03Instructors · Principal Instructor

Grant Rollinson

Principal Instructor of WSKF Australia. Grant traded a variety of sports for one martial art in 1983, and has spent the years since learning, grading and teaching traditional Shotokan karate in Perth.

Train with Grant at WSKF Perth His lineage

6th Dan, RokudanGraded in 2019 under Sensei Hitoshi Kasuya, World Shotokan Karate-do Federation

01Where it started

Rugby, soccer, hockey, basketball, cricket. Then one martial art.

Two students in white gi, one with a brown belt and one with a black belt, practising a partner drill on a green mat, with others training behind them

Before karate, Grant played a variety of sports. When he arrived in Perth from Christchurch in 1983, he chose Shotokan for its focus on the whole body, mental as well as physical, and for self-defence.

He trained with Shotokan Karate International Australia under Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa, earned his black belt in 1987, and in 1988 started teaching at his first club.

In 1998 he joined the World Shotokan Karate-do Federation to train under its founder and Chief Instructor, Sensei Hitoshi Kasuya, who remains an important influence on Grant and his clubs. In 2009 he made Shotokan his full-time work, to develop quality karate in Perth.

02Lineage

Two teachers, six dan grades

Grant's first two black belt grades came under Sensei Kanazawa. Every grade since 1999 has come under Sensei Kasuya in the World Shotokan Karate-do Federation.

Shotokan Karate International Australia

Under Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa

  1. 1983Begins Shotokan karate in Perth, after moving from Christchurch, New Zealand
  2. 1987Shodan, 1st Dan
  3. 1988Starts teaching at his first club
  4. 1989Nidan, 2nd Dan

World Shotokan Karate-do Federation

Under Sensei Hitoshi Kasuya, founder and Chief Instructor

  1. 1998Joins the World Shotokan Karate-do Federation
  2. 1999Sandan, 3rd Dan
  3. 2006Yondan, 4th Dan
  4. 2009Teaches karate full time
  5. 2012Godan, 5th Dan
  6. 2019Rokudan, 6th Dan

03Judging

A judge at the World Championships in Japan

Grant has been a judge at the WSKF World Championships in Japan in each of these years.

  • 2007
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2019

CoachingNational Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) Level 1 coach

04How he teaches

Learning to fight, and learning not to

Grant teaches students how to fight, and, more importantly, how not to. As parents and students come to realise, the real value of Shotokan is not just the fighting and self-defence. It is a strong work ethic, good morals, principles, self-control and respect.

Children are taught to respect their elders and others in the Japanese way. These are the qualities Grant values in training:

  • Humility
  • Patience
  • Persistence
  • Determination
  • Understanding
  • Perceptiveness

Teaching with Sheela

Grant runs the club with his wife, Sheela Rollinson, 3rd Dan. Many of the club's assistant instructors have trained under him from their earliest beginnings and now teach as black belts themselves.

Senior black belts1st and 2nd Dan

Principles behind the training

Respect, self control and perseverance are among the qualities Grant teaches. Each one has its own chapter.

RespectSelf controlPerseverance

05Where he teaches

WSKF Perth

Grant leads WSKF Perth, which teaches students from age four, beginners to black belts, at five venues across the city.

Contact the club for current training times at each venue.

Visit WSKF Perth

06Train with Grant

Start at WSKF Perth

Tell us who is training. The club will reply with a suitable venue, day and time.

Enquire about training at WSKF Perth

WSKF Perth · Western Australia

Who is training?

Choose every age group that is training

Classes, timetables and trial availability vary by club. Preview form — submitting does not send an enquiry and nothing is saved. To reach a club now, ring 9444 3737.

This preview form needs JavaScript for its two steps. To reach us now, ring 9444 3737 or use the enrolment page.

Keep exploring