Full-contact Kyokushin karate in Osborne Park, Perth.
A small beginner group for adults and teenagers. Start together, build step by step.
Maybe you’ve thought about karate before.
Perhaps for years. You’ve watched videos, driven past a dojo, wondered what training is really like.
The Black Swan Dojo teaches Kyokushin, a full-contact style. You don’t start with contact. You start with a small group of other beginners, and you build step by step.
Small groups, precision instruction, zero intimidation.
Kyokushin is a full-contact style.
Beginners start with no-contact partner drills and build toward kumite at their own pace.
Why most people never start
Most people don’t wait because they can’t do it. They wait because they aren’t sure.
- What actually happens in a class?
- Will I fit in?
- Can I really do this?
- Is karate what I think it is?
Our beginner course is built to answer those questions by doing, not by explaining.
First Contact: a beginner’s course in Kyokushin karate
It’s your first class, and the first rung on our contact ladder, which involves no contact at all.
Start Together
Most schools place a beginner into a class that already exists. Here, everyone in the course starts together, learns together and moves forward together.
Four Weekly Lessons
Four weekly lessons with the same instructor each week, then two more inside the regular class so the group joins the dojo as a group.
Build Foundations
Each lesson reviews what you learned last time, adds one new idea, and puts it to use safely with a partner. By week four, you know etiquette, basics, and your first kata.
Where it leads: the contact ladder
Kumite is partner training. You choose when to take each step, and you won’t be asked to take one before you’re ready. Either partner can say “lighter” or “stop” at any time, and it’s treated as normal.
No Contact Drills
Drills with no contact. Perfect for learning stance, movement, and distance control.
Pads & Mitts
Set attacks and responses with heavy bags, focus mitts, and striking pads.
Agreed Light Contact
Body only, at an intensity you and your partner agree on beforehand.
Controlled Kumite
Rounds with rules, supervision, and protective gear. Full-contact kumite comes later in regular classes.
First Contact covers the first two rungs. You’ll see the third demonstrated by senior students.
- You’ve thought about karate and want a real start, not a taster.
- You’ve never trained, or you trained another style and want to try Kyokushin.
- You’d like to learn in a small group where people know your name.
- You’re willing to work, and you want to know where it leads.
- You want a casual drop-in activity.
- You want a non-contact or point-sparring class.
- You want fast belt promotions.
- You want to compete straight away.
If you’d just like to look around, a walk-in visit is possible: (Free, no commitment, contact us to arrange your visit).
What is Kyokushin?
Kyokushin was founded by Mas Oyama in Japan in the 1950s. The word means “ultimate truth”. It’s known for knockdown karate: full-contact sparring with no protective gear in competition, and a strong emphasis on conditioning and character.
Training has three parts: kihon (basics), kata (forms) and kumite (partner training and sparring), with a belt system marked by formal gradings.
Who teaches
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For parents
Considering Kyokushin for your teenager? Most parents aren’t searching for karate. They’re searching for confidence, structure, good role models and a community. We want you to know exactly what full-contact means here before you decide.
Visit us
Cost: [Ricardo to confirm, including whether a gi is included]
What to wear and bring: [Ricardo to confirm]
Classes & Schedule
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- Wednesday 7:15 – 8:45 pm
- Thursday 6:00 – 7:30 pm
- Friday 6:00 – 7:30 pm
- Saturday 12:00 – 2:00 pm
Not sure if this is right for you?
Send us a message and ask anything. We reply personally.
Or email theblackswandojo@gmail.com