We had to make the decision today to close all of our schools effective tomorrow at noon. Although the public schools remain open, and it was our intention to tether our classes to them, it became clear after the Prime Minster’s announcement today that we would not be able to continue.
Despite all the safety measures we put in place, it becomes necessary to cease operations indefinitely to fall in compliance with the law and to protect the health and safety of our students. This is a very sad day for our Kenpo tribe and especially our great instructors, everyone will suffer. This is extremely disappointing to us, just as it has been for you and your children.
We hope this situation is under control soon and we can resume as quickly as possible. We will give all students credit for their classes attended this term for their grading qualification when we resume.
Thanks so much for your support and understanding. We are committed to coming back stronger than ever and making our classes even better in the future. Stay posted by following our Facebook page and our Blog on our website at www.karate-kids.com.au.
Sensei Matt
Hi Matt, I know how hard it would have been to make the announcement, however going by what the Government has said about gatherings and as such training groups. These are limited to a maximum of ten people. This was announced last night. As the children are due for grading this week, has there been any thought in spreading the particular groups to these numbers or do the grading via video link or the like?
Thanks so much for your kind words, Russell. We are now shut down completely, but have introduced online classes! Please see this link to continue your training.https://ikarate.com.au/online-classes/