Leading martial arts fighter Grant Jansen will be out for revenge at the Australian Taekwondo Championships. Jansen, 48, booked his spot at the 2010 titles by claiming a silver medal in the 68-72-kilogram black belt division of the Victorian Sparring Championships at the weekend. He defeated two opponents in [...]

A karate movie star has tutored Colac and district’s budding martial artists. Aussie-born martial arts actor Richard Norton visited Cobden Zen Do Kai Club for a martial arts workshop. About 60 martial arts students and teachers from Colac, Melbourne, Ararat and Warrnambool attended the five-hour workshop at Cobden. [...]

A Colac martial arts team has won a state non-contact championship. Colac Otway Dojo won the senior men’s division of the Victorian Non-Contact Teams Championship in Colac on Sunday. Colac Otway Dojo chief instructor Sempai Rob McKay said the senior men’s team outfought Bellarine Dojo’s team to take the title. [...]

Colac will host a martial art championship this month. Colac Otway Dojo will have the Victorian Non-Contact Teams Championship at Trinity College on July 19. Chief instructor Sempai Rob McKay said about 100 Kyokushin-trained martial artists would converge on Colac for the championship. “Clubs from across the [...]

Colac district can lay claim to one of the most successful jiu-jitsu training grounds in the country after producing two national champions in the sport.Colac jiu-jitsu coach James Bolton, 19, won two gold medals at the Australian Champions Jiu-Jitsu Cup in Hobart, while his student Montana Williamson, 8, also claimed gold.Montana won the 10 and [...]