Yoseikan-Ryu Karate Padbury

05/09/2026

Today Jess and her great friend and former training partner/competitor Kellie Shimmings ( also Yoseikan) took part in the Karate Australia training course. This is a women’s self defence program aimed at creating safer women.

03/09/2026

⭐️PARENT WEEK CONTINUES⭐️ Wednesday we had mums, dads and even pop made an appearance which was gorgeous to see ❤️ There are 2 more parents sessions left tonight from 5pm-7pm and it’s not too late to join in.

01/09/2026

🥋 Parent Week at the Dojo! 🥋
This week has been so much fun as we’ve welcomed parents, grandparents, friends and even little siblings into the dojo to join our students and learn a thing or two about karate! 👊

The kids’ faces have absolutely lit up as they’ve had the chance to share what they do with the people they love. Watching them proudly teach, train and enjoy karate together has been fantastic to see! ❤️

And we’re not finished yet! Parent Week continues through Thursday in our regular classes, so we can’t wait to welcome even more parents and family members over the next few days.

31/08/2026

Congratulations Katherine 👏🏻

We're excited to announce the Australian team for the Commonwealth Karate Championships taking place in
Glasgow, Scotland from 5-6 November 2026

Join us in wishing our athletes the best of luck!🏅🇦🇺 🍀

https://www.karateaustralia.org.au/team-announcement/2026-ckf

30/08/2026

🥋🔥 WHAT A DAY FOR OUR COMPETITION TEAM! 🔥🥋
I couldn’t be more proud of every single competitor today! ❤️🖤

We saw courage, determination, growth and that all-important NEVER GIVE UP attitude! 👊🥋

🏆 MEDAL RESULTS 🏆

🥈 Zara Earnshaw — Open U12 Kata
🥈 Katherine Redmond — Cadet 14/15 Years -54kg
🥈 Anytha Thangkala — Development Female Kata 35+

🥉 Children’s Development Team Kata — Maddison, Zara & Abi
🥉 Abi Smith — Development Girls Kumite
🥉 Maddison Westaway — Open U12 Kumite -35kg

🌟 Special mentions:
🥋 Anthony Darbyshir competed in kata for the first time and made it through a round!
🔥 Abi made her first kumite appearance and took home Bronze!
❤️ Anytha competed for the first time and won Silver!
🥋 Cameron stepped onto the tatami, battled the nerves and gained valuable experience for next time.
⭐️Children’s development team kata Abi, Zara and Maddie entered for the first time came home with a bronze out of 8 teams.

Whether you won a medal, made it through a round, competed for the first time, or simply stepped onto the tatami and gave it everything — YOU should be proud! ❤️

A huge thank you to Jane for assistance today and the commitment she has made to training our comp kata group it’s clearly paid off. 🥋❤️

Today was karate at its best: courage, discipline, resilience, respect and NEVER GIVING UP! 🔥

SO PROUD OF YOU ALL! ❤️🖤🥋

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29/08/2026

28/08/2026

In light of Father’s Day coming up we kick off bring your dad (or parent) to karate week tomorrow. It’s a week that our students can share what they learn with those special people in their lives. Here’s a flash back to the year 2000 when Jess and her dad Branco appeared in the Sunday Times.

28/08/2026

This is what we deal with on a Thursday afternoon 🤣🤣🤣 In between the hard work our kumite comp class are enjoying themselves.! Zara, Cam, Abi, Maddison are competing this Sunday and these rest of our crew are preparing themselves for the next tournament. If your child is interested in competing in the future these classes are great preparation for competiition fighting. There will be a kick start tournament in October for any first timers that wish to try out competition so now’s the time to join our class in preparation.

27/08/2026

With coming up we’ve decided to have a Fathers/parent week starting this Saturday the 29th running to next Thursday the 3rd. We would love to see parents/guardians join their child in one of our regular classes. You should have received an email today with class times. Please make sure you book your spot. We also have a small gift for those who attend so please confirm your attendance asap.

21/08/2026

This week, karate clubs across Australia have stood together to say:

Bullying. No Way.

Through confidence, respect, inclusion and courage, our karate community is helping young people build strength of character both inside and outside the dojo.

Thank you to every club, instructor, volunteer, parent and student who helped share this message. 💚

Together, we are building stronger people and stronger communities, one dojo at a time.