Upcoming Events

Feb 18 QKA Cup, Brisbane

Jan 26-28 Karate 1-Premier League, Paris (France)

Feb 22-25 Karate 1-Youth League, Fujairah (UAE)

March 23-24 QLD State Championships, Brisbane

April 25-26 Senior Oceania Championships, Sydney Liverpool

April 20 - July 27 (Saturday) State Training, AAMA - Carson Lane, 1873 Logan Road, Upper Mount Gravatt

April 26-28 Australian Open, Sydney Liverpool

May 25-26 QLD Open, Brisbane

May 31 - Jun 2 Karate 1-Premier League, Casablanca (Morocco)

August 2-4 Australian Titles, Geelong

Aug 8-11 Karate 1-Youth League, Cancun (Mexico)

Sep 27-29 Commonwealth Karate Championships

October 9-13 World Cadet, Junior & U21 Championships, Venice (Italy)

Nov 20-24 World Team Championships, Pamplona (Spain)

Recent Seiha karate Events - 2024

Seiha Grading, Brisbane

December 2024

Congratulations to Miles, Thomas and Scott who earned their black belts on Sunday! They have each been training with us for many years and we are incredibly proud of what they have achieved so far. We look forward to helping them reach their fullest potential in the coming years!! Congratulations also to Seb who is now 1st Kyu and one step away from achieving his black belt!

Senior World Team Championships, Spain

November 2024

Georgie was one of the 5 female team members who recently competed for Australia at the inaugural World Teams Cup in Spain 22-24 November. I had the privilege of coaching the team for this super elite competition between the top 20 Teams in the world. Congratulations to Georgie and the rest of the National team - it is a great honour to represent your country at this level.

WKF Karate 1 - Youth League, Mexico

October 2024

Lucy recently travelled to Cancun (Mexico) to complete in the WKF Karate1 Youth League. She fought very well, narrowly missing out on bronze. Congratulations Lucy!

Seiha Club Tournament, Brisbane

October 2024

Last Saturday we had our Seiha Karate club competition to showcase the skills our athletes have developed this year. We are extremely proud of everyone who competed! It was great to see each athlete putting the techniques they learn in training onto the tatami. The progress from last year’s competition has been very impressive! It was also awesome to see our elite athletes putting on a show to round off the day! Everyone was great with helping out to ensure a smooth running of the event. It was a very high bout quality for every fight and included a mixture of all the drills we have been doing- head and body kicks, kizami, take downs, keeping the centre when under pressure. Well done to all the elite group and it made for very impressive viewing for the spectators.

Commonwealth Karate Championships, Durban South Africa

September 2024

Congratuations to Sienna who recently represented Australia at the Commonwealth Karate Championships in Durban, South Africa. She fought very well, bringing home some bling. Congratulations Sienna!

National Championships, Geelong

August 2024

Congratulations to our Seiha athletes that recently completed at the National Karate Championships, and our new National Champions:
Georgie Lawrence
Lucy Choi- Lawrence
Thomas can der Riet
Kiyoaki Tsukada
Niyousha Mohammadi
Piper Adolphe

We had 13 athletes from our dojo representing QLD in Geelong at the National Championships and the following are the amazing results. I commend them all on their achievements which are the result of their hard training and perseverance. I am so proud of their efforts. A special mention for Georgie who is the State Team co-captain and a leader of our dojo crew. Georgie made the final of 4 events. Georgie had 10 bouts over the weekend against the best and BIGGEST opponents. We are lucky to have her leading our dojo crew.

Results from the weekend:
Georgie GOLD u21 / GOLD senior / SILVER open Kumite/ SILVER team kumite
Lucy GOLD / SILVER cadet open / SILVER Team kumite
Thomas GOLD / SILVER junior open
Piper GOLD team kumite/ SILVER
Kiyoaki Tsukada GOLD
Niyousha GOLD kumite / SILVER kata / SILVER team kumite
Benji SILVER
Isaac BRONZE
Jessie-Rose SILVER / SILVER team kumite
Sebastian BRONZE / SILVER team kumite
Miles BRONZE / SILVER team kumite
Scott BRONZE / SILVER team kumite
Sienna BRONZE / SILVER team kumite

Queensland Open, Brisbane

May 2024

Congratulations to the athletes who competed at the Karate Queensland Open over the weekend. It was pleasing to see everyone actively making improvements by putting their training into their match. Keep up the great work as we close in on the Australian Nationals in early August.

The results from the weekend:
Isaac- kata silver and kumite gold
Emma- kata bronze kumite gold and open black belt kumite gold
Kiyoaki- kata gold and kumite gold
Sebastian- kata gold, kumite bronze and open kumite gold
Benji- kumite gold and blackbelt open silver
Sienna -silver and open kumite bronze
Jessie-Rose - gold and open kumite silver
Scott- Kumite silver, black belt kumite silver and open kumite bronze
Miles -kumite gold, black belt kumite gold and open kumite silver
Piper -kumite gold and open kumite bronze
Georgie - kumite gold and open kumite gold

Lucy received a certificate in recognition of her selection to the National team to attend the Junior World Championships in Venice as well as $1000 sponsorship from Karate Queensland.

A big thank you to our volunteers - Barry Schramm table official and tournament IT, Sensei Alan , Lucy and Ben Wilson table officials, Sensei Sean referee and Sensei Tommy coach. Overall Seiha shared equal highest number of gold medals won by any club.

Australian Open & Oceania, Sydney

April 2024

Congratulations to all our athletes who competed in Sydney. The competition was hectic and tough with over 890 entries. Even so, it was a great learning experience for our first time competitors and for our more experienced athletes:

Isaac Martensson - Bronze
Emma Martensson - Silver
Kiyoaki Tsukada - Bronze
Sienna Downey - Bronze
Jessie-Rose Talbot-Cooke - Silver and Bronze in Open kumite
Miles Wilson - Silver
Piper Adolphe - Bronze
Georgie Lawrence - Gold Oceania team event, Gold in seniors, 2 x Silver and Bronze in open kumite

Well done also to Benji Hamwood-Barry, Scott McDonald, Sebastian Hamwood-Barry, Erik Stepanov who all gained invaluable experience and competed strongly.

After 3 days of competition the athletes who were selected in the National Squad were - Sienna, Jessie-Rose, Miles, Piper, Lucy and Georgie. Congratulations!

Queensland State Titles, Brisbane

March 2024

Congratulations to everyone who competed at the State titles. Even though we were missing some of our big guns - Lucy, Jessie-Rose and Thomas all injured and Kiyoaki in Japan, the team still managed to dominate the state titles:

Alex Norton- Gold kata, Gold kumite
Scott McDonald - Gold kata, Silver kumite x3
Sebastian Hamwood-Barry - Gold & Silver Kumite, Silver kata
Isaac Martensson- Gold kumite x2
Miles Wilson - Gold kumite x3
Benji kumite - Gold kumite x2
Emma Martensson - Gold kumite & Bronze
Sienna - Silver kumite
Piper- Silver kumite x2
Georgie - Gold kumite x2
Erik Stepanov - Gold kata

QKA Cup, Brisbane

February 2024

Congratulations to everyone who competed on Sunday at the QKA cup and thank you to everyone who helped out. Our young team came home with 18 Gold medals:

Benji Hamwood-Barry - Gold kumite
Jarvis Ma - Silver kata, Silver kumite
Sebastian Hamwood-Barry - Gold kumite x2, Bronze kata
Erik Stepanov - Gold kata
Scott McDonald - Bronze kata, Silver kumite x3
Kiyoaki Tsukada - Gold kumite, Gold kata
Lucy Choi- Lawrence - Gold kumite, Gold kata
Alex Norton - Gold kumite
Georgie Lawrence - Gold kumite x2
Sienna Downey - Gold kumite
Jessie-Rose Talbot-Cooke - Gold kumite, Silver kumite
Piper Adolphe - Gold kumite x2
Thomas van der Riet - Silver kumite
Miles Wilson - Gold kumite x3

Karate 1-Premier League, Paris (France)

January 2024

Georgie recently competed in Paris in the Karate-1 Premier League event. Sean and I attended as a National referee and coach (as well as enjoy the delights of Paris!). Well done Georgie!