MARCH 2015Sunshine Coast Karate

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THIS ISSUEFeaturing

Dealing with Challenges

Regular Features

Leader of the Month

Japanese Language

Highlights

Student Achievements

Upcoming events

Club shop special

Welcome new students

Student Birthday’s

Contact Us

Martin & Sandra PhillipsPh: 0435 255 323E: info@karate4life.com.au

NEWSLETTER

1. Back to the basics: monitor sleep, food, water. Are you getting what you need to help you function at your best.

2. Identify the fun and focus in your child’s day. This on its own is worth gold for our kids. Once they realise that they still have loads of play time in their week, balanced with school and after school activities, we are onto a winner.

3. Having a break between school and after school activities. I didn't realise how important this was until it came up in one of our little chats.

4. Quality time: Lots of cuddles, lovin' and giggles. Sock sliding, musical chairs, funny songs, glow stick dancing and anything which releases those contagious fits of laughter. Has to be complete 100% focus on each other. Showing ‘love’ to my kids is largely about spending quality time with them.

5. Find that happy place before making important decisions: Never make decisions (quitting things) whilst in a negative, non-serving state. Fuel up with the feel good stuff and once in that happier state then choose how to move forward.

6. Confidence Bank: Complete tasks and achievable short term goals that you set for yourself. Every time you complete something your confidence grows. Every time you quit before completion, you are making a withdrawal from your confidence bank. Every decision matters so think before acting.

dealing with challenges

From tired to emotional to overwhelmed to wanting to quit everything and hide from the world. I think we all experience these moments at some stage in our lives. Helping our children identify when they are in a negative emotional state and giving them the tools to move to a more productive state is something that I continue to explore with every challenge that comes knocking on the door. Here are a few things that we do when challenges come our way. Hope they help your family too.

leader of the month

Congratulations to one of our newest leaders, Jake Herden.

Jake is becoming quite popular with our Little Champions and demonstrates great leadership qualities.

A big thank you to Jake who not only continues to do his best, but he always does his best to help others in the dojo.

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Family of the Year

Well done Team Buckland on a great year in the dojo We wish you

every success in 2015.

10 years of training

Great effort Sensei Helen. 10 years of training and achieving the

level of Nidan.

grading results

Congratulations to all students attaining new grades at the first

grading of the year.

Time to get Happy with our special guest ‘happy’!!!

Our Little Champions had a special treat this month with a visit from ‘Happy’.

A special thank you to Isabella Gray for bringing Happy along to the dojo for some training, fun and friendships.

Happy participated in a few of the activities and was especially clever with his presentation at the start of class about ‘respect’ in the dojo, at home and at school.

japanese Language

A big thank you to our Little Champions and Karate Kids who have been coming to class and teaching me a few words. Here are some of the words that have been

shared this month.

Ohayou gozaimasu ~ Good morningKonnichiwa ~ Hello

Konbanwa ~ Good eveningOyasuminasai - Good night

FEBRUARY 2015Upcoming Events

Club Shop Special

Private Lessons

March: 7th, 14th & 28th April: 4th, 11th, 18th Bookings are required in advance. Please ask staff at front desk for available bookings.

March

15th Tournament (S. Coast) 22nd QLD Squad Training (G.Coast) 29th Easter Family Picnic & Training

Committee Meetings

March: 7th & 28th May: 2nd & 30th

April

3rd Good Friday (No classes) 6th Easter Monday (No classes) 7th Start Holiday Schedule 17th End Holiday Schedule 18th Soke Cup Training (S.Coast) 20th Resume Full Schedule 20th Start Pacific Paradise Dojo 25th Anzac Day (No classes)

Progress Check Weeks

March 9th - 13th Little Champions & L’ship 23rd - 27th All Programs

April13th-17th Little Champions & L’ship 27th - 1st All Programs

Gradings

9th May, 18th July, 19th September & 21st November Grading applications can be found in the student mailbox room. Please complete the application form and return prior to deadlines. It is recommended that all new students review application forms and progress cards with instructors before grading.

Happy Birthday To Us It’s our birthday soon…. This year marks 15 years of Sunshine Coast Karate

To help mark the occasion we’re designing some special edition t-shirts. Unfortunately, we haven’t quite finished the design yet, but you won’t have to wait to

long, order forms will be distributed soon via the student mailboxes at the dojo.

May

3rd Tournament (Gold Coast) 9th Kyu Grading 10th Mothers Day 15th - 17th QLD Karate Camp 23rd Soke Cup Training (S.Coast) 30th Leadership Training

Special Edition T-Shirts Last time we marked a special birthday in this way, we got some special edition t-shirts designed (10th anniversary). And believe

it or not, we still have a few shirts left over in limited sizes.

Get your’s now before they’re all gone, 10th anniversary t-shirts (2000-2010) for just $15, were $25. There is only very limited

stock left, so if you want to claim a piece of history before they’re all gone you’ll have have to be quick.

New 15th Anniversary T-shirts coming soon. Don’t miss out.

Sunshine Coast Karate10th Anniversary

Special Edition T-Shirts

Coming Soon…

Get ready to pre-order so you don’t miss out.

SUNSHINE COAST KARATE

“The only way you can live your life to

the fullest is by understanding that you do not have all

the time in the world.”

New Student Welcome

Student Birthday’s

Attendance Recognition

There are no secrets to doing well in martial arts and moving to black belt and beyond. However, below you will see two key ingredients that will stack the odds in your favour.

Throughout the year we’ll publish names to recognise all students achieving 8 lessons or more in one calendar month.

Congratulations to the following members achieving 8 lessons or more in February.

Keanu Caston 8, Alahna Eley 8, Kamryn Stray 8, Sonya Wright 8, Gary Evans 8, Jake Fisher 8, Kaden Fisher 8, Johan Frank 8, Jay O'Pray 8, Steven Phillips 8, Matthew Stevenson 8, Raphael Borleis 9, Lachlan Edwards 9, Star Freedom 9, Luke Marriott 9, Dylan McKeown 9, Chloe Crocker 10, Patrick Edwards 10, Isabella Gray 10, Nicol Hamilton 10, Miguel Hardy 10, Jake Herden 10, Nicholas MacDonald 10, Jonathan Schulze 10, Bayden Cahill 11, Nicholas Di Pietra 11, Viv Dumoulin 11, Faith Hardy 11, Tiahni Eley 11, Paul Murray 11, Debbie Woodhouse 11, Matai Doughty 12, Jack Graham 12, Lily Ludbrook 12, Kobe Marriott 12, William Baarslag 13, Rosemarie Caston 13, Klaudia Caston 13, Nathan Eley 13, Ekaterina Maynard 13, Helen O'Grady 13, Selina Strazzari 13, Riley Wallace 14, Duncan Bigg 15, Van Topham 15, David Strazzari 15, Andrew Crocker 16, Chanda Dunn 16, Tony Gush 16, Renae Saunders 16, Sam Hunt 17, Ethan Kessels 21, Bailey Keefe 21, Bella Laurie 22, Justin Otto 25, Sam Phillips 27, Savannah Perdikis 36

Welcome to Sunshine Coast Karate to the following new members.

Faith Hardy, Miguel Hardy, Riley Wallace, Zaxhary Shakespeare, Lily Schultz, Samairaa Dave, Tanishaa Dave, Lauren Gush, Aimee Gush,

Jacob Human, Isabella Human, Will Howe, Sam Micallef, Olivia Clarke, Shona Ward, Dion Styles, Charles Robinson, Jackson Leyden, Liam

Pierce, Surkhab Gill, Sam Thomas, Zoe Kamarinos, Luca Kamarinos, Sean

Meintjes

We hope that you all enjoy your training at Sunshine Coast Karate. If

you require any additional support especially whilst you are getting started

please ask one of our staff.

Happy Birthday to….

Melanie Jones, Raphael Borleis, Jack Graham, Jake Herden, Isaac Amos, Lily McLeod, Jamie Warren, Matai Doughty, Sam Thomas, Kane Marshall, Isabella Gray, Claire McCulloch, Kaden Fisher, Jay O’Pray, Matthew Giddings, Page Sweeney, Matteo Cutuli, Liam Bishoff, Kayla Bishoff and Hayden Hosking.

We hope that you have an amazing birthday!!!

MARCH 2015In The Dojo

Celebrating some of our amazing students in February. Apologise we couldn’t fit everyone in this month. There have been a truck load of presentations and a lot of great training.

Well done everyone and we know that March will bring more progress and celebrations for us all to enjoy.

Please keep up the great work and if you require any additional support please contact your instructors.