Senior Instructor at Somerville Martial Arts Centre I began my Zen Do Kai journey in 1974 training at Springvale – Mornington under Dave Berry (the first member to join ZDK in 1970) from white belt through to probationary 3rd degree. From then through to today, Soke...

BJMA Affiliated Club: Fight Rite Gym, King's Park NSW Rhett has been Training in the Martial Arts for over 45 years, now teaching for over over 35 years. Rhett originally began training in Judo at age 10 but soon moved on to Tae Kwon Do which he stayed with until he...

BJMA Affiliated Club: Spear Dojo, Wangara W.A. My sporting and interests were in AFL and Surf Lifesaving until I discovered Zen Do Kai in 1980. I was invited to watch a grading and became obsessed with the discipline, effectiveness and attitude of the students. The...

Hanshi Peter Rowe, 9th degree started training in Frankston in 1972 under Billy Manne and Dave Berry. From 1974-1977 whilst serving with 2 Commando Company he trained in Melbourne under these instructors at various clubs like Springvale, and from 1978 until 1980 he...

My Martial arts journey started in 1982 doing Karate in Glenroy. I have encountered many influential instructors on my journey and they are too numerous to mention but two stand out. One being Soke Bob Jones and the second David Brown Shihan. My current rank is 10th...

BJMA Affiliated Club: Duelmaster Dojo, Brompton S.A. Hanshi John Leondaris began his official Martial Art journey at the age of 11 (1974), learning the fundamentals of Chinese Boxing. 3 years later John was introduced to Karate under the guidance of William (Bill)...

My beginnings and consequent journey in Zen do Kai began in 1970, after being asked by Soke Bob to join him as his right-hand man and Chief Instructor in the creation of Australia’s first really eclectic system of Martial Arts, later to become known as, Zen do Kai...