The common element to all of the styles taught at Chikara Martial Arts is a high level of fitness. It is our level of fitness that allows us to achieve more and compete for longer. Through fitness we also realise our true potential and test our physical and mental endurance.
Group fitness is taught in multiple ways at Chikara Martial Arts – through regular mid class physically intensive workouts to out of class student organised fitness challenges. There is never a shortage of opportunity for training, to challenge and to improve your fitness.
We also offer CFS as a dedicated fitness class for all students – no matter how many other styles you’re involved in – as a way of improving your all round conditioning. Work outs are intense and crafted to meet the needs of the students in attendance. We focus on improving core strength, burst, conditioning and endurance by providing a physically intensive workout aimed at pushing the student past their last peak.
Whatever your goal is for fitness, there will always be someone to help you reach it, someone to inspire you to aim higher and someone for you to be an inspiration for!
Kidz Kickstart Karate is a form of Zen Do Kai Martial Arts for Primary aged children (5-13 year olds). This program was developed in conjunction with many Instructors who have had considerable experience in teaching children. Some of these Instructors are teachers themselves, parents, as well as those who have dealt with adolescents professionally.
The proper name for our program is Zen Do Kai Kidz Karate which describes that the program as being part of a much larger curriculum. It is intended to be a “stepping stone” for children who turn to teenagers to continue their martial arts training on a longer term, where they will continue to learn new and more advanced techniques
BJC Muay Thai is one of the fastest and easiest sports to learn in the world.
With that in mind, the syllabus has been structured and formatted in such a way to provide a gradual progression through the 3 colour singlets (i.e. Blue, Green & Brown) before the student obtains their Black singlet.
As well as self-defence, the system also encourages many to take on their training for the purpose of competition.
The skills training has been refined to emphasise the systems unique footwork and also explosive power. This has led to the development of many set drills, which are also intended to progress at a gradual rate for the development of technique and physical fitness.
Body conditioning is also a major necessity for the potential competitor and the addition of plyometrics principals has become both a training drill and tested requirement.
Zen Do Kai is a Martial Arts System which has developed over the past three decades. It has evolved from adding the principles and techniques of many martial arts disciplines with the strong fighting tradition it has always had. Put together, it forms a modern, effective and comprehensive self defense system.
With schools across the whole of Australia & New Zealand, it is by far the largest Martial Arts organisation in Australasia, boasting nearly 1000 classes per week catering for all walks of life. For us it translates as “the best of everything in progression”.
Modern Principles with traditional values. We seek to improve the system, improve ourselves and to be aware of creating the opportunities for the individuals within to achieve their personal best. We are proud, not only of our system, but of the many thousands of students that have developed from it. Train in Zen Do Kai and we are sure you will find the experiencefulfilling, exciting and most of all …. enjoyable.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds to force an opponent to submit.
The system developed from a modified version of pre-World War II Judo including some techniques from Japanese Jujutsu and with a focus on ne-waza (ground technique). It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant.
BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Sparring (commonly referred to as ‘rolling’) and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions. The rules allow the use of striking and grappling techniques, both while standing and on the ground. Such competitions allow martial artists of different backgrounds to compete. The term may also be used, less correctly, to describe hybrid martial arts styles.
Modern mixed martial arts competition emerged in American popular culture in 1993 with the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Initially based on finding the most effective martial arts for real unarmed combat situations, competitors of various arts were pitted against one another with minimal rules for safety. In the following decade, MMA promoters adopted many additional rules aimed at increasing safety for competitors and to promote mainstream acceptance of the sport. The name mixed martial arts was coined by one of the developers of these rules, Jeff Blatnick, a former Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic gold medalist. Following these changes, the sport has seen increased popularity with pay per view reach rivaling boxing and professional wrestling.