Brian's Leeming Dojo has relocated to the Bullcreek Community Hall next to the Bullcreek Shoping Centre Novices 4.30pm Advanced 5.30pm
With multiple IKGA branches in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia Yamaguchi Goju-Kai Karate is one of the largest and foremost karate organisations in Australia. Many of our leading instructors started their training in the 60's and have trained with Japan's top masters in Japan and here in Australia.
Goju-Kai is a traditional style of karate with training drills and techniques passed on by generations of past karate masters such as Gogen Yamaguchi (1909 - 1989). This knowledge combined with coaching from multiple World champions such as Wayne Otto(England)and Junior Leferve (Belgium) who have taught exclusively at the West Australian Academy our students are guaranteed of the best martial arts training available.
Brian Mackie, director of the IKGA Australia, is an instructor who believes that sports karate can compliment the traditional values of Karate-do through modern sports physiology and psychology. The benefit of his experience is passed on to his students who have enjoyed considerable success in both kata and kunite events.
In 1973 Brian won his place in the National team and continued for a further eight years to win the right to represent and captain Australia in several major international events. 'The highlight of his competition career was becoming Australia's first official international champion (APUKO 1981).
In October 2009 twenty of his students together with six from Goju-Kai Victoria and one from the New South Wales North Coast Goju-Kai participated in the 5th IKGA World Championships in South Africa that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Goju-Kai founder with IKGA members from the five continents. Australia achieved its' best ever away result by winning 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 9 Bronze medals.
