About Us

Zenshin Karate Educational Academy

Zenshin Martial Arts is a multidisciplinary martial arts training centre based in Geelong, Victoria. We offer a truly comprehensive range of training for children and adults. Our training incorporates traditional martial arts, contemporary martial arts, cardiovascular training, Black Belt training, and more.

Training is provided by highly qualified staff, we place an extremely high emphasis on systematic, highly focused and structured training for our students.

Head instructor/Director: Sensei Jai Nelis

Sensei Jai trained under Hanshi Mervyn Nelis for 17 years and was a full time instructor within Zenshin for 10 years.
He is in charge of all classes at Zenshin and has also obtained a Certificate 4 in Fitness as well as a Diploma in Sport which gives him greater understanding on how to instruct students.

Leopold Branch

Meet our Leopold Instructors – Sensei’s Mark and Penny.

Both are experienced , knowledgeable and caring instructors and are well respected by our Leopold students. Both hold 4th Degree Black Belts within Zenshin and are graduates of our Special Zenshin Instructor Program.

Mark has competed in full contact karate tournaments in New Zealand and New York and has trained in boxing and Muay Thai.

Mark is an Industrial Chemist and enjoys gardening , off road touring , camping , bushwalking and kayaking.

Penny is a qualified Cartographer and currently works as an Integration Aid. Her interests include gardening , travelling and crafts.