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This is the Firestorm Dojos Web Presence. We have been on the web since 1999 and this is our eighth web presence. Firestorm Dojos is an Australian martial arts club, training in Zen Do Kai which is controlled by the Bob Jones Corporation (BJC). Firestorm Dojos is located in Melbourne, Victoria. It is a large club with over a hundred members and growing. We cater for adults of all ages and also offer special martial arts classes designed for children. Our club is family centric, a theme that contributes heavily to our success and popularity.

We welcome new members always and hope that the information contained within this site encourages you to join us. If you don't live nearby we welcome you to register here at the site and to share, at least virtually, in discussions with us. Maybe we can encourage you to seek out your local martial arts club to enjoy the life enriching discoveries that we now hold so dear. Let us know if you do, as we share a deep interest in all martial arts styles and we enjoy great friendships with martial artists everywhere.

Zen Do Kai is a Freestyle martial art. We train in techniques derived from many different martial arts and try to seek out the most effective techniques from each. Some of our techniques, for example, are derived from martial arts such as Karate, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, Ju-Jitsu, Kendo, Muay Thai, Judo, Boxing, Arnis and a range of others. Our search is endless, our study is deep, our training is comprehensive and our spirit is strong. We train for strength together and hold foremost that the challenge that we present ourselves is directly from ourselves to ourselves. We acknowledge the importance of self and in a world of constant change, we strive for balance, awareness, energy and focus, in an endless quest to be prepared for any eventuality. We believe in the virtues pertaining to the maintenance of a firm trinity of physical health and adaptability, psychological astuteness and spiritual contentment. To do this we seek out and invoke the latest techniques in health and fitness management as well as the martial arts; we study the wisdom passed down from the ancients as well as the most modern literature and techniques available on succeeding in the business of living; and we forge strong self concepts and stand united with a view to continuously improving in everything that we do.

With the trinity as our conscious framework, our attitudes are shaped in a spirit of rising to any challenge and crushing preconceived boundaries. A key message to new Zen Do Kai practitioners is that the limitations that they thought they had, don't exist! This message stays with all of us forever after. Whilst developing firm confidence and assertiveness we also acknowledge the power attributed to humility and inward reflection. Fortitude indeed becomes a serious variable in our cognition and indeed a significant goal. We use all of this to maintain a level footing in a world seemingly out of control on so many fronts. By training for strength together we draw on the synergy generated by the whole. Such synergy cannot be bought off the shelf, it must be created in unison and thus earned by each of us. This is the gift that we bestow each other as we train diligently together. It is incumbent on every individual to ask if he or she can afford not to pursue such valued discipline and basic enrichment in life; it is frivolous for us to say that we don't have the time.

We have, yet again, totally transformed our web presence to respond to an imperative to offer more channels of communication amongst ourselves and others who are interested in that which we do. We are driven to do this by our guiding trinity and with our ever pressing pursuit of continuous improvement. We have, yet again, migrated much of the material from our last web presence into this one, so for our regular visitors who often dropped by to brush up, review and reflect, nothing of significance has been lost. Rather, we have enhanced the material in some places and added some more. We intend to continue this trend. A couple of hours in the site will give you a good overview of the theory and background to Zen Do Kai and Firestorm. You can read about our Kata meditations, our symbolism such as the Red Dragon and the ZDK Crosses, our structures and processes, and our philosophy, which we call Senjo. Over the years we have received many encouraging messages from interested people based across the globe. Our friends and allies are everywhere.

To access a deeper level of interactivity in the site you will need to register. Currently we are only registering past and present Firestorm students and family members and known friends of Firestorm including those from any ZDK/BJMA club and prospective individuals who have previously made contact with us. If you want to register with us at the site, please make a request via the Contact form (menu accessible above). You will need a valid email address to do this as well as provide us with your legitimate first and last names. We encourage you also to read our terms and conditions, as well as our privacy policy, which can be found at the foot of the web site. By registering with us at the Firestorm web presence you will have access to, among other things, the Firestorm Forums and File Downloads. You can also send Private Messages to other members of the community and have a wander through our Gallery. All of this should equip you with a much greater insight into us and thus spur you along to make that final leap into joining a Zen Do Kai dojo near you. We look forward to welcoming you as a member to our 'Senjo' web presence and hope to see you in our dojo soon.