Queenstown Karate Club

Kia ora and welcome! We are a small karate club with experienced karate-ka in the heart of Queenstown New Zealand!

Founded in 1989, we are one of the oldest martial arts clubs in New Zealand and focus on self-defense, strength, coordionation and flexibility which we learn through the medium of "old school" Goju Ryu Okinawan karate, one of the most popular styles of karate in the world and by far the most popular in New Zealand.

We are a super personable club and love meeting new people, we are not incredibly formal (so don't be put off coming and visiting us!) although we do use a lot of Japanese language (all you need is English though!).

The club operates as a form of community service for the Wakatipu basin, no one is paid to teach, and we train because we love karate and teaching is our way of giving back. As a result of that the fees are very low which makes the club financially accessible to many people.

We run junior classes for all levels, and senior classes for black belt students only. We would love to meet you! Keep scrolling for more information!

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Junior
Karate
6-7pm Monday/Thursday

Our junior karate classes are extremely popular! We focus on giving children the physical and mental skills required to make good decisions in stressful situations.

Classes are taught by Chris, a police vetted (NZ FAL) highly experienced martial artist with no criminal record.

Chris has travelled to Okinawa, Japan multiple times and has successfully passed his 2nd and 3rd dan black belt gradings under the IOGKF World Chief Instructor in Naha. He currently holds the rank of Yondan (4th degree black belt).

We train at Queenstown Playcentre, 20 Robins Road on the Queenstown Primary School grounds (the building closest to the fire station) in the Queenstown CBD.

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Child (per term) $60

First two weeks free!

WHAT DO WE FOCUS ON?

  • Discipline & focus
  • Self-defense
  • Stranger danger
  • Situational awareness
  • Physical strength
  • Cardiovascular training
  • Mental calm
  • Compassion

TIMES

6-7pm Monday/Thursday


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Senior
Karate
7-8pm Monday/Thursday

Senior karate classes include adult students at a 1st dan black belt level or above. We do not run adult classes for beginners.

These classes are kept very small and focus on the improvement of technical karate elements, kata, kumite, physical conditioning and cardio.

We train at Queenstown Playcentre, 20 Robins Road on the Queenstown Primary School grounds (the building closest to the fire station) in the Queenstown CBD.

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Adult $75 per term

First two weeks free!

WHAT DO WE FOCUS ON?

  • Refining technical movements
  • Ude/ashi tanren (arm and leg conditioning)
  • Physical strength through traditional hojo undo
  • High level kata
  • Kumite
  • Not taking ourselves too seriously

TIMES

7-8pm Monday/Thursday


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