Welcome to the International Karate Daigaku Australia.
“Breaking the cycle of crime & violence through the discipline of karate.”
Our main goal continues to be of service to young people throughout the world by helping them find direction in life.
About IKD Australia
The IKD Australia is an all ages karate club based in Gympie, Queensland, Australia. The club is focused on developing skills such as resilience, discipline and consistency in Karatekas and providing a safe and supportive environment for them to learn and grow as athletes and individuals.
IKD Australia is proud of its competing athletes, a group of young, dedicated individuals who work hard to improve their skills and attain podium results at every competition. Led by their coach, Hamid Mostofizadeh, these athletes have established a strong reputation at competitions of all levels.
Coach Hamid Mostofizadeh, is a highly experienced AKF – NCAS gold coach, and is also a coach for the Queensland Karate State Team. He founded IKD-Australia and has coached athletes in competition for over a decade. With an intricate understanding of both traditional and sports karate, Hamid is devoted to enabling athletes to reach their full potential. With his focus on discipline, resilience and improvement, he continues to lead IKD-Australia and encourage his members to push themselves to achieve their full potential.
Overall, IKD-Australia is a respected and beloved club, known for its commitment to bettering athlete outcomes through supporting development, team culture, and community involvement.
Free introductory program
What is Karate?
Karate is a martial art developed in Japan. It is a fighting skill which uses all parts of the body. Karate techniques are mostly comprised of attacking (striking, punching and kicking) and blocking moves, and are different from those of Judo, Jujitsu and Aikido which focus on throwing techniques. Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art that is based on Shotokan Karate. Kung Fu is a collective name for the various styles of Chinese Karate. There are many different styles of martial arts, but there is no ultimate style or best art. The fighting methods are just different and the difference is mostly in rules and what techniques they emphasize.
What is traditional Karate?
It is non-contact Karate. There is another kind of Karate that allows full contact (with or without protective gears). At our dojo, we allow no physical contact in our sparring. The punches and kicks are thrown but aimed at about an inch away from the target for the maximum safety. More information on traditional Karate can be found under Shotokan and more on the training we do under Training.
How is IKD Dojo of Australia different from other Karate studios?
We provide martial arts training as found in Japan. Our instructors are well experienced in teaching the art of karate. Quality is not compromised in our training so that the true art is transferred. More information is found under Become a IKD Member.
Our instructors have more than 20 years of experience each and they are all well qualified to teach. Please see their qualifications at our Instructors page.
News
Annual seminar and black belt grading on 20.11.2021
Today, we had our annual seminar and black belt grading. We had hoped to have Shihan Woon-A-Tai here, but unfortunately due to covid and travel restrictions, this wasn’t possible. We had also planned to have Sensei Alfonso Jimenez as our guest instructor at our...
Grading in the previous months!
Congratulations to all who passed their grading in the previous months! Well done to everyone, you deserved it! Keep up the good work and keep training consistently and hard! Our junior instructors, Jethro, Delara and Diba learning to examine at our Kyu-grading under...
IKD Australia seminar and annual black belt grading 2021
IKD Karate Australia will host a skills seminar on the 20th of November with an emphasis on refining shotokan kata. Sensei Alfonso, who has decades of experience practicing traditional shotokan karate at a high level, will attend the seminar as our guest instructor....