26/05/2026
The Roots Run Deep! Great Karate Camp!!
One of the highlights for me at the recent QLD Karate Camp was a session with some of our Australian senior ranks: Mark Snow, Martin Phillips, Sandra Phillips and Adam Higgins Senseis. While the rest of the group headed off for beach training, the five of us stayed behind to wrestle with some very high-level concepts and applications.
Why was that my favourite session?
Because between the five of us there is probably well over 200 years of combined Karate training and experienceā¦ yet we were still excited to learn, question, experiment, and continue developing.
There is no real end to this journey.
For the Chito Ryu people amongst you, the session centred around Nage no Kata. There are layers to this art that only reveal themselves after decades of the right dedicate practice.
Thank you to Sunshine Coast Karate and the entire QLD Chito-Ryu Karate-Do team for making this happen.
Train, eat, sleepā¦ and repeat. From the moment we arrived on Friday, the gi went on and there was barely time for anything else.
What stood out most to me was seeing all age groups and grades training together with genuine enthusiasm. There was a real thirst for learning, improvement, and understanding, and plenty of highly qualified instructors willing to share knowledge and experience.
GOOD JOB AU CHITO RYU
