Adult Karate (15 yrs +)

Kaizen Ryu is a freestyle or mixed martial art, Incorporating elements of Karate, Kung Fu, kick-boxing, Arnis. Ju-Jitsu, Judo, Muay Thai, Weapons, Ground fighting and Grappling.

Our classes follow the traditional colored karate belt levels, but Kaizen Ryu takes the approach that every belt is different. with each new belt you focusing on a new more technical topic than the first and adapts each of these topics into modern self-defence applications. listed below is a rough outline of the stages form white belt to black belt after black belt the training continues to 5th dan with each belt carrying a new topic.

White Belt - this is the initiation level start the classes and your automatically a white belt

Yellow Belt - focuses on basic punching, kicking, footwork and basic self defence.

Orange Belt - basic elbow and knee techniques, and the strengthening of previous techniques

Purple Belt - takedown maneuvers for throwing your opponent to the ground as well as basic trapping and locking techniques.

Blue Belt - Grappling at this level students focus on the art of upright wrestling.

Green Belt - at this level the first weapon is introduced and students learn how to use every day objects as weapons for defence

Brown Belt - ground fighting is now introduced and the student learns who to both defend up form the ground and fight on the ground

Black Belt - sees the reiteration of all previous knowledge with the introduction of the second weapon in the style

Kaizen Ryu classes can be very chalanging both mentaly and physicaly, But all classes are amied to be delivered to students of any skill levels from beginer to expert.

for more informatio on Kaizen Ryu you can visit the Kaizen Ryu Australia home page - www.kaizenryu.com.au