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What is Success?
SHARING THE FEELING OF THE BLACK BELTS – STUART GILMORE I recently got thinking what it means to be successful in a martial art? The more I thought about the question the more difficult I found it to come up with an answer. In some martial arts one could propose…
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The Journey to San Dan
SHARING THE FEELING OF THE BLACK BELTS – MIKE HOOLEY It was around the time of the Dojo’s trip to Japan to participate in the inaugural Goza Shioda Memorial in 2023, that my journey began. An auspicious start, surrounded by culture and traditions of Japan and training with practitioners from…
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ENSO: Don’t lose stock of where you’ve been!
Do you keep a logbook of services for your car?It’s easy to lose sight of where we have been in ourlife and not tend to the maintenance of what we know and are able to do as a result of it. I believe this is because our minds are fixed…
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2025 Summer Training Day
Its less than a week away from the first major GRAJJ event for 2025! Looking forward to seeing everyone in our extended GRAJJ family come together again. Here is the schedule. It’s much the same as last year as the feedback was all positive about the running of the day:…
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It’s not a sprint
I thought it might be pertinent to republish the following article at this time as we move deeper into our second decade of the Sunshine Coast Dojo’s existence and mark the 30th anniversary this year of Mor Sensei’s organisation here in Australia. I’ve made only minimal edits to this edition…
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THE DOJO – AN IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM.
Please let me begin by making this disclaimer that these ideas below are simply my thoughts, interpretations and opinions solely. Yes, I have constructed them over decades of training and engagement with traditional Japanese dojos and significant teachers, yet they are mine. The dojo is an ecosystem, at times robust…
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Gojō (the five virtues of an ideal person)
As we continue through the year of training and pass the half-way mark, I thought it might be a good idea to return to a philosophical point discussed in a past newsletter but worthy, I think, of returning to the forefront of our minds. As we know, our training is…
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Ryan Slavin Sensei – Demonstration
GOSHU-RYU AIKI JU JUTSU (GRAJJ) SUNSHINE COAST DOJO HEAD INSTRUCTOR GRAJJ 10th Annual Demonstration June 2024 in #caloundra#sunshinecoast. ______________________ If you are interested in Japanese martial culture (Budo), forged in the battle fields of feudal Japan dating back over 900 years, and want to START LEARNING TODAY, feel free to…
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10th Annual Public Demonstration
Only days remain until the GRAJJ 10th annual public demonstration. Make sure it’s in your calendar 🗓️ Be sure to get down to Caloundra State Primary auditorium for this local event open to the public. If you are enjoying the latest series #SHOGUN on #Disney+, then this authentic Japanese martial…
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Sharing the feeling of the Black Belts
John deVries – Yondan: My reflections on grading to Yondan At the front of the dojo sits the Kamiza, a place where the Kami can reside. “Spirits of the Dojo.” One item in particular on the Kamidana is the Shinkyo (a round mirror). Somebody once told me that the more…
Goshu-Ryu SunCoast 