Samurai Karate NZ

2012 Samurai Karate NZ national Camp

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:58:22 +0000

This years camp will be held in. It’s sure to be another awesome one! Download the flyer here.

Camp Details:
Training with Sensei Paul Mitchell 8th Dan Hanshi - Chief Instructor Samurai Karate International

April Friday 13th- Sunday15th
Cost: $220.00 (Includes: Courses, all meals, accommodation)
Camp will Commence at 5.30pm

Black belt grading: There will be a black belt grading on Friday night starting at 8pm.
Activities: A range of activities will be included on the camp including sports, movies on Saturday night and Kayaking.
Transfers: There will be transfers available for those flying in from the Auckland.

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2012 Calendar

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:21:43 +0000

The 2011 NZ Shukokai Calendar is now out. See the dates below, or click here to download.

2012 Samurai Karate Calendar of Events

January
Monday 9th – Onehunga Dojo Opens
Saturday 29th – KNZ Summer Camp
Sunday 30th – KNZ Summer Camp
February
Tuesday 7th- Term 1 Starts
Thursday 9th – Ponsonby Dojo Opens
Sunday 12th – Competition training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Saturday 25th – Wayne Otto Seminar
Sunday 26th – Wayne Otto Seminar
March
Sunday 11th – Competition Training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Sunday 25th – Auckland Grading’s
Thursday 29th to Sunday 1st – Sangokan Training Melbourne
April
Sunday 1st – Auckland Development Comp
Thursday 5th – Term 1 ends
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th – Samurai Karate Annual Camp with Hanshi Paul Mitchell Note 14th and 15th NZ Open Christchurch
Sunday 22nd – Competition Training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Monday 23rd – term 2 Starts
Thursday 26th – Dunedin Grading and Course
Friday 27th to Sunday 29th – Central Otago Courses and grading’s
May
Sunday 13th – Auckland secondary Schools Comp
Sunday 20th – Competition Training Onehunga Dojo 11am
June
Sunday 10th – Auckland regional champs
Sunday 17th – Central Nth Island Champs
Sunday 24th – Auckland Grading’s
Friday 29th- Term 2 Ends
July
Saturday 7th/Sunday 9th – NZ Nationals Wellington
Saturday 14th – Samurai Champs Alexandra
Monday 16th – Term 3 Starts
Sunday 22nd – Competition Training Onehunga Dojo 11am
August
Thursday 2nd – Dunedin Course and Grading
Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th – Central Otago Course and Grading
Sunday 19th – Competition training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Monday 20th to Sunday 26th – Japan Black Belt Training
Sunday 26th – Auckland Open Champs
September
Sunday 9th – Competition training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Friday 14th to Sunday 16th – Oceania Champs Sydney
Sunday 23rd – Auckland Grading’s
Friday 28th – Term 3 ends
October
Sunday 14th – Competition Training Onehunga Dojo 11am
Monday 15th – Term 4 Starts
Friday 26th to Sunday 28th – Kawata Cup Melbourne
Wednesday 31st – Sangokan Training Melbourne
November
Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th – Sangokan Training – Melbourne
Saturday 10th – Auckland Awards Night
Thursday 22nd – Dunedin course and Grading
Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th – Central Otago Course and Grading
Saturday 24th – Sth Island Senior Awards Night
December
Sunday 2nd – Auckland Grading’s
Saturday 8th – Auckland Kids Xmas BBQ Cornwall Park
Wednesday 19th – Onehunga Dojo last training

2011 Samurai Championships

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:09:35 +0000

Thanks to everyone that helped make the 2011 Samurai Champs another success. It was a great day.
Congratulations to all the competitors for getting out there and representing their Dojo.

You will find pictures you can purchase at http://demo.upixphotos.com/.
Also, be sure to check out the pictures in the gallery.
After checking through the results and entering them into spreadsheet tallies, the official results by dojo were as follows:

Dojo	Kata	Kumite	Team Kata	Total	Members	Average
Alexandra	34	34	5	73	32	2.3
Arrowtown	13	22	0	35	15	2.3
Queenstown	16	12	5	33	10	3.3
Dunedin	10	11	0	21	9	2.3
Auckland	5	9	0	14	5	2.8
Cromwell	8	6	0	14	6	2.3
Wanaka	6	2	0	8	2	4.0

Congratulations to Alexandra for taking the title yet again! Also for hosting such a great event and having such a great turnout. Well Done! :)

Anna Leat Selected for New Zealand

admin — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:36:15 +0000

Congratulations to Arrowtown’s Anna Leat for being selected to represent New Zealand in the Commonwealth Karate Championships in Australia in July!

Anna has a great write up in Queenstown’s local paper The Mountain Scene, click here to read it.

All the best Anna, you will do Shukokai New Zealand proud :)

2011 Samurai NZ Karate Champs

admin — Mon, 02 May 2011 08:35:59 +0000

See the poster below for information on this year’s championships.

No doubt the other Dojo’s will be looking to take the tournament title away from Alexandra!

2011 Samurai Karate NZ national Camp

kenshi — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 06:53:38 +0000

This years Camp will be held in the Nth Island at the Hanua Falls Presbyterian Camp.
The camp will be run by Hanshi Paul Mitchell 8th dan.

Photos now up in the gallery

Download: 2011 camp flyer

Sensei Ronan Impact Seminar – Auckland

kenshi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:36:35 +0000

Recently Samurai karate NZ had the pleasure of hosting Sensei Ronan Mitchell to the Auckland dojo for a weekend seminar on Shukokai technique and impact develpoment. It was a great weekend of hard karate training and an insight for NZ students on how to generate more power through better technique.

Trans tasman Championship results

kenshi — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:21:14 +0000

TRANS RESULTS

Sensei Andrew – Gains Oceania Judging Qualification

kenshi — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:28:39 +0000

Footage of Sensei Kimura

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:47:58 +0000