ABK Sansára Dojos

🥋 𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗔́𝗥𝗔́ 𝗗𝗢𝗝𝗢𝗦 — 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗔 𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘

Tonight at Sansára Dojos we revisited and revised the concepts taught by 𝗥𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗺 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 at Bloodaxe Dojos last night.

The focus was on bringing these concepts directly into our Kata and changing the way we approach each sequence.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 — become the 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗹𝗹.

Observe. Stay neutral. Be aware of everything around you.

As the threat enters our 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, we 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 and become the 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝗲.

𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — slow it down. Compose yourself. Project your presence.

𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀 — determine the level of threat and choose the appropriate response.

𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 — deal with the threat.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲 — finish the encounter and leave the appropriate impact.

Then breathe out, reset and return to 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

And then we do it all again.

𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 → 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲 → 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 → 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 → 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗮𝘃𝗲 → 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 / 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁.

Kata is not simply a sequence of movements.

It is a series of 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀.

Tonight we worked on giving those battles intention, emotion and personality — allowing our Kata to 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

Well Done Team

🤜 Respect - Strength - Honour 🤛

Tonight’s Training

Warm ups, Katas, Deltas & Sparring followed by a partial Nidan Session

🤜 Respect - Strength - Honour 🤛

The Journey Continues
Thank you Shinden Allan for taking the time out on Saturday, to help me out with my next challenge.
Much appreciated
Regards
Shinden Sam

🤜 Respect - Strength - Honour 🤛

Another great representation from Sansára at our spring grading by our students. Although we were small in grading numbers today we were big in presentation.

Young Kyosta did an excellent job jumping from blue tips to full blue belt. He also won the blue belt kata tournament. Excellent display of techniques at such a young age.

Young Indie was a tornado through her sparring session, also achieving good grading results for green tips. Indie also excelled by winning the kata tournament for her rank and division.

Callan is really staring to come out of his shell and show a determination and self confidence which really amazed us. He achieved brown tip today.

After a vigorous double black bar grading, Elyssa while injured, came through to deliver not only a great grading result, but a great demonstration of Tenshio at the kata tournament securing a win for her division.

Although Dai Sempai Alex didn’t grade today, he demonstrated an excellent Kata Sanseru taking out a winning position.

Very proud of everyone that attended today, keep up the hard work.

The journey is long.

🤜 Respect - Strength - Honour 🤛

🥋 𝐍𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 🥋

Another serious Nidan training session at Sansára Dojos today.

The session started with a full run-through of all grade Katas, including each candidate’s personal Kata, before moving into the physical side of the Nidan requirements.

- 25 x 2-minute Nidan physical rounds on the pads.

- 5 x 2-minute rounds of sparring.

And to finish the session, a final run-through of the Nidan Kata.

That’s a serious workload—and exactly why these sessions matter.

With the Dai Senjo Grading scheduled for the 5th of December, August is now coming to an end.

⏳ That leaves roughly 3 months.

Three months may sound like a long time… but when you’re preparing for Nidan, it isn’t.

Every session counts.
Every round counts.
Every repetition counts.

If you are a Nidan candidate, or you are intending to put yourself forward for the December grading.

Now is the time to start ramping up your training and ensuring you attend the monthly Nidan sessions.

Not cram Nidan preparation into the final few weeks.

The candidates who are there consistently will be building conditioning, sharpening their Kata, developing their fitness and, most importantly, building the mental resilience required to get through Senjo.

To those preparing for December.

The countdown has begun.

See you on the Dojo Floor. 👊

🤜 Respect – Strength – Honour

🥋 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 – 𝐍𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 🥋

To all Anderson Bushi Nidan Candidates contemplating the 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 - this is your final call for August.

Class is on tomorrow, Saturday August 29th, at:

📍 Sansára Dojos
75 Olive St, Nundah
⏰ 9:00am start

If you’re serious about putting yourself forward for the December Dai Senjo, you need to be on the Dojo Floor.

Bring your second, water, towel and sparring equipment — including your mouthguard.

Come prepared to work, test yourself and see where you’re really at.

Hope to see you there.

🤜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 – 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 – 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 🤛

Tonight’s class was a great reminder of what consistent training and commitment can achieve. 👊

It was fantastic to see so many students putting in the hard work towards their grading goals — some with the short-term goal of this weekend’s grading, while others are already ramping up their training for the December Senjo Grading, with some even setting their sights on Nidan.

The best results don’t happen overnight. They’re built through the extra work, discipline and commitment you put in well ahead of time. 💪

A big 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 for tomorrow to 𝐃𝐚𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡🎉🥳
After tonight’s session, I hope you’re not too burnt out to enjoy it! 😂

🤜 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 – 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 – 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 🤛