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About IOGKFNZ
2010 Youth Gasshuku and Tournament
Wellington Karate
The club welcomes new students to come and try our classes to determine if you are interested in learning Karate with us.
Our classes are suited to those who are looking to learn new skills, develop themselves physically and mentally, and be challenged in a controlled and safe environment so they are better equipped to handle everyday life.
The club runs as a not for profit organization, hence it has low fees and does not have a commercial focus but instead trains it's students under the values of traditional karate focusing on building good character, strength, fitness and agility while gaining an understanding of the techniques so students can better apply these in the case of needing to defend themselves.
Some students who play other sports use our karate training as a method of cross training to further develop themselves or to help them peak for their dominant sport, while others use our training as a method of regular fitness and conditioning similar to going to the gym or for a run.
Training under the IOGKF has enabled the students of this club to be exposed to some of the top international instructors from around the world. The Wellington instructors have regular tuition under top international instructors, giving them the benefit of knowledge and experience to apply to their own practice and pass onto their students. As a result of having a high caliber of instructors the organization has produced a number of successful New Zealand Karate representatives who have competed around the world.
Dojo Location
Southern Cross (Regal Rovers) Scout Hall
Cnr Stoke/Hanson Street
Newtown
Wellington
CLICK HERE for a map of where the Scout Hall is. This map is interactive - you can zoom in or out or drag map to better find your way around this location.
Training Times
Juniors
*Mondays: 6.30 - 7.30 pm
Wednesdays: 6.30 - 7.30 pm
Seniors
*Mondays: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
Wednesdays: 6.30 - 8.30 pm
*PLEASE NOTE: every 4th Monday there will be NO JUNIORS training session and Seniors will have hojo undo training at 61 Waitoa Road, Hataitai.
CLICK HERE for a list of these Mondays
Fees
Children: $200 per annum
Adults: $300 per annum
Special rates: Please ask the instructor
Contact Details
Name: Rajesh Ravji
Phone: 021 497 815 or (04)383 6461
Email Address: wellington@karate.org.nz
Wellington Karate has a number of accredited Black Belt instructors. All instructors are affiliated with the International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-do Federation (IOGKF).
Senior Instructor
Sensei Rajesh Ravji, Godan (5th Dan)
Rajesh began training in 1979 at Sensei John Jarvis’s Newtown dojo, and four years later graded to Junior Shodan. In 1986 he began competing in a number of karate tournaments, and went on to represent New Zealand several times between the late 1980s and 2007. Highlights of his tournament career representing New Zealand include:
- Coming 5th at the 1989 Goju Ryu World Championships in USA
- Bronze at the 1990 Oceania Karate Championship in New Caledonia
- Coming 4th at the 1991 APUKO games in New Zealand
- Coming 12th at the 1991 Goju Ryu World Championships in Okinawa
- Winning gold and silver at the 1996 Goju Ryu Asia Pacific Championships in Australia
- Winning gold and silver at the 1997 Goju Ryu Asia Pacific Championships in Fiji
- Coming 2nd at the 1999 Goju Ryu Asia Pacific Championships in New Zealand
- Coming 2nd at the 2007 Goju Ryu World Championship in India
Rajesh graded to Nidan in 1988 , Sandan in 1991, Yondan in 1995 and achieved his current grade of Godan in 2005 under IOGKF world Chief Instructor Higaonna Sensei. After becoming Head Instructor of the Wellington dojo in 1999, he oversaw the relocation to its current premises at Massey University in 2002. In 2006 he was was appointed to the IOGKFNZ Executive Technical and Management Committee which oversees the quality of Goju Ryu teaching, management and leadership throughout New Zealand. Rajesh identifies training with a number of the world’s top instructors as a key highlight of his ongoing study of Goju Ryu karate-do.
CLICK HERE for a list of the other instructors at Wellington Karate.