Training has kicked off for the new year at Clayton, Carlton and Ashburton. Our first major event for the year was the annual Anglesea Training Camp, held over four days at the Anglesea Recreation Centre. Sabum Cariotis presented a great program for us, covering fundamentals, patterns, self-defence and sparring. We also held a tournament for camp participants featuring patterns and sparring for all age groups.

This year we had a fantastic group of junior kids and their parents in addition to our teenagers and adults – it was a great way for the juniors and seniors to get to know each other and for parents to get a better feel for the full scope of martial arts training in a family-friendly martial arts school.

One of the highlights of the camp was the grading on Saturday afternoon – after three hours on the floor, we are very proud to welcome Boosabum Luke Ravlic to the rank of first dan black belt, Boosabum Perry Kofos to the rank of second dan, and Boosabum Yogendra Kumar to the rank of third degree. Congratulations also to the coloured belts who graded.