http://www.wadokai.co.nz en-nz New Zealand Karate-Do Wado-Kai Inc 30 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400847 September 2011 Takagi Hideho Sensei 8th Dan Director Technical Council - JKF Wado-Kai Kato Shigeru Sensei 7th Dan JKF Wado-Kai Sonoda Tamaki 7th Dan Wado-kai Visit New Zealand for technical seminar and to conduct Dan examination 003, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400847 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400856 over 200 members attended the club awards and presentation on the 17 Dec 2011. thanks everyone for the yummy food for the BBQ. 003, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400856 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400855 Sensie Toby Threadgill visited New Zealand and conducted seminars on December 2/3/4. Seminar was well attended with students travelling from Australia to participate. He will visit New Zealand again in 2012 in September and December 003, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400855 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400854 JAMES GRACE 18, SARAH BRYANT 16 KATE BRYANT 16 and LARISSA SMITH 14 made NZ team and all travelled to Commonwealth Champs where they all medalled. All 4 where later selected for kumite, in the NZ team and travelled to Malaysia for the WKF Cadet/Junior world Champs. Well Done 003, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400854 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400848 Congratulations to all the below members who passed their Dan grade last Monday 19h September. 4th Dan Louise Fisk - Hamilton Malcolm Lewis—Auckland 3rd Dan Colin Marshall—Hamilton Jimileen Tamaki—Hamilton 1st Dan Chris Mc Mahon—Hamilton John Dumble—Hamilton Natalie Blackburn—Hamilton Morgana Chapman—Hamilton Larissa Smith—Hamilton Connor Allen—Palmerston North Ewan Oliver –Hamilton Charlotte Dumble Hamilton 003, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/400848 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/321300 Sensei Robbie Smith was part of three referees that represented New Zealand at the World Karate Federation Senior World Championships in Serbia. Congratulations to Sensei Simon Merrick and Sensei Johnny Ling who also attended and upgraded their refereeing qualification to Referee A in Kumite. 045, 5 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/321300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313762 Gold medals for Wado-Kai members....read more 042, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313762 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313758 042, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313758 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313752 New Zealand win three bronze medals at Wadokai World Cup - Nagoya 042, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/313752 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/264553 Congratulations to all the New members of Mt. Wellington Dojo who graded to Yellow belt. 009, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/264553 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/225703 029, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/225703 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/225645 029, 15 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/225645 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/218865 Held in Hamilton 24th June, Waikato Secondary Schools karate - down load the results here:- 023, 2 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/218865 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/201064 Members of the Hamilton Wado-Kai Karate Club attended the KNZ Camp held over the Auckland Anniversary weekend and endured the 30 degrees heat over three full days of training and fitness testing. The camp is part of the KNZ High Performance plan that will prepare athletes for the Commonwealth Karate champs in India, WKF Junior/cadet champs in Morocco and the World Games in Taiwan. 005, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/201064 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198489 Toby Threadgill, menkyo kaiden of Takamura Ha Shindo Yoshin Ryu conducted seminars in Auckland and Hamilton over the weekend of December 5,6 and 7th. . Sensei Robbie Smith will lead a Study Group in Hamilton at the Yoshin Wadokan dojo. 002, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198489 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198487 Sensei Robbie attended the 2008 World Karate Federation World Senior Championships in Tokyo. It was a very short trip with four busy days refereeing. 2009 will see some changes to the rules. 002, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198487 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198485 Saturday 20th December 2008 End of Term Awards/Presentation & Club BBQ It was a great way to end the year with some many members turning up and contributing to a great BBQ. Congratulations to the all of the below how have had an awesome year. For results see the link 002, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/198485 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/186907 Club member selected for National team all medal at the Oceania champs in Auckland and was part of the best results ever for NZ Team at a Oceania 039, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/186907 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/185714 Well done Team Great result. 1st Morgana Chapman 10-11yrs Kata 1st Charlotte Dumble 12-13yrs Kata 1st Charlotte Dumble 12-13yrs Kumite 3rd Alison Oliver 14-15yrs Kata 3rd Alison Oliver 14-15yrs Kumite 3rd Tayne Tupaea 10/11yrs kumite 3rd James Grace 14/15yrs Kata 3rd Isaac Smith 16/17yrs Kumite 2nd Hogan Gill 16/17yrs Kumite 037, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/185714 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/185713 Wado-Kai Members results. 3rd=James Grace U14 Kata 3rd=Ewan Oliver U14 Kata 2nd Isaac Smith U16 Kata 2nd Charlotte Dumble U14 Kata 3rd Alison Oliver U16 Kata 2nd Ewan Oliver U14 Kumite 1st James Grace U14 Kumite 1st James Grace U14 Open Kumite 1st Isaac Smith U16 Kumite 1st Isaac Smith U16 Open Kumite 1st Charlotte Dumble U14Kumite 1st Charlotte Dumble U14Kumite 3rd Alison Oliver U16 Kumite 3rd Alison Oliver U16 Open Kumite 037, 8 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/185713 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/184018 WADO WORLD CUP - Canada CONGRATULATIONS TEAM! 3 GOLDS Larissa Smith Gold Kumite James Grace Gold Kumite Larissa Smith Gold Kata 2 Bronze Kate Bryant Bronze Kumite Phillip Wilson Bronze -75kg Mens Kumite. Full report to come with pictures 035, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/184018 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/183322 Download the attached file to see how our club members did at the 2008 Karate New Zealand National Champs. 033, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/183322 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/183321 NATIONAL TEAM SELECTION New Zealand WAdo-Kai has done exceptionally well in the selections for the National Team to compete at the Oceania National Champs in Auckland. The below members have been selected from New Zealand Wado-Kai. Download the Doc to read the full team list 033, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/183321 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/179246 Download the results of the Regional champs 027, 3 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/179246 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/168277 Read More on how the club did, click on the link below to download report - 011, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/168277 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/163135 See more pictures here..and down load article 007, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/163135 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/161893 26-28 Jan KNZ National selection and training camp This was attended by: Kate & Sarah Bryant, Phillip Wilson, Isaac & Larissa Smith, James Grace, Daniel Johnson, Alison & Ewan Oliver and Tarek Lakbal. The theme of the camp was to introduce to national level competitors new training programmes and start the preparations for coming international events. The team worked hard, Esp. Kata and Sarah who attended all three days. Well done everyone. 005, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/161893 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160139 See the list of who won the club awards for 2007 and winners of the Club Kata and Kumite tournaments 003, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160139 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160140 The Club enjoyed its 10th Birthday party.... 044, 3 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160140 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160144 Robbie globe hooping again...read more 043, 27 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/160144 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/81982 Toby Threadgill Seminar 11-13th May Download the report below 020, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/81982 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/77307 10/11 February. Club Climbs the Pinnacles!!! Saturday the 10th February 20 members of the club and friends went to climb the Pinnacles in Coromandel from Kauaeranga Valley Road and stayed on top at the Doc hut over night. 6am morning rise to make the summit for Sun rise then a 4 hour walk back along the ?Billy goat? track. The weather was fantastic, fun was had buy all, at the end of the walk the follow everyone had a swim in the river which was a fantastic way to finish a great weeken 009, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/77307 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/77308 7 members of the club attended the KNZ National Kumite Training camp in Auckland over the weekend of 24/25 Feb. All members received positive feedback from national coaches. Members that attended where, Isaac Smith, Ryan McRae, Tarek Lakbal, James Grace, Sarah, Kata Bryant, Awatea Moxon. Well done everyone 009, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/77308 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/75188 Congratulations to Sarah Campbell and Louise Fisk who have been granted a Prime Minister Scholarship from Karate New Zealand. This award is worth up to $10,000 towards their University study along with other benefits received through the University. Both Louise and Sarah were part of the national team last year, selected for Kata. There are only ten scholarships awarded per year from Karate New Zealand. 004, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/75188 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/75189 Robbie Smith 6th Dan has is the first New Zealander to achieve World Karate Federation Kata Judge A and Kumite Referee A. Robbie passed these exams in October at the World Championships in Finland. 004, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +1300 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/75189 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/60962 During the Easter Break our dojo, Yoshin Wadokan, was used by Karate New Zealand as part of the national coaching development program. Five coaches including myself worked with World Champion Yukimitsu HASEGAWA Sensei who has 11 world titles in Kata 020, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/60962 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/58382 Dear Members: Term 1 has shot away with alarming speed, and now in the final couple of weeks, alarm bells are ringing to get this out before the end of term. It has been our most active term 1 ever, with a sleep-over camp and a very successful W 015, 10 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +1200 http://www.wadokai.co.nz/webapps/i/562/103861/58382