Seido Karate Northland, Wellington Dojo first class was held on March 6, 2017 in the Main Hall of the Northland Memorial Community Centre. At that class there was only Sensei Garry and Phoebe Yee who according to her father her martial arts goal at the time was “To be the next Lucy Lui”. For a short period it was only Phoebe and I, until Dana Hassidi and Esera Chung became regular training students. By the end of the 2017, I had only 5 students training regularly: Phoebe, Esera, Dana, Flynn Lucas and Ben Hassidi. So these students received a lot of personal instruction especially when Kyoshi Bruce Millard would also come to classes and share his vast syllabus knowledge.
We currently have 24 students training regularly at the Northland, Wellington Dojo. While we may be the newest Seido Karate club in the Wellington region, we have definitely punched above our weight in terms of tournament success and attendance at Seido Karate events such as grading’s, beach training’s and camps. The most recent tournament attended was the 2019 Sydney Festival where team of 8 karateka from this dojo competed with 7/8 returning home with a least one medal.
Seido Karate Northland, Wellington Dojo is part of the World Seido Karate Organization founded by Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura, and is affiliated to Hanshi Renzie Hanham, Branch Chief of Christchurch Shibu Dojo and Sei Shihan Ben Otang, Branch Chief of Seido Wellington Dojo.
There are Seido Karate dojos located throughout Australia, the United States of America, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom. There are also Seido Karate dojos located in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden, Italy, Costa Rica and India.
