Club Location

QPACT Rooms

Ballarat Street

Queenstown

The dojo is in the middle of Queenstown about 200m up from the Mall in the old school buildings. We run both adult and childrens classes and have a small membership of experienced karate-ka.

Club Contact Details

Name: Chris Rae

Phone: 02102218625

Email: chris@darkside.co.nz

or

Name: Craig McLachlan

Phone: 0274677031

Address: PO Box 574, Queenstown 9348

Email: yuricraig@xtra.co.nz

Club Training Times

Adults
Monday & Thursday: 7:00pm

Children (Ages 6+)
Monday & Thursday: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Childrens classes run during the school term.
Please note children’s classes are full for the foreseeable future and we are not currently adding anyone else to the waiting list.

Club History

Craig McLachlan started the club in 1989. The club has hosted Higaonna Sensei, Terauchi Sensei, Bakkies Sensei, Molyneux Sensei, Kuramoto Sensei, Fujimaki Sensei, Sensei Joe Roses, Sensei Chris Larkin and Sensei David Lambert among others over the years.

Club Instructors

Craig McLachlan Yondan (4th Dan)

Craig has been training since the mid-1980s when he spent two years at Higaonna Sensei’s Kiyose Dojo in Tokyo. Craig speaks Japanese, regularly travels to Japan and is a ‘freelance anything’ – check out his website at www.craigmclachlan.com.

Alan Britland Nidan (2nd Dan)

The ‘Silver Fox’ arrived in Queenstown in 1976 from England and has never left. He started his training in Kyokushinkai and changed to Goju-ryu when Craig moved to town in 1989.

Chris Rae Nidan (2nd Dan)

Chris began his training in Dunedin in 1995. He passed his Nidan in Naha, Okinawa under current world chief instructor Nakamura Sensei, and world vice chief instructor Molyneux Sensei. Chris also runs the children’s karate classes

Quinn McMahon Nidan (2nd Dan)

Quinn is an Aussie who has seen the light and now lives, works and trains in Queenstown.