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Okinawa Goju-Ryu Karate Do Kyokai (OGKK)
Minei Dojo Shibu Dojo Brisbane, AUSTRALIA 沖縄剛柔流空手道協会 嶺井道場ブリスベン支部道場
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A new secret discovery in Okinawa ?
To do with karate - Nope. Something else - Yep. So there has been a new shrimp-eating centipede discovered in Okinawa. Check it out here...

OGKK Australia
Apr 28, 20212 min read


Secret Fighting Applications
It's always nice having a small class of students. Tonight, only two turned up so we got to spend some quality time really breaking down...

OGKK Australia
Apr 13, 20212 min read


Craig's Black Belt Training
The revered black belt and the secret training of which they undertake is the dream of every karate-ka when starting out. I’ll let you in...

OGKK Australia
Apr 2, 20212 min read


Karate - Connecting People
Recently I got hold of a book about some guy’s random thoughts and views on all things karate and training related. The overview had me...

OGKK Australia
Mar 26, 20212 min read


The Mysterious Kobudo Boom
The past few weeks have seen a huge increase in kobudo inquires. I've been wondering to myself if there has been a secret spin off of...

OGKK Australia
Mar 20, 20212 min read


Being yourself
The other night, my students and I decided to get together and have a sit-down meal…no training, no punching, just sit, talk and live the...

OGKK Australia
Mar 14, 20211 min read


Please tell me I'm shite!
For quite some time now, as part of personal training in both kobudo and karate, I try to record myself on video several times a year....

OGKK Australia
Feb 26, 20213 min read


"I'd like my son to learn self-defence and gain more discipline"
...said the lady over the phone. Neither which I "offer" if you actually read the main page on this website. Well isn't karate all about...

OGKK Australia
Feb 20, 20212 min read


Time flies !
Wow, can you believe exactly 1 year has passed since our karate Sensei and fellow Okinawan members came out to Australia to visit us? The...

OGKK Australia
Feb 16, 20211 min read


Karate & Death - Part 2
As I was watching snippets of that Okinawa UNESCO World Heritage footage a minute ago, I couldn’t help but think god damn, Higaonna...

OGKK Australia
Feb 12, 20211 min read


“Okinawa Karate as a UNESCO World Heritage”
If you got nothing better to do on a Friday evening, a symposium in relation with the future registration of Okinawa karate on the world...

OGKK Australia
Feb 4, 20211 min read


I love my pot!
Across the road from my regular supermarket lies a row of several op shops that I visit religiously after doing the grocery shopping....

OGKK Australia
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Can karate really be that damaging??
Not in the physically battered up body sense, but psychologically? We’ve all heard or know someone who has had that barbaric power-hungry...

OGKK Australia
Jan 31, 20212 min read


The ups and downs of teaching your own children
As soon as my kids could walk, their budo journey began. Throughout their toddler and kindy phases, priority was all about having fun and...

OGKK Australia
Jan 29, 20212 min read


Karate - The natural medicine
According to Dr Allan from the Natural Medicine College of Hard Knuckles (2021), 'life is never a straight line, there are detours,...

OGKK Australia
Jan 15, 20212 min read


Another lockdown = Another lock in (the dojo)
This morning as I woke up to the news that Brisbane would be in for another lockdown (only 3 days this time), I was rather disappointed...

OGKK Australia
Jan 8, 20212 min read
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