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Our primary purpose is to teach traditional karate to people of all ages and cultures, adapting to changes as they are adopted by world karate organisations, in a safe training environment. We seek to prepare those practitioners who wish to compete at both the state and national levels as well as meeting the needs of those who wish to train for health or other reasons.
Seven Hills Dojo is doing very well for itself. Sensei Rick Rigor's dedication and hard work is paying off. Starting off with some space in a school sports hall they have recently moved to their own location (at unit 2, 69 Boomerang Place, Seven Hills) as a result of the high demand. In addition the Seven Hills Dojo is doing very well in competition (see latest Australian Open Results). This is good for Seven Hills, good for Zanshin and good for karate in general.
The "Dojo Kun" is a set of five guiding principles or dojo rules written down by Sakugawa Shungo(1753-1815) (Schlatt,1996). The "Dojo Kun" is recited at the end of each training session (Keiko) so that the practitioners are reminded of the ethical standards by which the karate ka should seek to live inside and outside the dojo. There are a variety of English translations and the one used by Zanshin Shotokan is below. Seek perfection of character In Japanese
Hitotsu! Jinkaku kansei ni tsutomuru koto.
Click Here to listen to the Dojo Kun (Source:
ISKF website) recited by Hiroyoshi Okazaki
The Niju Kun or twenty precepts is considered a key contribution from Funakoshi Gichin (1867 - 1957) in the development of modern karate. "Twenty Precepts of Karate-do" Results for the Australian Open April 17 to 19, 2009
Achievements 2008
Zanshin 07 an account of the 2007
seminar held at Cataracts. Checkout the gallery Results for the NSW Open May 14, 2006 Commonwealth Championship New Zealand 2005 - Results
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Zanshin Shotokan Karate Do Australia is a member of the Australian Karate Federation
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