Principal Instructor/Head of Style, for Shúshin Kai Goju-Ryu Karatedo.
Graeme McConnell-Brown trained as a Physical Education teacher before joining Ansett Australia, a major (but now defunct) Australian airline. He spent most of his 28 years with the airline in training, management development and human resource management positions in Melbourne, Victoria. For the last six years he was the company’s senior training & development executive.
During this time he also worked as a training consultant for the Australian Institute of Management, conducting public training programs in the areas of human resource management, personal development, general management and organisational development. He also conducted training in human behaviour and motivation for many years at the Victoria Police Academy.
Graeme began training in the martial arts in the Gojukensha style headed by Sensei Ohtsuka, a senior student of Sensei Ichikawa. After only a short time the local instructors of the style broke away from the Gojukensha school and for a time were without a master. In 1983 they were to associate with Sensei Watanabe, a student of Masashi Sudo, (also a senior student of Sensei Ichikawa), who was living in Sydney, Australia.
The local instructors chose to leave Sensei Watanabe’s school in 1991. The only Black Belts to remain with Sensei Watanabe in Melbourne were Graeme McConnell-Brown, (by now a 2nd Dan), and his son Lincoln, a 1st Dan. They were operating a single dojo with about 20 students in Tullamarine, a northern suburb of Melbourne.
In 2005 the club separated from the Watanabe school, and both Graeme and his son trained with Kyoshi James Sumarac, 7th Dan, Principal Instructor of Goju-Ryu Karate-do Kakurin-Kan, formerly Gojukensha. Graeme was graded to 5th Dan (Godan) in 2007.
In 2009 Shihan Graeme and Kyoshi James travelled to Japan and following another visit by Shihan Graeme in 2010, Shushin Kai is now a member dojo of Ichikawa-ha Goju-Ryu Karate-do Sosui-kai, under the instruction of Tsubamoto Sensei, (10th Dan)
His other martial interests include the study of Chi Kung, and ongoing study and practice of Zen in the Martial Arts.
He also firmly believes high level skills, and maturity, in years; as well in life experiences are crucial for a teacher of the martial arts. He urges any potential student of the martial arts to look for these qualities in their future teacher. Graeme also puts a great deal of emphasis on the spiritual and philosophical aspects of the martial arts. This is most important for adult students who look for more than pure fighting skills from their karate study.
Graeme McConnell-Brown can be contacted:
Phone: (03) 93304630
Mobile: 0419 894 800
Email: sensei@primus.com.au
Shúshin Kai Tsuyoshi yawara-ryu karate-do no tame no sutairu no omona insutorakuta/ heddo,. Gureamukoneru - Brown wa, ansettoosutoraria, shuyona (shika shi, ima wa naki) osutoraria koku kaisha ni nyusha suru mae ni taiiku no kyoshi toshite no kunren o. Kare wa toreningu, kanri no hatten to meruborun, bikutoria-shu jinteki shigen no kanri-shoku ?? no koku kaisha de kare no 28-nen no taihan o tsuiyashita. Kako 6-nenkan, kare wa dosha no jokyu kunren& kaihatsu kanbudatta. Kono jikan no ma ni kare wa mata, jinteki shigen kanri, kojin no kaihatsu, ippan-tekina kanri to soshiki kaihatsu no bun'ya de kokyo no toreningupuroguramu o jisshi shi, osutoraria keiei kanri kyokai no kunren no konsarutanto toshite hataraite imashita. Kare wa mata, bikutoria keisatsu gakko de no naganen no ningen no kodo ya doki no kenshu o jisshi. Gureamu wa sensei Otsuka sensei Ichikawa no senpai ga hikiiru Gojukensha sutairu no bujutsu no kunren o hajimeta. Hon'no mijikai jikan no nochi ni sutairu no jimoto no insutorakuta wa, hanarete Gojukensha no gakko kara kowashita to no jikan no tame ni masuta suru koto naku atta. 1983-Nen ni karera wa, osutoraria no shidoni ni sunde ita sensei Watanabe Tadashi kokorozashi Suto no gakusei,(mata sensei Ichikawa no senpai), ni kanrenzukerute ita. Jimoto no insutorakuta wa, 1991-nen ni sensei Watanabe no gakko o saru koto o eranda. Meruborun de no sensei Watanabe nokoru yuiitsu no burakkuberuto wa, gureamu McConnell-san - buraun,(dai 2 dan genzai de), soshite musuko no rinkan, dai ichi dandatta. Karera wa, taramarin, meruborun no hokubu kogai ni yaku 20-nin no gakusei to hitotsu no dojo o un'ei sa rete imashita. 2005-Nen ni kurabu wa, Watanabe no gakko kara bunri shi, gureamu to kare no musuko no ryoho wa, Kyoshi jemuzu Sumarac, dai 7 dan, Tsuyoshi yawara-ryu karate-do Kakurin-kan, kyu Gojukensha no omona insutorakuta to kunren. Gureamu wa 2007-nen ni go-dan (go-dan) ni bunrui shita. 2009-Nen ni shihan gureamu to Kyoshi jemuzu ga Nippon e ryoko shi, 2010-nen ni shihan gureamu-betsu no homon-go, Shushin Kai wa kon Tsubamoto sensei,(10-banme no meirei no shita de Ichikawa hekutaru no Tsuyoshi yawara-ryu karate-do SOSUI-kai no menba dojodesu. Dan) Kare no hoka no budo no kyomi wa, kiko no kenkyu, oyobi budo niokeru zen no shinko-chu no kenkyu to jissen ga fukuma rete imasu. Kare wa mata, shikkari to toshi no ma ni, takai reberu no sukiru, soshite seijuku o shinjite, doyo ni jinsei keiken de wa, budo no kyoshi nitotte kiwamete juyodearu. Kare wa shorai kyoshi ni korera no shishitsu o sagasu tame ni budo no senzai-tekina gakusei o motomete iru. Gureamu wa mata budo no seishin-teki katsu tetsugaku-teki sokumen ni juten o tairyo ni iremasu. Kore wa karera no karate no kenkyu kara, junsuina sento noryoku o koete mieru Shigeru ??-jin no gakusei no tame no mottomo juyodesu. Gureamukoneru - buraun ni renraku suru koto ga dekimasu. Denwa:(03) 93304630 Keitai denwa: 0419 894 800 Meruadoresu: Sensei@ primus. Com. Au