Yoseikan-Ryu Karate - Maylands

28.08.26 our latest member arrived - Alice Rose Staynor 🌹

Jon and Sam welcomed their little girl into the world today. Mum and baby are both healthy and well.

Thank you to everyone in our community whose supported us along the way, wished us well and had us in their thoughts. We can't wait to bring her to the dojo sometime soon 🥋

Good luck to our tournament squad who are competing in Tasmania this weekend at the National Championships 🥊 Enjoy the experience and give it all you have - everyone back home is very proud of you all!

🥋 Alexzander Bland - Cadet Kata
🥋 Beau Hooper - U14 Kumite -40kg
🥋 Afnan Jaouadi - U14 Kata, U14 Kumite -47kg & Team Kata
🥋 Rayyen Jaouadi - U12 Kata, U12 Kumite -30kg & Team Kata
🥋 Marcus Leese - U10 Kata & U10 Kumite
🥋 Aiden Ly - U12 Kata & U12 Kumite -30kg
🥋 Alexis Ly - U14 Kata, U14 Kumite -42kg & Team Kata
🥋 Electra Watson - U12 Kata, U12 Kumite -35kg & Team Kata

What a busy month June was 🥋 another state league tournament and a grading too!

Congratulations to everyone who competed and passed their grading! Eduardo D'Uva and Julia Staynor showed great courage competing at State level for the first time, as well as Eva Kaur competing in her first tournament in a few years 👏

Thank you to everyone who helps and volunteers their time at both of these events 🙏

A special mention to our medalists:
🥇Alexzander Bland - Cadet Open Kata
🥇Rayyen Jaouadi - U12 Open Kata
🥈Afnan Jaouadi - U14 Open Kata
🥈Rayyen Jaouadi - U12 (-40kg) Kumite
🥈Marcus Leese - U10 Open Kata
🥈Electra Watson - U12 Open Kata
🥈Electra Watson - U12 (-35kg) Kumite
🥈Team Kata (Afnan, Electra & Rayyen)
🥉Alexis Ly - U14 Open Kata
🥉Nhujaa Shrestha - U12 Dev Kumite
🥉Team Kata (Alexis Ly)
🎖🎖Julia Staynor - p*e wee kata and kumite

We are closed Saturday 20th June.
Good luck to everyone who is grading this weekend!

We are closed today for Western Australia Day. Enjoy the long weekend with your family and loved ones!

Last week our squad competed in another State League Tournament 🥊🥋

It was a packed day for the squad who were well supported by our travelling community. A big thank you to Sammy for coaching the kids and to Suzy for coordinating the squad on the day.

We had many of the usual suspects performing well and medalling. It was particuarly exciting to see some of our newer squad members, Danka, Marcus and Nhujaa, having standout performances in their events. Well done 👏

Congratulations to our medallists:

🥇 Rayyen Jaouadi - Boys U12 open kata
🥈 Alexzander Bland - Boys U14 open kata
🥈 Afnan Jaouadi - Girls U14 open kumite
🥈 Danka Radisavljevic - Girls U10 open kata
🥈 Nhujaa Shrestha - boys U12 dev kata
🥈 Nhujaa Shrestha - boys U12 dev kumite
🥈 Electra Watson - girls U12 open kumite
🥈 Team Kata (Afnan, Electra and Elly)
🥉 Rayyen Jaouadi - Boys U12 open kumite
🥉 Marcus Leese - Boys U10 open kata
🥉 Danka Radisavljevic - Girls U10 dev kumite
🥉 Team kata (Alexis Ly)

Happy mothers day to all our lovely dojo mums and mother figures 🌸 thank you for joining our mothers day classes and spending this time with your little ones to make the day so special!

You do so much for your kids and families each and every day and to support their karate and life journeys. We hope you feel seen and celebrated this weekend 🙏

A massive thank you to Sammy who introduced these events a few years ago and has gone on to do them bigger and better each time! These events are such a highlight of the year.
Another thanks to Around Perth Massage who pampered our mums today ☺️

Instructors Jon and Sam are having a little girl! 🩷 we are so excited for our newest little karate girl to be joining us soon 🥰

Thank you to our community who put on their blue or pink belts for the gender reveal and celebrated with us during and after class 💙🩷 our family is lucky to have you all in our lives.

On the weekend we attended the Karate WA annual Awards Night. What a great night to celebrate everyone's efforts in 2025 and those selected to represent WA at this years National Championships.

Congratulations to the 2025 Sports Award Recipients:
🏆Alexander Bland U14 Kata
🏆Aiden Ly U10 Kata
🏆Samantha Staynor O35 Kata
🏆Electra Watson U10 Kumite
🏆Electra Watson U10 Kata

2026 State Team Members:
Alexzander Bland
Beau Hooper
Afnan Jaouadi
Rayyen Jaouadi
Marcus Leese
Aiden Ly
Alexis Ly
Electra Watson

Well done to all Yoseikan-Ryu athletes, volunteers and coaches who were recognised on the night 👏

We are closed today for public holiday. Enjoy the day with family and friends ☺️