden Kloot – Green 8 Kyu
Carter Lovelock – Green & White 9 Kyu
Damien Kloot – Green & White 9 Kyu
Henry Duyvestyn – Orange 10 Kyu
Jemaine Mulcahy – Orange 10 Kyu
Matt Moran – Orange 10 Kyu
Zion Brown – Orange 10 Kyu **triple graded**
Ashley Maudsley – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Edward Bennette – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Flint Slattery – Orange & White 11 Kyu **double graded**
Henry Langton – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Leon Bonaventure – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Pailyne Price – Orange & White 11 Kyu
Sarah Huston – Orange & White 11 Kyu **double graded**
Finn Tumelty – Yellow 12 Kyu
Hamish Kent – Yellow 12 Kyu
Jackson Carpenter – Yellow 12 Kyu
Johnson Yu – Yellow 12 Kyu
Leo Li – Yellow 12 Kyu
Zinzan Taylor – Yellow 12 Kyu
Congratulations to everyone who challenged themselves at the 2022 Winter Grading. It was great to see so many students have been working hard to continue to improve their karate.
4 Kyu – Purple
Troy Lester
5 Kyu – Purple & White
Jean du Plessis
Adam Glachan
6 Kyu – Blue
Erika Baritchi
Harrison De Byl
Millicent Mansbridge
Yuvi Whala
7 Kyu – Blue & White
Kaylah Smith
Bohdi Valencour
8 Kyu – Green
Enoch Kavelin
Chui McDonald
Mehar Whala
9 Kyu – Green & White
Kalani Kloot
Slade Revell
10 Kyu – Orange
Charlie Chipperfield
Lily Collofello
Lucas Kirkup
Damien Kloot
Carter Lovelock
11 Kyu – Orange & White
Aston Cattach
Angus Esson
James Ford **double grading
Jacob Greenwell **double grading
Jaylah Greenwell **double grading
Isabella Higham
Ding Ma **double grading
Noah Milloy **double grading
Eito Tashima **double grading
12 Kyu – Yellow
Edward Bennette
Leon Bonaventure
Henry Langton
Ashley Maudsley
Xaviar Thompson
