Samurai Dojo Australia- Kimura Shukokai Karate

14/09/2026

Congratulations to our newest yellow belts! 🥋💛

A huge congratulations to all the students at Kemblawarra Public School who successfully graded to yellow belt last week.

We’ve been teaching karate at the school through the Sporting Schools program since 2025, with more than 60 children now training regularly. Reaching their first belt is a fantastic milestone and a reflection of the effort they’ve been putting in each week.

Well done everyone! 👏🥋

28/08/2026

🥋 Registration is now open for our Spring Kimura Shukokai Karate Tournament!

Join us at Thirroul Dojo on Friday 18 September for an evening of kata and kumite competition for juniors and adults.

Students, please check your emails for registration details and the link to enter.

We’re looking forward to a great night of karate! 🥋

18/08/2026

Small actions can change what happens next.

Confidence is using your voice and asking for help.
Respect is noticing, including and supporting others.
Control is pausing and choosing the safest response.

Children should never be expected to solve bullying alone. But we can give them a safe place to practise choices they can carry beyond the dojo.

Small Acts, Big Impact.

17/08/2026

Bullying No Way Week starts today.

As a registered supporter, Samurai Dojo is bringing the national focus into our classes in a way that fits what we practise every week.

In classes this week, students will practise:

- situational awareness;
- confident posture and voice;
- safe distance and movement;
- controlled self-defence; and
- protecting, escaping and getting help.

**Small Acts, Big Impact.**

11/08/2026

Self-defence is so much more than fighting.

It starts with awareness, boundaries, distance and choices. Physical skills matter, but their purpose is to help someone protect themselves and reach safety.

Bullying is never one child’s problem nor should it be the victim's responsibility to solve alone.

10/08/2026

Next week is Bullying No Way Week, Australia’s national week of action against bullying.

Samurai Dojo is proud to once again be a registered supporter of the 2026 campaign.

Across our classes nwxt week, we’ll place an added focus on awareness, confident boundaries, safe distance, controlled self-defence, escape and getting help. Because real self-defence begins before a punch.

**Confidence. Respect. Control.**

Official campaign: bullyingnoway.gov.au/bullying-no-way-week

10/08/2026

29/07/2026

Save the Date for our next KSI Competition held at Thirroul Dojo.

5:30 PM. Friday 18 September.
Entries open soon.

20/07/2026

Back on the dojo floor tomorrow!!!!

09/07/2026

This weekend, the KSI European Championships take place in Leipzig, Germany.

Dojos from across Europe and beyond will be on the tatami, competing under the same standards, kata and lineage that we train here at Samurai Dojo.

That is one of the special things about Kimura Shukoaki. Different countries, different dojos, same connection back to the training. nothing highlights this more than that the day before competition, everyone trains together as one!

To everyone competing, coaching, judging and officiating, we’ll be cheering you on from Australia.

Osu. 🥋