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3rd Dan - IOGKF - Goju-Ryu Karate

Certificate II - Sports Coaching

Sensei Mitchell Hill began his Goju-Ryu journey in 2007, training in every class we offer at Illawarra Karate. Sensei is qualified to teach the next generation of students the same traditional ways from when Goju-Ryu was founded in 1930. Sensei trained through the Lambert Karate Dojo & Family Fitness Centre under Sensei David Lambert Jr. While training the past 17 years, Sensei has trained/taught Karate across Australia, as well as travelled across the world to England, Scotland, New Zealand and Okinawa, Japan, the birthplace of Karate, as well as competing in tournaments across Australia and was successfully awarded National Champion for Kata in 2013, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22 and 23 . 

Sensei has enjoyed teaching and meeting new people since opening Illawarra Karate Dojo & Family Fitness Centre in 2023. Sensei always is welcoming new students, no matter what experience they have in Martial Arts, and he is keen to continue to grow the Dojo throughout the Illawarra.