Archive for September, 2009
Road Works to play a gig in Coorparoo
Bob McMahon’s band, Road Works, is playing this Friday night the 2nd of October from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm at the Coorparoo RSL (behind the dojo opposite Coles carpark). The Coorparoo RSL has great prices on drinks and food, and the restaurant has changed hands and is apparently quite good.
Road Works play a bit [...]
10 Drills for Kumite Ebook
Hi all,
Well I have finally written my first ebook – 10 Drills for Kumite.
It’s a book for students who wish to improve their kumite, and will give instructors drills and ideas for their classes.
You can check out the website here – www.kumite-tips.com
This will be the first in a series of ebooks that I will be [...]
Combined Class this Thursday
Hi all,
As has been a long standing tradition at the Australian Karate Academy, the last Thursday of each month is a combined White – Black Belt class. We have had some great feedback from these classes – the lower grades love to train and meet with the Black Belt, and the higher grades enjoy mentoring [...]
One Step Closer to Black Belt
What a great day it was yesterday for our 3rd Belt and
Certificate Presentation and Demonstration event.
Congratulations to those who are one belt closer
to reaching Black Belt!
White to Red (9th Kyu) Red Belts
Ella Williams
Toby Prineas
Max Dang
Red/White
Tobey Bernal
William Whitlcok
Leo Kamberovic
Tobey Masterson
John Ternorden
Mike Bingham
Ben Flintoff
Red to Yellow (8th Kyu)
Liam O’Rourke
Jamaica McNamara
Tamika Martin
Kai Simmons
Emily Norton
Peter Vaughn
Alex Warren
Yellow to Orange [...]
Why Kihon is overused…..
I was recently having a discussion with a fellow karate instructor about how he teaches and what he teaches. More or less this is how his class (and most karate clubs) goes -
kihon: 30 minutes
combinations/line drills: 20 minutes
Kata: 15 minutes
Kumite: 15minutes
So basically that is about an hour and a half schedule that they do most [...]
