Profiles
Minoru Mochizuki – 10th Dan
Minoru Mochizuki Kancho was born in Shizuoka in 1907 and died in France in 2003. His family moved to Tokyo where at the age of five he began to study Judo and Kendo. In 1924 he joined the Kendokan Doj...
Teruo Sano – 9th Dan
Teruo Sano Sensei’s Martial Arts experience dates back over 50 years. His qualifications include 9th Dan in karate and 7th Dan in jujutsu. He is also an expert in a multitude of traditional mart...
Branco Bratich – OAM 9th Dan Kyoshi
Branco Bratich, OAM, 9th Dan Kyoshi ( he was awarded his 9th Dan by the Australian Karate Federation on the 19th February 2021) , is the Chief Instructor for Yoseikan Ryu Karate Australia. He was appo...
Hani Zahra – 6th Dan
Hani Zahra 6th Dan, is the NSW Chief Instructor of Yoseikan Ryu Karate. He is a Primary School Principle with over 28 years experience in Karate Do. Hani first met Branco in 1989 when he was a 14 year...
Adam Camuglia – 5th Dan
Adam Camuglia joined Yoseikan in November 1978 at the age of seven. He was the youngest of a small group of children and adults to form the first Yoseikan club at the Hainsworth Recreation Centre, Gir...
Jessica Bratich-Johnson – 2nd Dan
Jessica Bratich-Johnson was born to compete. One of her earliest memories was seeing her father Branco Bratich win the 1985 National Heavyweight title. She said to her father, “Daddy win for me....
Heather Healy – 2nd Dan
Heather commenced her training in 1975. She originally studied under Jan de Jong in Perth. She changed to Yoseikan Ryu Karate when Sensei Yoshiaki Unno was invited by Jan de Jong to teach karate in Pe...
Kellie Shimmings – 2nd Dan
Kellie Shimmings has been practising karate since she was 11 years of age. She was the first Australian karate woman to win a silver medal at the World Games. It is not surprising that Kellie has made...
Nicole Bridgeman – 2nd Dan
Nicole Bridgeman has risen to the pinnacle of kata in Australia. On Sunday 10th August 2008 Nicole became West Australia’s first National Senior Kata champion. This title had eluded her since sh...