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2020 AOGKF ACT STATE GASSHUKU
March 21, 2020 - Canberra, ACT
Featuring: Sensei Joe Roses O.A.M & Sensei Kevin Nash
Join Australia's and the ACT's highest ranking IOGKF Karate instructors for the states annual Gasshuku training event. Headed by Sensei Joe Roses O.A.M and Sensei Kevin Nash, this exciting event is the first of it's kind in a new annual event series. Be there to make history as the ACT experiences traditional Karate at it's best! Timetable coming soon!
2020 AOGKF NEW SOUTH WALES STATE GASSHUKU
March 29th, 2020 - Bungendore, NSW
Featuring: Sensei David Lambert - IOGKF 4th Dan
Bungendore will host it's first ever official IOGKF training event with the 2020 AOGKF NSW State Gasshuku. Headed by Sensei David Lambert, this Gasshuku will also see instruction given from the best AOGKF Sensei from around New South Wales. Timetable released soon!
2020 AOGKF QUEENSLAND STATE GASSHUKU
April 4th, 2020 - Caloundra, QLD
Featuring: Sensei Kevin Nash - IOGKF 6th Dan
Sensei Kevin Nash, chairman of the AOGKF, will journey to the beautiful sunshine coast where he will team up with Sensei Fritz Venzke and other AOGKF Queensland Black Belts for states first ever QLD Gasshuku! Timetable and details released soon!
2020 AOGKF VICTORIA STATE GASSHUKU
April 4th, 2020 - Melbourne, Victoria
Featuring: Sensei Joe Roses O.A.M - IOGKF 7th Dan
Chief Instructor and the highest grade IOGKF instructor in Australia, Sensei Joe Roses O.A.M, will travel to Melbourne, VIC for the first ever Victorian State Gasshuku. Sensei Armin Mehr and the Rowville Dojo will host this special event with this very special guest instructor. Timetable released soon!
2020 AOGKF BLACK & BROWN BELT GASSHUKU
May 29-30, 2020 - Canberra, ACT
Featuring: The AOGKF Executive Committee
Sensei Joe Roses, Sensei Kevin Nash and Sensei David Lambert will team up for this event covering the entire Goju-ryu Karate curriculum over two days. A Dan grading and celebration dinner will also be held. Timetable coming soon!
8th Annual AOGKF Friendship Tournament & Club Championshi
August 30th, 2020 - Goulburn, NSW
The 8th Annual Friendship Tournament & Club Championships will be held in Goulburn, NSW on August 30th. The 2019 event saw our closest ever final results with only two medals being the difference. Can Bonython retain the cup in 2020 or will another Dojo reign victorious? More details released soon!
2020 AOGKF NATIONAL GASSHUKU
November 6-8, 2020 - Canberra, ACT
Featuring: Sensei Joe Roses O.A.M - 7th Dan - Australian Chief Instructor
Following the highly successful and very popular 2019 National Gasshuku, Canberra will once again host the National Gasshuku in 2020. Sensei Joe Roses will lead this event after returning straight from the IOGKF World Chief Instructors Gasshuku in Okinawa, Japan. Prepare for some 'technical sessions' as Sensei Joe, Sensei Kevin Nash, Sensei David Lambert and other seniors from across the country help you to take your Karate to the next level!
2021 AOGKF NATIONAL GASSHUKU
October 29-31, 2021 - Goulburn, NSW
Featuring: Sensei Tetsuji Nakamura - IOGKF World Chief Instructor.
The world's foremost authority in Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate will travel to Goulburn in October 2021 to lead our National Gasshuku. Nakamura Sensei is the heir to Goju-ryu Karate in the direct line to the founder, Master Miyagi. The Goulburn Gasshuku of 2018 was an enormous success and the organising team will be out to top their efforts when they welcome the world Master to Australia in 2021. Don't miss this opportunity to train with the best instructor in the world in some of the best facilities in the world!