Our Mission

To improve the well being of our students, their families and the community at large through the thoughtful teaching of martial arts.

Our Objectives

  1. Deliver wellbeing through the responsible teaching of martial arts

  2. Ensure a safety first approach in all our activities

  3. Develop student’s self-esteem, self-confidence 

  4. Improve student’s personal safety and security

  5. Promote healthy community attitudes and values

  6. Encourage the development of a strong and resilient spirit

Wellbeing Martial Arts is a member of the Martial Arts Industry Association and abides by their code of conduct. We are insured under an MAIA approved insurance policy.

Wellbeing Martial Arts is a member of the Martial Arts Industry Association and abides by their code of conduct. We are insured under an MAIA approved insurance policy.

Wellbeing Martial Arts is a member of Karate Victoria, the peak karate body in Victoria.

Wellbeing Martial Arts is a member of Karate Victoria, the peak karate body in Victoria.

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SHIHAN - Geoff Jackson (5th Dan)

Geoff’s passion for martial arts began as a child watching martial arts films on his parent’s farm in rural Victoria. In 1978 Geoff started karate in an old church hall in the farming town of St Arnaud learning Goju Kai karate. After a few years, Geoff moved to Melbourne and in 1987 began training with Shihan Bob Curzon-Siggers who established the Heishin-Kai Karate school. Two years passed quickly and Geoff found himself on the move once again, this time to the other side of the city to start a family with his wife Merima. Martial arts took a back seat as Geoff grew his career and supported his three growing children.

In 1997, Geoff once again started training, this time in Goju Ryu karate, more specifically the Goju Kensha system developed by Tadahiko Ohtsuka O-Sensei.

Following a successful corporate career including senior roles in Safety and Human Resource Management, Geoff decided in 2014 to establish Wellbeing Martial Arts in order to pursue his passion for promoting well-being through m,artial arts. Geoff currently holds a 5th Dan (Godan) rank in Goju Ryu karate. Geoff also has a certificate IV in Fitness through the Australian College of Physical Education and is a Level 1 instructor with the Martial Arts Industry Association.

SENSEI - Bree McMahon (2nd Dan)

Bree McMahon has always been passionate about a healthy lifestyle. From an early age, Bree was involved in sports and outdoor activities, eventually pursuing a passion in SCUBA diving. In 2002, Bree became a qualified Open Water SCUBA Dive Instruction, it was here that she discovered another passion – teaching. Bree did further training and became a qualified instructor in deep diving, wreck diving, drift diving and rescue diving. Training others in such an intricate and potentially dangerous sport helped Bree to learn a unique set of teaching skills that benefit her as an instructor at Wellbeing Martial Arts today.

About 10 years ago, Bree’s life got busy with two lovely children. Bree passed her love of sport onto her children, who enrolled in Karate training with Sensei Geoff in 2015. Watching from the sidelines wasn’t enough for Bree, who found herself longing to join a class. She signed up for adult classes to help learn self-defence and to help advance her children in their training.  Bree, like Sensei Geoff, quickly found herself hooked on martial arts. Bree is ranked Nidan (2nd Dan Blackbelt) and is a Level 1 Instructor accreditation from the Martial Arts Industry Association (MAIA).