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Pakuranga Goju Ryu Karate Dojo

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Karate and Kobudo club - training in traditional Okinawa Kan Goju Ryu karate and kobudo. Also train No previous training or proficiency in any sport is required.

Location Sunnyhills Primary School (hall)

Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Juniors 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
- Seniors 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. All Beginners Welcome

KARATE IS FOR YOU
Karate is beneficial for children, young adults, men and women of any age. Whatever your physical condition, the training is carefully scaled to introduce you to this fascinating art. Progress depends entirely upon the individual and not g

roup level. Therefore, you can join at any time and train according to your wishes and the time available to you. Students wear a white Karate uniform called a “Gi”. THE VALUE OF KARATE
Modern city life deprives you of the exercise necessary for fitness and mental health. Karate tones the body, develops co-ordination, quickness, and builds stamina - without the danger of harmful injuries. The practice of Karate can also:
* Improves focus and discipline in children. The execution of karate requires mental focus, self-discipline and concentration towards the various activities. These moves trickle down into the everyday life of a child and in the long run improve his or her listening abilities, study habits, school performance, and ability to obey and follow directions.
* Improves decision making. Young kids have impulsive nature and so they make decisions that are solely based on their emotions. With the learning of the disciplined and controlled teachings of karate, kids learn to make appropriate and correct choices all through their lives resulting in greater self-confidence.
* Helps to achieve goals. Kids who have better focus and concentration set their goals for life and work harder to fulfil their dreams and achieve their targets in life and develop feeling of self-worth.
* Karate teaches self-protection. Though parents never wish their child to fall in such situations, there might be a time when their child has to defend and protect them self from physical assaults and harm by someone. It is therefore important to train the child for such situations in advance so that they are able to protect themselves in such circumstances and escape safely.
* Helps to reduce weight. Karate helps to reduce excessive weight and fat from the body. The exercises and movements in karate make use of every part of the body. The numerous twists and turns make every inch of the body work and burn the stored calories. It also enhances your heart rate which results in quick burning of unwanted fat.
* Helps to relieve stress. In the world of today, both men and women have very hectic lives. Everyone is also shouldering the many more responsibilities of managing their work, relationships, homes and kids. Thus their lives are quite stressful and tiring. Karate is a good means to get rid of the day’s stress in a few minutes time. KARATE FOR SELF DEFENCE
Karate is one of the most dynamic of all martial arts. The trained Karate-ka is able to co-ordinate the mind and body perfectly, able to deliver strong physical power at will. It is not the possession of great strength that makes a good Karate-ka, though rather the ability to co-ordinate mind and body. With this ability, even a small person will find they are able to deliver a devastating blow to an attacker. OKINAWAN GOJU RYU KARATE
Goju Ryu Karate is one of the four original styles of Karate, and was founded by Chojun Miyagi Sensei (1888-1953). The literal translation of the Japanese term Goju Ryu is "Hard/Soft" - Go meaning “Hard” and Ju meaning “Soft”. Ryu means “School”, thus Goju Ryu is the Hard/Soft School of Karate.

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29/03/2026

Wow, big day yesterday with our 2026 Dan (black belt) grading at our Dojo!

Congratulations to our following students, we now have six new Shodan: Sempai Craig, Sempai James, Sempai Abigail, Sempai Reena, Sempai Josephine and Sempai Kiyaan. Plus two new Nidan: Sempai Sanjay and Sempai Tavish.

There were 22 students grading to either Shodan, Nidan or Sandan, this was one of our largest Dan grading in years! We had five Shihan on the grading panel: Shihan Murray, Shihan Gail, Shihan Tony, Shihan Ashley and myself. Shihan Sean was unable to attend due to being quite ill, but his Sensei Stu came up represent Shihan Sean and their Dojo (Omokoroa) and most importantly to supporting their two students. Again Sensei Stu thank you for all you did yesterday.

We also had Shihan Gail come up from our Dunedin branch and Shihan Ashley from our Masterton branch, both were impress with everyone and went away with a standard to model their students on.

Many thanks to our following Shihan, Sensei and Sempai who each helped out with making this grading another success: Shihan Tony, Sensei Chris, Sensei Donald, Sempai Josh, Sempai Valentina and Sempai Estella. I really appreciate all the help in the grading and even more so in our Dojo!

Well done again, our students all stood out in all aspects of the grading and represented themselves, our Dojo and me to our high standard. I'm so proud to be their Shihan.

Really looking forward to our Tuesday classes! :)

29/03/2026

02/03/2026

Had a great Kobudo training yesterday afternoon with Kyoshi Dell Hamby (Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan”
👍😎👊

31/12/2025

Happy new year one and all. Looking forward to training with you in 2026!
👍😎👊

24/12/2025

Hello everyone, merry Christmas to you and your family, I trust you all will have a wonderful day. 😊

18/12/2025

Very insightful :)
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27/09/2025

A huge congratulations to Sempai Esty for her Shodan kobudo which was graded by Hanshi Nakamoto and Takuma Sensei at their Okinawa Hombu.

Sempai Esty represented herself very well throughout the whole week and in her grading.

I know she is very proud, as is myself, Sensei Chris and Sempai Yvonne for their daughter.

I’m sure our Dojo will also be impressed and can’t wait to congratulate her as well.

👍😊👊

22/09/2025

Sunday morning training at the end. Very hot and wet.

21/09/2025

We had an awesome starting session yesterday. Very proud of everyone, we all stepped up and made the most of the time with Hanshi. 👍😎👊

19/09/2025

Back in Okinawa for 10 days of training, first purchase 👍😎👊

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26/08/2025

Very interesting. 👊

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11/06/2025

Good talk, this guy is leading by example too. Let's aim to be better than yesterday. :)

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Telephone

+64212741353

Website

https://gojuryukarate.life/

Address

17 The Crest, Sunnyhills/Pakuranga
Auckland

Opening Hours

Tuesday	6pm - 8pm
Thursday	6pm - 8pm