Martial Arts Education Centre

Hello.  My name is Dr Nigel Farrier and I have been studying the martial arts since around 1990.  I first became involved as my sons wanted to 'do karate' as a friend of theirs was doing it.

Although I had had a life long desire for the martial arts since seeing the very first Bruce Lee movie way back when, I always thought that it was out of my reach or just too hard!

After a few weeks of taking my sons to their karate classes I was talked into joining myself.  Well, you guessed it, my kids eventually stopped going after about one year but I am still there nearly twenty years later years later!

I started with Shotokan Karate and obtained my first black belt through them and Kanazawa Sensei, Murakami Sensei and Shotokan Karate International Australia.  After that I looked around to expand my knowledge about the martial arts in general.  It was during this period that I discovered ju jitsu.

Whilst studying karate I also discovered my love for kobudo (weapons) and began a study of Bo and Sai initially.  This has expanded to include bokken and sword along with the nun chaku, tonfa, kama and others.

Dr Nigel Farrier is now ranked Godan (5th degree black belt) in Koshin Bushido Kai Karate, Ju Jitsu & Kobudo. He is also a level 3 qualified coach through the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme and a level 2 referee for Ju Jitsu through the National Officating Accreditation Scheme.