Kin Shin Kai

04/09/2026

Sad news last night to hear of the untimely passing of sensei Wolfgang Vogel.
Sensei Vogel ‘Wolfie ‘ was a student of Hanshi Patrick McCarthy’s Koryu Uchinadi and he ran his Seaford Koryukan dojo very successfully in the southern suburbs of Melbourne.

I trained with him a number of times at Hanshi McCarthy’s seminars an found him to be an excellent and dedicated martial artist always keen to learn and develop and very down to earth and easy to be with socially.

He generously came up assist Hanshi McCarthy deliver a private seminar weekend to our Kin Shin Kai group in 2011 and is pictured in this instructor group photo from that weekend in the rear row on the far left. Vale Wolfie…

14/06/2026

We are proud of our multi ethnic membership and in this photo alone we have British, Hungarian, Indian, German, Polish, Italian, Singaporean, Irish, Scottish and of course, apart from our students visiting from overseas, we are also all very much Australian

14/06/2026

Grading review all done - wonderful for we instructors to see the general group improvement.

A big congratulations to all who did upgrade and looking forward to helping you to your next level of improved performance.

Anyone seeing this post who would like to join this great group of students pm me or book a free tryout on our Kin Shin Kai website.

10/06/2026

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Today would have been what would have been Ohtsuka Tadahiko (June 10 1940 – November 27 2012) o-sensei's 86th birthday.

In the spirit of keeping his memory and achievements and contributions alive I recorded the video linked below and also I am posting a seniors group photo taken when Ohtsuka sensei did a tour of Sydney & Melbourne in 1986.

In the video I thought I would share a couple of things, one of which regarding Tensho-Rokkishu kata may only have limited appeal but the other should be of real interest from any serious Karate-ka not already familiar with the Uechi ryu style breathing Ohtsuka sensei valued and talked about a number of times.

https://youtu.be/y5FqUFFjX6k

26/04/2026

Great to be back training for Term 2, week 2 coming up.

Welcome to new students and new students always welcome!

Grading review period commences in a few weeks!

18/04/2026

27/02/2026

A new free sparring block begins in this coming week, and our beginner white belts are already warming up with some prep drills

While self defence is always our core focus, some sparring skills do transfer to self defense

Timing, confidence, and athletic controlled movement all strengthen real world self defence ability, plus, many students find sparring genuinely fun once they give it a try

All our sparring at this level is non-contact and safety first!

27/02/2026

Ippon waza #5, augmented exit

27/02/2026

This week in the Black Belt class saw us reviewing the "Bojutsu ippon waza "Long staff - single technique) and here is shihan Mike Mules demonstrating ippon waza #5 with an "augmented exit" (extra added to the basic application to take it to more of a final culmination).

We are very fortunate to have been introduced and schooled in the old school "Yamaneryu" tradition by Hanshi Patrick McCarthy starting now way back in 1998.

Modern bojutsu practise is very stylised which makes it easier to teach step by step but is way less dynamic and powerful than a tradition like Yamaneryu.

Thank you again Hanshi McCarthy!

07/02/2026

1st week of classes completed . Great to be going full bore again and welcome to all new students!