Canberra Martial Arts & Fitness

Canberra Martial Arts & Fitness From one Martial Art in a small room, to 5 styles + fitness across multiple locations. We love it!

Since opening with 3 students in 2011, we've grown to over 190 students training every week. Hapkido (Self Defence), Kumdo (Korean Sword) and Women's Self Defence - it's an amazing place to get your martial arts fix.

Well done to our new black belts:- 2nd Dan: Tamara, Peter, & Jack- 1st Dan: Bastian, Kasjan, & AshtonYears of effort and...
13/09/2026

Well done to our new black belts:
- 2nd Dan: Tamara, Peter, & Jack
- 1st Dan: Bastian, Kasjan, & Ashton

Years of effort and training, and today it paid off.

Some minor injuries, some bruised egos, but all successful.

They were all very exhausted.

Hapkido Seminar, before the Black Belt grading. 50 people on the mats today, 6 very nervous Canberrans going for testing...
13/09/2026

Hapkido Seminar, before the Black Belt grading. 50 people on the mats today, 6 very nervous Canberrans going for testing.

Team 호주 are in Seoul! Ready for a week, but tomorrow is the big day! Hope those grading are nervous
12/09/2026

Team 호주 are in Seoul! Ready for a week, but tomorrow is the big day! Hope those grading are nervous

03/09/2026

Master Tom demonstrating Pal Makki's, (kicking defence).

Then it was the kids' turn to give it a go themselves.

First you watch how it's done, then you're straight into trying it.

Nobody's expected to nail it straight away, it takes time, practice and a little patience along the way.

One student lost track of the sequence halfway through, and the other ended up on the mat laughing about it.

And that's what its about above everything else, it has to be fun, or none of the rest sticks.

This Youth Self-Defence (Hapkido) at Woden and Coombs.

It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays 5.15pm at Woden, and Wednesdays 5.15pm at Coombs.

Come and try a complimentary class.

01/09/2026

When you're stuck in bottom half guard, the instinct is to panic and scramble.

Coach Dez teaches the opposite — stay calm, stay on your side and defend the cross face first.

Because once your face is flattened to the mat, the position is basically over before you've had a chance to work.

So this breakdown skips the fancy stuff and stays on the one detail that makes everything else possible.

Keep the frame, defend the cross face, and the rest of the escape opens up on its own.

This is Coach Dez at Woden, walking Youth Brazilian JiuJitsu through bottom half guard defence step by step.

It runs Mondays 5.15pm at Coombs, and Mondays and Wednesdays 6pm at Woden.

Come and try a complimentary class.

28/08/2026

One sword. Totally under control.

Two swords. Also somehow under control.

Turns out once you've mastered one, your hands go looking for a second.

That's Youth Kummooyeh in a nutshell — you build up one skill until you master it, then we hand you something more technical.

No one skips ahead and no one gets left behind, everyone just eventually ends up double-fisting swords like it's no big deal.

This is Youth Kummooyeh at Coombs.

It runs Tuesdays and Thursdays 5.15pm at Coombs, and Saturdays 10.20am at Woden.

Come and try a complimentary class.

26/08/2026

We asked one of our Adult Hapkido members what actually keeps them coming back every week.

Not one of them said the techniques.

It was the people — the ones who show up next to you, week after week, whether training's easy that day or not.

It was feeling like you belong on the mat before you're any good at it.

And more than anything, it was that Hapkido is genuinely fun, not just something you push through.

This is Adult Hapkido at Woden, in their own words.

It runs Mondays and Wednesdays 6pm, and Saturdays 10.30am, at Woden.

Come and try a complimentary class.

It's not every day the whole Youth Taekwondo group ends up in the same photo.Youth Taekwondo isn't one kid working alone...
25/08/2026

It's not every day the whole Youth Taekwondo group ends up in the same photo.

Youth Taekwondo isn't one kid working alone toward a belt.

It's a group who train next to each other week after week, and start to notice when someone's missing.

That's most of what actually keeps a kid coming back — the friends they've made along the way, not just the belt.

This is the Youth Taekwondo group at Woden.

It runs Mondays and Wednesdays 5.15pm at Woden.

Come and try a complimentary class.

Another amazing Kummooyeh Grading for the Canberra Korean Sword crew! Lots of nerves, but the cuts were true and the Kum...
23/08/2026

Another amazing Kummooyeh Grading for the Canberra Korean Sword crew!

Lots of nerves, but the cuts were true and the Kumodians did well.

Congrats to everyone who participated, results during the week - so make sure you get into classes

20/08/2026

It's (almost) all smiles in our Saturday Cardio Boxing class.

The one exception is usually mid piston-punch, and we don't blame them.

Cardio Boxing isn't about staying comfortable, it's about pushing yourself and staying in the round.

That's the actual workout, pushing past the ten seconds where you want to stop.

Fun comes first, fitness catches up fast.

This is Woden on a Saturday morning, piston punches and a room full of people who kept going.

It runs Saturdays 8.30am at Woden, as well as other times through the week.

Come and try a complimentary class.

Address

Upstairs, 10 Townshend Street, Phillip
Canberra, ACT
2606

Opening Hours

Monday 6:15am - 7am
4:15pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday 6:15am - 7am
4:15pm - 8pm
Wednesday 6:15am - 7am
4:15pm - 8:30pm
Thursday 6:15am - 7am
4:15pm - 8pm
Friday 5pm - 7pm
Saturday 8:30am - 1:30pm

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