Please take note
All Instructors who are listed in this website are active and endorsed to teach Zen Chi Ryu. Anyone who is not listed, are not to teach ZCR in any form or matter.
Our Instructors go through a stringent training process to become Instructors.
There maybe Black Belts who have been involved with ZCR in the past, but if they are not listed in this website they no longer are Active or Endorsed and Zen Chi Ryu takes no responsibility for their character, skills, or teaching.
SAFETY
We provide instruction in the Martial Art known as Zen Chi Ryu in a safe environment.
GROW
We aim to provide the mental and physical tools for improving personal safety and security.
DEVELOP
Develop positive self-esteem and self-confidence in every student whilst getting fit a the same time!
GET STARTED
Zen Chi Ryu is a way of maximising one’s potential – physically, mentally and emotionally.
The way we achieve this is primarily through the confidence you receive.
Zen Chi Ryu is not a military way of training. We do not tell you to stop your way of life but encourage you to live it.
Our Team
Tim Reilly
8th Dan - Chief Instructor Zen Chi Ryu Australia
Harold Baldry
5th Dan - Councillor to ZCR
Debbie Swanson
4th Dan - Head Instructor Kempsey, NSW
Joseph Hughes
3rd Dan - Head Instructor of Queensland
Who are we?
We provide instruction in the Martial Art known as Zen Chi Ryu in a safe environment, by:
- Developing, in every student, the mental and physical tools for improving personal safety and security.
- Developing positive self-esteem and self-confidence in every student.
- Promoting good health and vitality.
- Creating expertise in confrontation management.
- Promoting practitioners of Zen Chi Ryu as positive role models in the community.
- Developing healthy community attitudes and values.
- Promoting a positive, respectful image.
Zen Chi Ryu Mission Statement
A dynamic organisation of highly skilled, Government accredited instructors committed to educating, motivating and developing students of all ages in the Martial Art that is Zen Chi Ryu.
Zen Chi Ryu is a Contact Martial Art
Zen Chi Ryu is a modern Martial Art with traditional values. It is not an elegant demonstration sport, but an original Australian Martial Art, developed from real - life experiences by the legendary Tom Slaven in the 1970's. It may be the most street - effective fighting style available today. Despite it's recent origins, the pedigree of Zen Chi is impeccable, being derived from the ancient Kempo style of Okinawa. On the surface, Zen Chi can be seen as a unique form of self - defence, while at a deeper level it's practitioners strive towards a level of enlightenment that comes through the fusion of mind and body into an ego-less fighting spirit. Our students are not bound by dogma or methodology, but are encouraged to adapt skills to real life situations that call for immediate, automatic and effective action. All students develop the confidence to cope in the myriad self-defence scenarios that can, and do confront us in our everyday lives. Zen Chi Ryu, on a physical level is not one particular style of fighting. It is an open-minded philosophy that embraces opportunities to research and adopt any technique or concept that serves constant improvement on the current level of practice.
Zen Chi Ryu is about realizing your true potential.
The formula for success is simple: Conceive + Believe = Achieve.