Australian Academy of JuJitsu - Brisbane

Happy 79th Birthday Soke Barry Wilford!

We are extremely lucky to have Barry, 10th Dan, on the mats with us, sharing his martial arts experience.

Barry commenced training in Queanbeyan in 1967 and graded for his black belt at 34 years of age in 1979. He started a branch in Queensland in 1980. His commitment to training is admirable!

In addition to our club, Barry has trained with notable artists including Phil Brain (Judo federation), Stuart Brain (fought the Oceana Circuit Judo Asia Pacific), Wally J and James DeMille (whom worked with Bruce Lee for 7 years).

Barry trained actor George Lazenby (James Bond 007 and in the late 70’s Barry trained HMAS Penguin personnel in Sydney.

Barry’s favourite jujitsu technique is the coathanger with major leg sweep and favourite judo technique is the body drop tai otoshi.

Off the mats, Barry has a love for roller skating, the driving range, fishing and is a talented pianist!

Thank you Barry for all your decades of sharing your knowledge in self defence, one of life’s most important skills!

Whilst the brown belts ran through the dynamic sparring techniques our newest yellow belt learnt his new course! The awesome thing about our club is each student progresses at their own pace, you grade when you are ready and willing!

Let’s see what we learn tomorrow! Tuesdays at 7pm.

We’re jumping for joy with a smile on our face that training is only 2 sleeps away! New students welcome, 7pm Every Tuesday and 6pm on Fridays (by prior arrangement) This image is from an old video of Miss A commencing a front break fall. She is now one of our brown belt instructors.

Training is on tonight! Join us at 7pm!

Thank you to all our visitors for the Open Day!

Please note, there is no training tonight.

Our happy place!
Every Tuesday at 7pm (walk in) and most Fridays at 6pm (book in)

We know we’re in for a treat when Soke tells us all to sit down & gather round!
See you at 7pm tonight!

We listen to our students! They requested a night of boxing and that’s exactly what they did last night! The students showed true grit and are pumped to do it again next week! If this sounds like fun, why don’t you come see what we do?