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Karate & Kobudo Okinawan Weapon Training 🥋 | Classes for Kids, Teens & Adults | Certified Instructors | 20 Yrs in Business | Located in Hoppers Crossing, servicing Tarneit, Truganina, Mt Cottrell, Werribee and Williams Landing | 📩 DM for Info & Bookings
Some fun moments from inside the dojo with our youngest students.
A great way to keep warm, stay active, and build confidence during the cooler season. 🤛🏼
Attending tournaments is not just about winning — it is about learning. 🥋
Tournaments give students the chance to gain experience, build confidence, and develop composure under pressure. They also teach something just as important: good sportsmanship.
Respect for opponents, humility in victory, grace in defeat, and the courage to step onto the floor and give it your best, all play an important part in the martial arts journey.
Every tournament is a chance to grow, improve, and represent the true spirit of karate.
Featured here: Two of our students performing kata at the VKL Tournament.
Strong technique starts with strong foundations.
Here, Sensei Ray works with the class on perfecting Haiwan-uke (back forearm block), with a focus on stance, balance, and correct technique.
These foundations are a key part of karate training — refining the basics is what builds control, confidence, and attention to detail over time.
15/05/2026
A huge congratulations to our two sempai senior students on earning their 1st Dan earlier this month. 🥋
This is a special achievement and one that reflects the hard work, discipline, and determination they have shown throughout their training journey.
Reaching 1st Dan is a significant milestone in karate, and we are so proud to see them rewarded for their dedication and perseverance.
Congratulations again on this well-earned success — a fantastic achievement for you both!
Karate gives girls something powerful: the chance to feel both safe and strong. 💛🥋
Through training, girls build confidence, discipline, awareness, and resilience. They learn practical skills, but they also learn something just as important — how to trust themselves, use their voice, and carry themselves with strength.
Karate is not just about punches and kicks. It’s about helping girls grow into confident young people who feel secure in themselves and strong in the world around them.
That is a gift that reaches far beyond the dojo.
10/05/2026
Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible mums in our community. 💐🥋
Today, we celebrate the women who do so much behind the scenes — the mums who wake up early, pack the bags, do the drop-offs, wait through classes, cheer from the sidelines, and somehow keep everything moving.
In so many ways, mums embody some of the most important qualities of a great Sensei — discipline, guidance, patience, strength, and the commitment to keep showing up, no matter what.
Thank you for the love, support, and steady encouragement you give your children each and every day. Your presence, sacrifice, and example help shape them far beyond the dojo.
We see you, we appreciate you, and today we celebrate you.
Happy Mother’s Day. 🤍
Hi everyone, please note that classes are on as normal this ANZAC Day, Saturday 25 April. 🥋
We look forward to seeing you all at the dojo!
12/04/2026
Yes — we absolutely offer adult classes! 🥋
Whether you’re a complete beginner, returning to training after years away, or simply looking for a new way to build fitness, confidence, and discipline, our adult classes are designed to support you at every stage.
Training in karate is a great way to improve strength, coordination, focus, and practical self-defence skills — all in a supportive and respectful environment. We also offer Kobudo training, giving adults the opportunity to learn traditional weapons-based martial arts as part of their journey.
Our adult classes are open to ages 16+ and welcome all experience levels.
If you’ve been thinking about starting, this is your sign to give it a go.
📩 Send us a message to learn more about class times and how to get started.
A very special moment in Okinawa. 🇯🇵🥋
Sensei Ray recently had the honour of visiting and training with Sensei Yukio Kuniyoshi in Yaese-Cho, Okinawa. Sensei Kuniyoshi leads the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai and is a vital link in our Kobudo lineage. Joining him was Kiran, a 3rd Dan student of Sensei Hennie, who also had the privilege of taking part in this memorable training experience.
For Sensei Ray, this was a deeply personal visit — one he had hoped for over many years.
Across 4 hours of training, there were many valuable moments of correction, insight, and learning. It was also a powerful reminder of how important lineage is in traditional martial arts — not simply who trained with whom, but the passing down of knowledge, values, discipline, and technique from one generation to the next.
That connection is something we deeply value. Shihan Hennie de Vries is formally recognised within the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai as a branch dojo head in Australia, reflecting an ongoing connection to this tradition and its roots in Okinawa.
We feel incredibly fortunate to carry that connection forward and to share this ancient martial art tradition with students here in Australia, including at our Derrimut Heath dojo. To be able to learn from this lineage, honour it, and pass it on is a privilege we do not take lightly.
We are proud of our roots, grateful for the teachings that continue to shape us, and hopeful to welcome Kuniyoshi Sensei to Australia in the future.
07/04/2026
IT’S BACK: 2 FREE Classes + FREE Gi on Sign Up! 🎉
After an incredible response to this offer earlier in the year, we’re excited to bring it back for our Term 2 intakes.
If you’ve been thinking about starting karate, now’s the perfect time to jump in.
✅ 2 FREE trial classes
🎁 FREE gi on sign up
🥋 Classes for kids, teens, and adults
⚔️ Kobudo classes also available
Whether you’re looking to build confidence, improve fitness, learn self-defence, or be part of a supportive dojo community, we’d love to welcome you.
But don’t wait — this special offer is only available until 31 May 2026.
📩 Send us a message to learn more about class times and how to get started.
