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By Sensei Adam HigginsThe Gold Coast turned it on with 2beautiful days for the Gold Coast Cupand Seminars, with great time had byall at both events.The Gold Coast Chito-Ryu Karatedojo was the venue for the Saturday’sICKFA seminar (all ranks) which wasfollowed by the Brown and Black Beltseminar. Sensei Mark Snow from theBlue Mountains took the ICKFASeminar with the assistance of SenseiShane Ker (Sydney), Sensei AdamHiggins (Gold Coast) and SenseiRhys Woodhouse (Sunshine Coast).Sensei Snow took the group throughexercises to practise stances, andthen concentrated on good wristpositions when punching. A key pointof the session was having good focusby looking straight ahead. With goodfocuses the strength of the stancesand punches increased. Sensei Snowfinished the session with a number ofapplications of the final stages of thekata, demonstrating how the goodfocus and awareness must remain atall times. For many of the group thiswas the first time they had trainedwith Snow Sensei and all appreciatedhis warm, fun teaching style.The Brown and Black Belt Seminarwas led by Sensei Martin Phillips andsaw a strong focus on Zanshin, andawareness in all directions. After anumber of kata exercises to work onthese points groups were formed withone person in the middle defendingagainst multiple opponents usingtakedowns, this provided theopportunity to apply the lesson in apractical situation.Gold Coast CupSunday morning the competitioncommenced with over 50 competitorslining up for the opening ceremony.This year we were fortunate to haveKalia Baldan sing the Australiannational anthem. As well as being amember of Gold Coast Chito-RyuKarate, Kalia is a member of theAustralian Girls Choir.The kata events commenced theaction, for many of the competitorsthis was the first time they hadparticipated in a tournament and itwas very pleasing to see thateveryone was able to overcome theirnerves and perform their kata in frontof the referees, their peers, family andall the rest of the audience. NathanRossely excelled in his firsttournament winning the novice adultkata division. Fantastic kata weredemonstrated in all divisions withsome stand out performances, manyof the competitors are attending theNational Titles at the Blue Mountainsin October, the performancesdemonstrated showed that theQueensland team is going to be toughto beat this year!The team kata was as always apopular division, it was great to seefamily members competing together.One (of the many) great things aboutkarate is it is an activity that everyonein the family can do, with team kataproviding an opportunity to worktogether. From the Gold CoastHusband, Wife and Son combinationthe McSwan’s took out 3 rd place in theopen team kata (White - 4 th Kyu).With the sister combination of Nadiaand Sabrina Stanghi combining withMonica Lester to go one step bettertaking out second place. Theadvanced team kata was a closeaffair with the Gold Coast teamnarrowly beating the Sunshine Coastteam.Straight up after the lunch break werethe demonstrations with all the GoldCoast students combining to performKihon Dosa Ichi, Kihon Dosa Ni, andthe more senior students performingKihon Kata Ichi. This was anothergreat opportunity for the students toshow their families their karate skills.The Gold Coast Chito-Ryu KarateDemonstration finished with a displayof Niseishi Dai by Sensei Adam andAnthony Horgan. Firstly the kata wasdemonstrated, followed by some ofthe bunkai applications of the kata,the final part of the demonstrationwas a display of the hard side of thekata. As Sensei Adam performedNiseishi Dai Anthony struck variousparts of Sensei Adam’s body with ashinai, drawing gasps from theonlookers.The second demonstration wasperformed by the black belts as theydemonstrated the multiple attackerexercise from the previous daysseminar. Sensei Martin Phillips andthen Sensei Mark Snow took a turn inthe middle and proceeded to dispatchthe multiple attackers with effortlessthrows. Sensei Martin and SenseiMark then concluded thedemonstration with a performance ofthe kata Sanshiru.Mitchell Booker, Keanu Caston, Emma MoeheadAlexander Priala vs Aaron PregunRiver of Knowledge – Spring 2008 16
The Queensland team to compete atthe ICKFA National Titles in Octoberwas then presented to the crowd withall members of the team invited to thefloor to receive their applause.Two more special presentations weremade to their very surprisedrecipients. Sheryl Higgins has beenthe treasurer for the ICKFA for the last2 years and has been a driving factorbehind establishing the professionalpractises now used by theassociation. Through Sheryl’s hardwork and diligence the association isnow positioned so that it can continueto move forward in a professionalfinancial manner. Due to othercommitments Sheryl has had toresign as treasurer. As a thank you aspecial presentation and official thankyou was given to Sheryl by SenseiMartin Phillips, President of theICKFA.The second special presentation wasto Sensei Martin Phillips. SenseiMartin is shortly going to Japan tochallenge for his Shihan teachersrank. As a show of support and thankyou to Sensei Martin for all he hasdone for QLD Chito-Ryu Karate, themembers of both the Sunshine Coastand Gold Coast dojos bandedtogether to raise over $1000 to helpSensei Martin get to Japan for hisgrading. With the possibility of ourown Shihan in Queensland this wasseen as a great investment by theQLD Chito-Ryu members.The final demonstration of the daywas the kids 5-7 yrs demonstrationKumite. The relaxing of the rulesallowed for a lot closer interactionfrom the coaches as these futurestars went about showing everyonewhat they could do. Aaron Pregun,Dylan Pike, Alexander Priala andNathan Scavone all put on a fantasticdisplay of their skills and etiquettewith all leaving the ring with a hugesmile to accompany their participant’strophy.The afternoon’s events kicked of withthe 7-9 years Kumite. All matcheswere a good test of skill and spirit withsome of the newer competitors havingto contend with the extra speed andpower that the excitement of acompetition brings. In what was ahard fought division Luke Mouldenfrom the Sunshine Coast out pointedDean Marincevski from Kogarah Bayto take the 1 st place trophy.Senior Demonstration – Sensei Martin Phillips throwing Rhys WoodhouseThe 10-11 years divisions for bothgirls and boys were very strongMontana Stewart travelled all the wayfrom Kogarah Bay in Sydney to takeout the girls division, with JamesO’Grady from the Sunshine Coasttaking out the boys division over dojoteam mate Viet Kass.The tough battles continued throughthe remaining junior divisions whereboth the Sunshine Coast and GoldCoast dojos well represented. Thehighlight event for the juniors was the16-17 years boys Kumite were LinhTran stepped up a division to take outthe 1 st place. The speed and skill of allboys in this division delighted thecrowd.The adults divisions demonstrated agreat mix of experience andbeginners with some of thecompetitors competing for the firsttime. The women’s division washighlighted by the performance ofSensei Sandra Phillips who has onlyrecently returned to competition.Sensei Sandra’s demonstration ofhard, fast and controlled Kumiteprovided everyone with a greatexample of where they needed to taketheir training. In the men’s divisionDuncan Bigg from the SunshineCoast showed the benefits of hisfocused training to takeout the eventnarrowly beating out Anthony Horganfrom the Gold Coast. The match wasvery close with Anthony jumping to anearly lead only to have Duncan comeback at him late in the match. Anthonywill learn from the experience, withboth competitors continuing to buildtowards the national titles.The trophy presentations rounded outthe end of the day with big rounds ofapplause given by all. The Juniortournament champion was presentedto Linh Tran from the Sunshine Coastwho came second in his kata divisionand won the Kumite after stepping upa division. Senior TournamentChampion was awarded to SenseiSandra Phillips who won both theBlack Belt Kata and Open Women’sKumite division with very strongshowings.A huge thank you to all competitorswho performed with a high level ofskills, etiquette and budo spirit,making for a great day of action.Thank you to the officials andreferee’s who were rarely noticedduring the day (the sign of a greatjob!). And last but not least a hugethank you to all the volunteers whoseefforts make an event like thispossible.The 1 st Annual Gold Coast Cup was aterrific event and we all look forwardto 2009 when Gold Coast Chito-RyuKarate will welcome everyone backfor the 2 nd Annual Gold Coast Cup.River of Knowledge – Spring 2008 17
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Page 3 and 4: Table of ContentsSpecial Features20
Page 5 and 6: Noonan Shihan Trains at SohonbuThe
Page 7 and 8: International Chito-Ryu Karate Fede
Page 9 and 10: 2008 Gold Coast KangeikoBy Sensei A
Page 11 and 12: ICKFA Tournament CircuitAll AgesAll
Page 14 and 15: By Sensei Mark SnowBathurst Chito-R
Page 18 and 19: Tournament ResultsJunior Tournament
Page 20 and 21: ICKFA Dojo NewsKogarah BaySensei Sh
Page 22 and 23: ICKFA Dojo NewsBathurstColin Philli
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Page 29 and 30: Lachlan PregunHow has karate helped
Page 31 and 32: Coaches CornerICKFA National Coach
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