Redlands Martial Arts Brisbane Queensland

Seishin Zenryoku – Redlands Martial Arts Academy was formed in the Redlands by Head Instructor, Sensei Shane Degney in the year 2000. The club’s name, Seishin Zenryoku, means Spirit and All One’s Power. Prior to 2000 Sensei Shane was teaching in the Redlands from 1994 under the name of his instructors, Te-Ashi Kai-Shin and Combined Martial Arts. Sensei Shane has been training in martial arts since 1984, he achieved his black belt in 1988 and has been teaching martial arts from that time. Sensei Shane obtained his Sho Dan in 1989, his Ni Dan in 1995 and his San Dan in 2003 all under Shihan Michael Ireland, Go Dan. Sensei Shane has graded eight students to black belt in his school since its inception, Tony Short (Sho Dan), Karen Stone (Sho Dan), Mark Stone (Sho Dan), Steven Taylor (Sho Dan), Jessica Govan (Sho Dan Ho), Craig Govan (Sho Dan Ho), Kyle Westerberg (Sho Dan Ho) and James Crowther (Sho Dan Ho). Seishin Zenryoku has a long history of tournament success. The club has had students representing it in competition at regional, state, national and international levels. In 2007 alone the club had 429 placings, 33 state titles and 14 national titles including 11 Koshiki Titles at the Koshiki Nationals in Tamworth.
2005 - The Club had eight National titles in 2005 alone. Sempai Karen Stone winning three of those titles including: * NAS Female Black Belt Middleweight Sparring. * NAS Female Black Belt Open Sparring. * NAS Senior Female Advanced Team Sparring. Karen then went on to win The NAS Champion of Champions Title.
2006 April - RMAA had a great start to a very productive year on the International Tournament Scene bringing home 9 World Cup Titles, including, 4 Koshiki, 2 Points Sparring and 3 Kata Titles at the ISKA - International Sport Karate Association - World Cup on the Gold Coast. 2006 May - Canada - Koshiki World Titles - Saw Sempai Karen Stone, Kyle Westerberg, Jessica Govan and Sean Henderson all compete exceptionally well to bring home 11 placings between them including, 7 firsts. Jessica's performance placed her as the most successful competitor on the day with no other competitor achieving three world titles. 2006 June - The Govan girls, Jessica and Jenae went on to bring home 2 Points Sparring Titles at the WASO - World All Styles Organisation World Championships.
2008 - Osaka Japan - Well what a fantastic country Japan was to visit. The team saw some amazing things and had some great experiences they will always remember. The team came away with 7 placings which was a fantastic result. Gabe Soner who in the largest division of the tournament with over 40 competitors fought very hard right to the end and was narrowly beaten in the final to come home with a well deserved 2nd placing.
2009 - New Zealand - An awesome trip was had by all and by far, this was the biggest group RMAA has taken away anywhere. Fifty people with over thirty of these competitiors had a great time seeing the sights and doing extreme sports such as bungee and jet boating. A fantastic effort was put in by the team with Sensei Shane Degney placing first in his Kata and Weapons divisions.