COVID-19 UPDATE, 9 July 2021

Dear Students, Parents & Instructors,

In view of the tightened COVID-19 lockdown rules coming into effect at 5pm today, we are forced to temporarily suspend all face-to-face training sessions (including our outdoor sessions up at Hugh Bamford Reserve) until restrictions ease. Hopefully this will only be for a very short period of time, so please stay fit and continue your training with the tools we offer you below.

Starting from Monday 12 July, Karate Bondi will be back on ZOOM and operating on the following LIVE-STREAM TIMETABLE:

  • ADULTS & TEENS (all levels): Tue & Thu 6 – 7pm

  • KIDS 5 – 7 years: Mon & Wed: 4.15 – 5.00 pm

  • KIDS 8 - 12 years: Mon & Wed: 5.00 – 6.00 pm

  • KIDS ADVANCED: Tue & Thu: 4.00 – 5.00 pm

We hope our streaming will give us all a chance to collectively train and let you feel like you are in the dojo.

A FEW THINGS ABOUT LIVE-STREAMING & TIPS FOR TRAINING AT HOME

  • We use Zoom software. The image quality is livestream - not fancy but it does the job.

  • On the day of your class, you will receive a link to join your class by email. Simply click this link a couple of minutes prior to start of your class to “join” your training buddies!

  • Keep your cameras on (we have you up on our big screen to help us correct form and see how everyone is keeping up), but have your sound MUTED until the end of the session.

  • Find a suitable space in your home where you will be undisturbed for the duration of your class. Most surfaces such as floorboards or carpet are suitable. Ideally, you have enough space to take four big steps to the front and the back and a couple of steps to either side.

  • Put on your Dogi & tie your belt!!

  • If you have any questions regarding the syllabus covered on any particular day, please email or text them to me. We will go through all questions received in a brief Q&A at the start of each class.

  • Please make sure you send us pics of you training at home – We would love to share them with our North Bondi Dojo Family

  • In these increasingly uncertain times, it is more important than ever to keep a cool and calm mental headspace. Karate offers the chance to build physical endurance and mental strength which will benefit us enormously through tricky times like these. We can't control the world around us, but we can work on how we deal with it.

  • And YES, we are taking roll to make sure everyone has the hours required for their next grading.

ONLINE VIDEO CONTENT

Our instructors have put a lot of work and effort into building up a library of training videos on our website. We have included something for EVERY LEVEL and for ALL AGES, including Warm-Ups, Basics, KATA, Rolling Seminars, Fighting combinations and Ippons. LINK to our training video section: http://www.karatebondi.com/trainingvideos (Password: karatenorthbondi).

Thank you to everyone for your incredible support. We ask that you stand by us and we will do everything in our power to provide you with ongoing Kyokushin Karate tuition in whatever medium we can. OSU!

Warm regards

Nora