Ed Bavelock is a Professional martial arts coach with over 35 years on the mat and in the ring. He started his combat sports journey on the wrestling mats in the USA back in the 1970s and won a Cape & Islands title plus captained the 1981 OCL champs team. Ed stepped into the world of karate earning a 2nd Dan in Goju, and full-contact ring fighting was his focus through to the 1990s where he won New England, East Coast and national USA titles. He was also the USA super middleweight Muay Thai champion in 1992. Over the last 2 decades, Ed has worked hard as a MMA coach in Australia training pros and amateurs such as Brian Ebersole, Banjo Patterson, Charlie Alaniz, Supi Lanumata, Raja Shippen, and Oil Can Cowley. In 2015, Ed earned his 4th Dan in Shito Ryu.

Anne Pang – Is a Sifu (master instructor and performer) in Wing Chun Kung Fu Anne Pang is an Australasian Kung Fu Champion and one of the most accomplished female Wing Chun practitioners in the world. Anne is also the mother of Hollywood movie actor Chris Pang, who you may remember from "Crazy Rich Asians" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2." Anne began her martial arts training in 1974. Wing Chun was her chosen system and through this art she has thrived as a competitor and presenter. The art of Wing Chun was originally invented by a woman in China and is known for its fast and effective blitzing counter attacks against assailants. Anne has tested her skills in many open-style tournaments, frequently winning in both the forms and fighting categories. Most notably she became the first women's Australasian Kung Fu Champion (Full contact, open styles). As a fully qualified martial arts instructor, Anne saw the need for a a standardised Women's Self Defence program that is taught by women, for women. Anne has joined forces with Barry Johnston a Karate black belt and coach who ran a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for 20 years. Johnston helped writ 12 units of competence that made up Australia's first government recognised martial arts qualifications. The instructor self defence program is supported by Holmsglen TAFE and Victoria University. Anne is highly a committed martial artist and with her husband and (Wing Chun legend) Sifu Barry Pang is a racehorse owner, and have even celebrated a Melbourne cup win Sifu Anne began her Women’s Self Defence course in 1990, and can include Government Departments, Corporate bodies and educational facilities to her list of achievements. In 1998 Anne received the Tribute Award for Women’s Self Defence Instructor, from Blitz Magazine and in 2022 was awarded the Achievement Award by Martial Arts Australia. Sifu Anne’s Self Defence Course focusses on domestic and situational self defence. This simply means that any female, young or old will stand a much greater chance surviving violent and life threatening situations, and you don't need to have martial arts experience. Anne believes that prevention strategies are first and foremost the best path to effective self defence and through story telling and practical application Anne is able to provide a vigorous and fun series of workshops to for beginners as well as training coaches in separate groups. Sifu Anne is recognised as a role model for all women in the field of martial arts, business and politics. Her influence and knowledge is sought in many countries outside Australia. The Anne Pang program Women's Self Defence program offers dynamic, easy to learn self-defence skills that will empower the student to be more assertive and less a target. "Learning respect for self and others is one of the greater qualities that anyone can learn!" say's Anne. The course is designed to encourage women to create a network of new friends that they can turn to any time they feel alone or at risk.

Rorion Gracie is a Brazilian born Gracie Jiu Jitsu Grand Master Grand Master Rorion, is a prominent member of the famous Gracie family where the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was first conceived. As a publisher, producer, lecturer, and co-founder of the Ultimate Fighting Championship he has positioned himself as a world leader of the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Rorion is the founder and Director of the Gracie University based in Torrance California. The State-of-the-Art Training facility is headquarters to thousands of Gracie Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioners in virtually every country in the world. around the world. The Gracie University is also the first organisation to present their full curriculum online (interactive online platform) allowing practitioners from all around the world to remain current with their skills requirements. The university online provides a “linear curriculum” that allows a practitioner to begin at lesson one, then lesson two, then lesson three and progress as one should in any university environment. In most martial art schools, a beginner usually joins the main class and is expected to catch up. The online curriculum is a gamechanger in the world of martial arts and has set a standard for all other schools to follow. Rorion is the eldest son of Hélio Gracie and one of the few people in the world to hold a 9th degree red belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and is widely recognized as one of the men responsible for introducing Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-jitsu to the United States and the world following the arrival of first cousin, Carley Gracie in 1972. Rorion started Jiu-Jitsu at a young age and was soon performing demonstrations and assisting in classes. He spent his youth learning how to teach under the tutelage of his father, Grand Master Hélio Gracie. In December 1969, he travelled to the United States for a vacation returning to Brazil in the end of 1970. He attended the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, graduating with a degree in Law. In 1978, Rorion Gracie moved to Southern California where he worked as an extra in movies and television. Attempting to spread Jiu-Jitsu culture, he laid some mats in his garage in Hermosa Beach and invited people he met to try the sport. In 1985, Rorion invited his 18-year-old brother, Royce, to move to America. Rorion was a technical adviser for the 1987 movie Lethal Weapon providing training to actors Mel Gibson and Gary Busey. The director Richard Donner wanted Gibson's character to have a unique style of fighting never seen onscreen before with the second assistant director Willie Simmons, who was interested in unusual forms of martial arts, choosing BJJ and two other martial arts styles to use in the movie. In 1988, Rorion produced the documentary Gracie Jiu-Jitsu In Action. In 1989, Rorion with brothers Royce, Rickson and Royler, opened the first Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Torrance, California. In 1991, he produced The Basics of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, a five-volume training video series together with a special edition volume. Rorion was also a technical advisor, a fight scene choreographer for Lethal Weapon 3 in 1992, providing training to Rene Russo together with martial artist Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon and a Karate instructor. The Karate instructor immediately went on to rehearse spectacular ura-mawashi high kicks, which resulted in Russo pulled groin muscles the very first day, and was so frustrated with learning the technique, that Richard Donner asked Gracie not only to teach her, but also to attend the film set for filming sequence as a technical advisor. Gracie was so proficient and pliable in an uke role, that Russo refused to do the throw with whoever else excluding Gracie, and insisted him to step into the action as a stuntman for a fight scene. In 1993, inspired by countless exhibition matches termed the "Gracie Challenge", a tradition that started with his uncle and Gracie jiu-jitsu co-founder Carlos Gracie, Rorion teamed with promoter and business executive Art Davie in the creation of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Davie had always dreamed of an inter-discipline contest, pitting various martial arts against one another to determine the most effective. Rorion was only interested in showcasing his father's style, and demonstrating its dominance. Through this pay-per-view spectacle, he hoped to show that, in a "no time limit - no rules" setting, Gracie jiu-jitsu was the only system of self-defence that would give someone a realistic chance of defeating a larger, more athletic adversary.[3] Davie recruited seven martial artists of different styles to participate in a single-elimination tournament. Rorion enlisted his brother Royce to represent the family style in the competition. Due to his smaller frame and relatively low body weight, Royce would be the smallest competitor, making an excellent example of the powers of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. In 1994, following UFC, a small group of high-ranking military personnel, from the most elite unit in the US Army Special Operations Forces, contacted Rorion and asked him to develop an objective hand-to-hand combat course based on the most effective techniques of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. The result was the Gracie Combative military course that was taught to US Special Operations Forces, conventional US military units and the CIA. In January 2002, the techniques were the foundation of the official US Army Modern Army Combative Program (MACP). The Gracie Resisting Attack Procedures for Law Enforcement (GRAPLE) was also concurrently developed with the combative course, following a similar request from law enforcement for a defensive tactics training course, that was adopted by virtually all US law enforcement. The two courses were later merged to create the Gracie Survival Tactics (GST), a combative and defensive tactics course, for both military and law enforcement.

Jonathan Gleeson is a 5th Dan Black belt in Karate. Renshi Jonathon has been training in the martial arts since 1991 and has dedicated his practice to Kaizen (freestyle) Karate which originated in Maitland NSW. Jonathan has also achieved 1st Dan ranks in Ryu Kyu Kobudo Kai, and in Doce Pares Arnis, Eskrima & Kali. Seeking to further his knowledge and broaden his experience, Jonathan has also trained in the following martial art styles - Muay Thai at the Phuket Muay Thai Camp in Thailand Kung Fu at the Bu Bi Zhen International Kung Fu School on the banks of the Li River in Yangshuo China Aikido at the Aikikai Hombu Tokyo Japan under the instructions of Doshu Ueshiba Goju-Ryu Karate at the Doushikan Hombu in Kyoto Japan under the instruction of Bokuhara Gen Sensei (8th Dan JKF) and Bokuhara Michiyo (5th Dan JKF) Kendo in Kyoto Japan, with Shibagaki Haruo Sensei 7th Dan K.S.K Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, in which he has received instruction from Royler Gracie Renshi Jonathan is a passionate about martial arts and in particular the benefits that his particular form of karate brings to students both young and old. Johnathon believes that learning karate not just strengthens the body, it also tempers the soul and forges an indominable spirit that reflects into all aspects of a persons life. Jonathan competes and referees at ISKA tournaments where he holds the position of Head Referee and Arbitrator, and was presented with the award for Referee of the year in 2006. In 2009 Jonathan was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame as the Martial Arts Instructor of the Year. In July 2019 Jonathan acted as the Head Coach for the Australian Team to the US Open World Martial Arts Championships the largest Martial Arts tournament held annually. At this event Jonathan and his team of 30 athletes were so successful that every team member returned home with at least a first place from one of their events, with no one placing lower then 5th in any event. Jonathan is an accredited instructor with both the Martial Arts Industry Association and the NSW Department of Sport and Recreation and holds a Martial Arts prohibited weapons permit from the NSW Police Commissioner. Jonathan is passionate about teaching the martial arts. It is his pleasure to pass on what he has learned to anyone who is willing.

Sharelle Iversen is a 1st Dan Black belt in Karate. Sempai Sharelle began training in 1995 and proved to be a committed and strong individual. After several years of absence due to having children whe returned to fulfill her original goal of achieving her Black belt. This she did with focus and courage and now she leads as an example to others who look for a trustworthy leader. As a martial arts practitioner, Sharelle is a formidable foe, as a teacher she is a compassionate and empathetic teacher who guides her students from the heart, and as a person Sharelle, is committed, loyal and focussed. Sempai Sharelle has gained great respect from her peers and is a very popular and accomplished member of the Teshinkai karate team. Sempai Sharelle now operates regular classes and has become a favoured instructor to many students that call her their teacher.

Jason Crimmin is a 5th Dan in Kyokushin Karate. Shihan Jason has been practicing Kyokushin karate for over 30 years, and has worked his way through the ranks after many years of dedication to teaching and full contact competition. Jason Crimmin originally graded to blackbelt under IKO1 (Matsui) and then returned to Mackay where he trained with Kyokushin Union and has now achieved the majority of his tournament success.