Lessons

Achieve Martial Arts St George offers Group Lessons 3 days a week currently. During Group Lessons you can expect a degree of fitness training, stretching to help prevent injury as well as strengthen joints, and as expected, martial arts. The main reason that I say that I teach martial arts is because the specific art that I teach is called Kempo, and as it is a very old art, it has aspects of MANY other martial arts included in it, such as Jiu JItsu, Judo, Kickboxing, Karate, and Kung Fu just to name a few, we also teach defense against weapons such as knives, clubs, and guns. Our more advanced students will also have the opportunity to train with weapons, such as Bo (staffs), Swords, Spears, Knives, and several others!

Our classes are currently separated by age bracket, as all students will be new students! since we just opened! We do our best to tailor each lesson plan to make sure that everyone present benefits from instruction, and we are conscious of pre existing injuries and make sure to take care of our students!

The best way to describe the learning trajectory is that we start with a Karate base/foundation. With 20 years of experience in Martial Arts, and 5 years of teaching professionally, and with the 20 years teaching experience from MY instructor, we have discovered that Karate has been the easiest for NEW students to pick up on quickly as it is the most straight forward, this allows them to progress to the more complex styles we offer at a much faster pace. Once a student has shown proficiency with our fundamentals, we then add more Jiu Jitsu based techniques as well as familiarise them with grappling (another word for wrestling) and different locks and control positions.

The reason someone would want to take a course in Kempo is different for adults and children;
For Adults, it is practical and immediately applicable as soon as you leave the lesson. It was designed to be able to fight multiple opponents (Dont worry not on day 1, we build up to that) ensuring you can protect you and your family from any threat and get home safely from any situation. It will also help you elevate your fitness to the next level and achieve your own personal goals!

For Children, it is usually a little different, we have had several children come to us for our Anti-Bullying program, they have grown more confidence, and have learned to handle the bullies in a way that does not get them in trouble, other children love the idea of going to “ninja school” (yes we have had about 50 children call it that over the years), however I believe a key lure for parents is that Martial Arts will help instill a sense of discipline and respect in our younger students that sets them up with wonderful life skills and ready to conquer any challenge that they may face.