The formal name of our style is Zen Do Kai Freestyle Martial Arts. The Japanese literal translation for Zen Do Kai is ‘The best of everything in progression”. This means that the style encompasses aspects from many different martial art disciplines and puts them together to form a modern martial art. Although we still acknowledge karate traditions the style constantly re invents itself.
Within this style we include: Freestyle karate, kickboxing, boxing, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Arnis Eskirma Kali, Kendo and cardio fitness training. With an innovative and constantly updated curriculum to meet with the ever changing needs of modern society, training is always interesting, challenging and appealing to those of all ages.
Bob Jones
was well known in the Eastern States for his security work at concerts and nightclubs.
Zen Do Kai was born out of a need to teach practical self defence techniques to his security personnel.
Traditional Martial Arts were often found to be limited in their use.
Miyamoto Musashi the famous unconquerable Japanese samurai of the 17th century once said in his book ‘A book of 5 rings’ stated: ”Any man who becomes total master of any one discipline, has committed himself to a total waste of time”.
The media is constantly informing us of the violence being carried out against individuals in our community. Zen Do Kai teaches students everything they need to know about being safe. Zen Do Kai incorporates the ideal self defence techniques associated with Thai Kickboxing involving the use of elbows, knees, punching and kicking, this is added to the ground defence grappling skills of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and for the traditionalists the kicking power of Tae Kwon Do. Weapon training visa Arnis, Kendo, Bo and Katana are also taught in order to develop co-ordination and confidence for self defence purposes.
Some of the benefits from training are:
- Increased fitness
- Increased mental alertness
- Realistic self-defence techniques
- Increased awareness of personal safety
- A growth in confidence
- Sense of achievement.