A
bit of our Dojo History
The Raining Spirit Dojo was officially founded on 1st
May 2009, in Melbourne, Australia, by Sensei Sylph
Dominic Hawkins. Sensei Hawkins taught classes under
the Hoshin Jutsu Australia Pacific umbrella
organisation from May 2009 to Sept 2013. He first
began studying martial arts with Hoshin Jutsu Aus
Pacific in Sydney in the year 2000/2001. Sensei
Hawkins created the 12-Phase Hoshinden Jutaijutsu
style now taught at The Raining Spirit Dojo since
2013, as an attempt to use martial art concepts to
continue exploring the manifestation of different
physical phenomena and the bio-mechanics of correct
leverage, angles of force and balance control.
We moved around a bit in the first decade, here is a
quick history of our teaching locations to date:
We
began in the Melbourne Northern Suburbs
* Northcote Dojo (Northcote Town Hall Community
Room) VIC, 3070 (May 2009 - Sept 2009)
* Fairfield Dojo (Fairfield Scout Hall) VIC, 3078
(Sept 2009 - Jan 2010)
We
then spent 7 years in Hurstbridge, VIC
* Hurstbridge Dojo (Hurstbridge Scout Hall) VIC, 3099
(Jan 2010 - Dec 2013)
* Hurstbridge Dojo (Our Leased Factory in Hurstbridge)
VIC, 3099 (Dec 2013 - Oct 2017)
Then
moved to the Research / Eltham, VIC area
* Research Dojo (Our Leased Factory in Research) VIC
3095, (Oct 2016 - Oct 2021)
* Left the established
factory venue and no longer taking on new students,
continued instruction
of existing students (Oct 2021 - Sept 2022)
Reduced
size of student body and began teaching from
Research and Donvale, VIC area
* Re-opened classes to general public / new
students. Teaching from
Research
Scout Hall and Donvale Christian College ( Sept 2022
- Present Day)
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