Welcome back to the MUKC Newsletter, a monthly update of what we do inside/outside of training at this club (with a bit of tea)…

Gradings Update

CONGRATULATIONS, An Nguyen and Dung Truong, on finishing your grading for the Orange belt with Stripe (from 8th Kyu to 7th)! We were impressed by your performance, which demonstrated a high level of skills (especially when Alex asked you to show the Kata with a mirrored image)!

May Social Event

1. Sovereign Hill Gold Hunting

The economy looks a little tough, but a few members of MUKC and Rhee Taekwondo went to Sovereign Hill to try their hand at gold mining. Members explored multiple workshops, including gold panning and pouring, candle making, sweat making and learnt much about the gold rush era of the 1850s to 60s.

2. Go-Karting Events

Together with Rhee Taekwondo, we had a Go-Karting event at Le Mans Entertainment. Congratulations, An, on winning second place and Aristo, on the safest driver award (woohoo) from MUKC!

Shout out to Sean for organising it!

3. Social dinner

As usual, we held a few social dinners after the Beginner’s Friendly Sessions on Friday! It’s been awesome to get to know us outside of the training and chat about miscellaneous topics with (of course) a nice food on the table!

Join us for the session next time.

June Social Event

We haven’t sorted out our next social event in June, but it’d likely be the End of the Semester Dinner somewhere in the city (details TBA). Also, feel free to drop in for the subsidised dinner after the beginner’s session on Friday.

Training Dates (IMPORTANT!)

There will be no training on the King’s birthday (8/Jun, Mon). Beginner’s Friendly Session on Friday won’t be happening in June either, as there was already a booking from other clubs. Otherwise, the usual training will run on Monday & Wednesday (7:30-9:30 pm, Nona Lee).

Merchandise

Please purchase gears from our official website (remember, we’re all supposed to wear gears when practising sparring during the training):

That’s it for today.
Thank you for reading this month’s newsletter, too.

If you have any questions or suggestions for our club, please reach out.
Contact info: melbourneunikarateclub@gmail.com

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P.S. If you haven’t, check out the beautiful summary video of Martial Arts Camp 2026 from the recap event in May (shout-out to Emeil for making it).

See you next month.

Martial Arts Camp 2026

Thank you to everyone who attended our Camp event in 2026, jointly with Taekwondo (and Wushu)! Although there were a few accidents (e.g., smashing the wall with heels), we hope most of the memories you made during the camp were unforgettable!

This year, we introduced a couple of new things:

• RICE FOOD: We decided to have more rice food this year! A lot of people said their top preferences were Japanese Curry (+ kimchi) and Fried Rice (noodle)! Shout-out to Emeil, Sean, Molly, and Aristo for going grocery shopping.

• New camp location: It was lovely to see a new campsite at the Clifford Park Activity Centre! It was convenient from the city (40 minutes) and full of nice facilities, nature, and people. Thanks, Warden, for having us.

• New instructors: Henry, Ibuki, Kevin (from Rhee) and Lilly (from Wushu) generously took the class for us during the camp. Thank you, each of you, for having such a fun and (sometimes) intensive training!

For those who missed the camp, don’t worry! We’re planning to have the Camp Recap event this year in a few months. So keep your eyes on this newsletter and our WhatsApp/Messenger group.

May Social Event!

Camp Recap Event:

Rhee Taekwondo and MUKC will host the Camp Recap Event, where we review some funny and must-watch videos to share memories from last month's camp. There’ll be food, board games, and (most importantly) many like-minded people! EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN!

• Date: 2/May, 2:00-5:00 pm

• Venue: Market Hall (Building 189)

Our next event will be G-Karting at Le Mans Entertainment!

• Date: TBC (likely to be weekends in mid-May)

• Action: Please answer a poll that Sean will post on our FB/WhatsApp Group Chat soon.

This Month’s Karate Journey

Starting next month, Sam and a few other committee members will interview people in our club about their Karate Journey and post the materials on the website and this newsletter…Stay tuned!

Marches

Feel free to buy gears from the following website (thanks for designing this lovely homepage for us, Sam):

https://www.mukc.org.au/gear/

That’s it for today.

Thanks so much for reading.

P.S. Please let us (committees) know if there are any topics that you would like to see in our newsletter, karate videos/materials to share, or any teas that are worth sharing for MUKC members.

Contact info: melbourneunikarateclub@gmail.com

See you next month.