It was a great first week back at training this week. Was good to see both some familiar faces and some new faces out at training at both the kids and adults classes.

Just a reminder that training goes back this week and that we will now be running two kids classes per week. All members of the kids class can train on Tuesday, or Thursday, or both from 6:00. This also means that the adults class on a Thursday night will shift from 6:00 to 7:00 The weather is obviously pretty warm this week so please make sure that you bring plenty of water to drink to training. I look forward to seeing you all again and getting back into it.

Hoping you all had a good Christmas and a great start to 2017. Only 9 more days until we kick off training for the year.

Port Augusta Youth Centre - Come and Try

Thank you everyone for a great last night. I was fantastic to see so many there for our last night of training for 2016. I would like to again thank you for your support this year and wish you the best over the Christmas and New Years period. I am looking forward to seeing you all again in 2017.

Just a reminder that tonight is our last night of training for the year and we have a end of year break up. We are combining the kids and adults classes and, there will be some food and drink supplied. It will be a hot night and it won't be a normal training so don't worry about uniforms but bring plenty of water. Hope to see you there.

Training tonight Dec 1: I have been informed that Willsden Primary school has their family night on tonight so there will be a lot of people in the school and we won't have use of the gym, we are able to use their activity room which is up the paved path in the main section of the school. I will try to be around the gate in the 10 mins before training and until just after training starts so I can show you where to go. Thanks

Hi all, just a reminder of a few things, the Thursday adults class will not run tomorrow night but we will be back next week on Tuesday. Secondly, can you ensure you bring back the tear off from the back of the newsletter back to assist with planning for the get together we will have on the last night of training for the year, as well as allowing me to look at the feasibility of the second kids class in 2017. Thanks Shane

Reflecting on a Decade as an Instructor

The end of 2016 marks 10 years of me running the Port Augusta dojo, here are a few thoughts over that time.

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Originally saw this posted on Balacco Karate Dojos page (another Golden Knights Dojo), it is a really great video. Even though it is an insurance video it shows a lot of great aspects of training in the martial arts, self-confidence, focus, discipline. Well worth a look https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et3j-ZsZ-k8

Last week at training I handed out newsletters regarding arrangements for the end of the year as well as information regarding the strong possibility of starting a 2nd kids class that will run on a Thursday nights as of 2017. The newsletter has a tear of that will need to be returned. If you didn't pick it up at training then you can do so this week

Golden Knights End of Year Grading