Welcome

We are Moving!  This website is relevant until Christmas 2009.  Check out our new website www.thedojo.org.nz for details about the new year!

Welcome to the Dojo website.  I’m Chris Gower, 5th degree Kyokushin karate black belt.  My wife Jill is a 2nd degree black belt. That intense looking kid above is our son Rubin.

Jill and I opened Mt Vic Dojo in ‘99 so I could share my 20 years Kyokushin karate training with Wellington.  Wellington loved it!

(Check our testimonials)

I now teach full time and offer a raft of targeted classes and other services including traditional Japanese karate training, fitness classes, generic fight training and self defence.


My kids classes are now age specific so I can target little ones with developmental exercises, building foundation skills, physical and social confidence.

My bigger kids graduate through THREE levels/age groups before they reach adult classes.  This allows me to cater to distinct developmental stages meaning the kids are achieving at level and enjoying their training experience.

Our retention is HUGE!!!

Adults are coming to Mt Vic Dojo for everything from light fitness to international tournament training.

Whether you want to hit a bag, push weights, try our unique fitness classes (which are a blast!) or actually put a uniform on and join the worldwide community studying traditional Kyokushin karate it’s well worth coming on down to Mt Vic Dojo to see what we’re up to!

We like visitors so much I invite you or your kids (or both!) to come along for two weeks completely free with no obligation to continue.

You’re obviously looking for something and I’d like to think you just found it but we won’t know until you get here!

Simply fill in our online form and I’ll email you with a bit more info about your free classes! 

CLICK HERE to register kids or HERE for adults.