Yoseikan-Ryu Karate - Maylands

Happy mothers day to all our lovely dojo mums and mother figures 🌸 thank you for joining our mothers day classes and spending this time with your little ones to make the day so special!

You do so much for your kids and families each and every day and to support their karate and life journeys. We hope you feel seen and celebrated this weekend 🙏

A massive thank you to Sammy who introduced these events a few years ago and has gone on to do them bigger and better each time! These events are such a highlight of the year.
Another thanks to Around Perth Massage who pampered our mums today ☺️

Instructors Jon and Sam are having a little girl! 🩷 we are so excited for our newest little karate girl to be joining us soon 🥰

Thank you to our community who put on their blue or pink belts for the gender reveal and celebrated with us during and after class 💙🩷 our family is lucky to have you all in our lives.

On the weekend we attended the Karate WA annual Awards Night. What a great night to celebrate everyone's efforts in 2025 and those selected to represent WA at this years National Championships.

Congratulations to the 2025 Sports Award Recipients:
🏆Alexander Bland U14 Kata
🏆Aiden Ly U10 Kata
🏆Samantha Staynor O35 Kata
🏆Electra Watson U10 Kumite
🏆Electra Watson U10 Kata

2026 State Team Members:
Alexzander Bland
Beau Hooper
Afnan Jaouadi
Rayyen Jaouadi
Marcus Leese
Aiden Ly
Alexis Ly
Electra Watson

Well done to all Yoseikan-Ryu athletes, volunteers and coaches who were recognised on the night 👏

We are closed today for public holiday. Enjoy the day with family and friends ☺️

So proud of our young superstars at the Australian Open this weekend 🥇🥉

Competing at national level is a huge commitment and you have all trained so hard for the challenge this weekend!

🥇 Beau Hooper - Australian Open Champion! A massive congratulations to young Beau who had his breakout moment this weekend, building off his 3rd place at last years Nationals. Wow!

🥊 Marcus Leese - one of our youngest competitors, Marcus showed tremendous bravery to step out on the tatami. We are very proud of you for your efforts in both kata and kumite and this is just the beginning!

🥉 Electra Watson - on a huge streak of medalling at 4 national events in a row! Fought very well to secure 3rd place and also performed strongly in kata getting through the first 2 rounds.

A huge thank you to all the Yoseikan-Ryu coaches who supported everyone competing.

We are closed Saturday 4th and Monday 6th April. Have a great Easter weekend with the family!

🤵👰‍♂️ Proud to announce that instructors Jon and Sam became Mr and Mrs Staynor on 14.03.2026!

They had a dream wedding in Nara, Japan. Surrounded by the deer and cherry blossoms 🦌🌸 thank you to our lovely community for sharing in our happiness ❤️

What a day of competition at the 2026 State Championships! We finished with 12 medals from 11 competitors 👏 3🥇5🥈4🥉

The teamwork, community and suppport from the competitors and families were outstanding and the highlight of the day. Win or lose we supported as a team and had a tonne of fun along the way 😁

Some standout performances included Sam becoming State Champion again, this time while pregnant! Electra fought clinically and with great maturity to get gold in her fighting event. Rayyen and Aiden had a very comptitive fight meeting each other in the final 🏆

Thank you as always to our volunteers who make all the difference. Sam for coaching our athletes so well, Jason for refereeing and Suzy for coordinating our squad 👏

Congratulations to the medalists:

🏆 2026 State Champions
Rayyen Jaouadi - U12 boys kumite -30kg
Samantha Staynor - Womens kata O35 years
Electra Watson - U12 girls kumite -35kg

🥈Second Place
Rayyen Jaouadi - U12 boys kata
Aiden Ly - U12 boys kumite -30kg
Alexis Ly - U14 girls kumite -42kg
Electra Watson - U12 girls kata
Afnan, Rayen and Electra - Childrens team kata

🥉Third Place
Beau Hooper - U14 boys kumite -40kg
Afnan Jaouadi - U14 girls kata
Afnan Jaouadi - U14 girls kumite -47kg
Alexis Ly - U14 girls kata

Good luck to our squad competing in the 2026 WA State Championships today! This is one of the highlight events of the season and we can't wait to see each of you give it your all out there 🥊

Opportunity to achieve 🏆

Confidence comes through earning competence! Four times a year our students have an opportunity to grade for their next karate belt. Our structured assessments challenge children at an achievable pace to work towards their next belt.

Our parents regularly comment on how our gradings instil a strong work ethic and determination when working towards longer term goals 💪

We have our first gradings later this month - keep working hard towards your next goal!