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Brett Fenton is a Sifu in Kung Fu Sifu Brett Fenton’s interest in martial arts started as a child in the 70's when he was enthralled by the skills of Bruce Lee and the interesting story of Monkey. From that point on his dreams were to join the Army and to train in Martial Arts. Due to living in a small country town, he was unable to train in Kung Fu and had to choose the other disciplines of Taekwondo, Boxing and Kickboxing. 

Eventually in the late 80's after joining the Australian Infantry, he started training in the styles of Wing Chun, Jow Ga, Lion Dance, Dragon Dance and Wy Style Tai Chi under Grandmaster Tom Lo (Blitz Magazine Instructors Hall of Fame Winner). In 1994 he opened his first branch for Grandmaster Lo. In 1997 his current school was opened.


 In 1998 and 1999 the school won the Quest Business Achievers Award for Fitness & Sport. In 2000 he was bestowed the honour of becoming a Sifu by Grandmaster Lo. In 2006 he was awarded once again for his business achievements by winning the Quest Business Achiever Award. In the past 15 years he has trained with BJJ expert John B Will, Jow Ga expert Sifu Randy Sullivan Bennett, American Top Team Head Coach Master Ricardo Liborio, Australian Martial Arts Acting Legend Richard Norton, World Kickboxing Legend Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Edged weapons expert Ray Floro, Extreme Martial Arts World Champion Mike Chat, Hyper Martial Arts creator Roland Osbourne and world renowned Lion Dance Sifu H.P. Show. 


Along side continuing to train under Grandmaster Lo. Sifu travels internationally regularly to train and improve the standard of Martial Arts taught at Red Dragon. He was awarded the 2010 Australian Martial Arts Professional of the Year for his efforts and contributions to the Martial Arts in Australia. Later in 2010, Red Dragon was awarded Australian Top Martial Arts School by EFC in Washington DC.

Mark ‘The Hammer’ Castagnini is Founder and Head Instructor of Hammer’s Gym and is one of the most highly respected names in Australian Muay Thai Kickboxing. Mark began his martial arts training under Shihan Emin in Kyokushin Karate. His competitive nature lead him to kickboxing and then Muay Thai kickboxing. Castagnini’s fight career peaked in 1995 when he won the World Kickboxing Association (WKA) Australian Cruiserweight Muay Thai title against Romolo Pio. 

In the same year Mark won the National All Styles Victorian Black-Belt Championship, which he won again in 1998. Mark has been appointed the VAMAA (Victorian Amateur Martial Arts Association) Vice President, which is a Victorian Government recognised association. Castagnini regularly travels to Thailand under the umbrella of the World Muay Thai Council (WMC). His trips allow him to keep up to date with the latest training methods and bring back the improvements to share with Hammer’s Gym’s students. In 2006 Mark received an award from the president of the WMC for his dedicated promotion of Muay Thai in Australia. As well as this he also was given the award for the development and popularization of Muay Thai in Australia. 

Mark has been an ongoing ambassador for the sport and continues to receive recognition from the WMC. Mark has many years experience working in the martial arts industry. He was previously general manager for Blitz Publications which produces the “International Kickboxer”, which was named the best fight magazine in the Oceania by the WMC. As well as this Mark hosted his own show on Fox Sports called “Hammer Time”

Pania Casey is a 5th Dan in Karate 

Shihan Pania Casey is one of Australia's most accomplished martial artists. As a competitor, Pania has dominated the Australian martial arts tournament circuit ever since she was a junior student. , her swag of gold medals and trophies continues to grow as she makes her mark on the Australian tournament circuits. 

Shihan Pania is privileged to have grown up in a martial arts family where health and fitness is the norm. It was under the influence of her father Jim Casey and mother Virginia Casey that has given her the opportunity to go from strength to strength in all areas of her life. Pania's expertise now extends way beyond her martial arts career. As a massage and reiki therapist, she has dedicated her life to health, and fitness, physical and spiritual healing, truly a very rare combination for any health and fitness practitioner to achieve due to the untold number of hours required to achieve the skills. 

Pania holds a Certificate IV in both Sport Coaching and Fitness, . It is rare for women to rise through the martial arts ranks to achieve the 5th Dan Shihan Ranks. Pania is one of those rare individuals who live by the Budo karate spirit of continuous improvement and has become the perfect role model for most of her male and female students and clients. 

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Melinda Baksi is a 2nd Dan Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate. Sensei Melinda Baksi began her Kyokushin karate journey in 1987 in Hungary with Shihan Josef Borza www.borzakarate.hu and joined the Hungarian Army in 1997, fulfilling her childhood dream, and pursued her education at the Zrinyi Miklos National Defence University at Budapest. Melinda studied Kyokushin fighting with military self-defence & weapons under Major General (shihan) Furko www.haukis.com. Sensei Melinda was awarded the title of “Sport Officer”, due to her sporting achievements. When Hungary joined NATO in 1997, Melinda was the only woman to represent her country in a special joint exercise weapon demonstration to the NATO commanders and to the public. Sensei Melinda was required to demonstrate her self-defence and Karate skills against multiple armed attackers. Sensei Melinda trained new recruits in basic martial arts techniques as part of their training in the Army, she also underwent special military training as part of the ENSZ Peacekeeping Mission to Cyprus. Sensei Melinda Baksi holds a Personal Close Protection Officer licence, where her military and martial art experience benefits her greatly. She also enjoys shooting at her local pistol club. As a Marine Rescue volunteer Sensei Melinda has had the privilege of completing many different life saving courses including Advanced First Aid, Sea Survival, Fire Safety certified through Marine Rescue and is working with children checked. Sensei also attended special Uchi-Deshi live in training camps in Hungary, employing intensive physical training prior to competitions. Sensei Melinda was a member of the Hungarian National Championship team from 2003, winning several tournaments and also competed in Australia on a national level, with great results. In 2005, Sensei took part in a winter camp in Hungary, and she completed a 100 kumite (fight test), fighting with only men. Sensei Melinda’s extensive experience has given her the skills to train children to great success in competition in Hungary, where her team competed and won in both national and junior Olympic level competitions. Sensei Melinda attended an Uchi Deshi (live-in dojo) training program with Shihan Artur Hovhanissyan in Japan in 2018 and visited shihan again in 2019 full time, dedicating her time fully to the study and training of Kyokushin. Sensei Melinda began teaching in 1998 and her focus as an instructor is on technical proficiency, fitness and fighting techniques. She ran kids programs, teen and adult novice and intermediate programs overseas and Australia. Sensei Melinda has gained invaluable experience teaching kids with various physical and mental challenges such as ADHD, vision impairment, and mild autism (to name a few). Sensei Melinda is also approved to teach disabled children through the NDIS scheme. Sensei Melinda regularly attends international seminars and black belt conferences held in Japan and Australia, and has been trained by the highest levels of instructors from all corners of the Kyokushin World. She enjoy’s all aspects of Kyokushin karate and has particular interest in self-defence and the richness and discipline of the Japanese culture. Sensei Melinda’s Dojo and Organisation provides kids with competition opportunities in Australia as well as overseas. They also offer Kyokushinkai Karate camps during school holidays, as well as seminar weekends in Australia with local and international instructors, and for those children competing in Japan, also the privilege of attending the Kyokushin founder’s memorial ceremony at Mount Mitsumine Training Camp. www.portkarate.com

Damien Merrin is a 5th Dan in Taekwondo (Kukkiwon) Damien is the founder and owner of Innovative Martial Arts in Canning Vale, Western Australia.. Innovative Martial Arts is a Family Friendly Martial Arts Centre who to provide a safe and positive environment for students both young and old. Damien Merrin has been involved in Martial Arts for 30 years After spending many years competing at a State and National level, Damien found his passion in coaching and passing his knowledge to his students. Damien believes in the importance of correct martial arts training everywhere, but is focussed on achieving the highest level of training for the people of Canning Vale. The profound benefits of martial arts training for all ages but especially children is well documented, and Damien has a mission to pass on to others what he has learnt from his time in the art.

Sayeed Alam is a 7th Dan in Karate. Shihan Sayeed is a multi style practitioner who delivers a balance of various systems to provide a broad self defence program for his local community. Sayeed has been training in martial arts for most of his life and is proud to be involved in the teaching of thousands of schools students enrolled in his self defence profgram under the business calling card of Safe-T-Guru. The business specialises in self defence for all community needs and has gained respect across all areas of business and the community. Alam Karate is the name of the Karate school that resides in his local community of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Shihan Sayeed is concerned for the safety and welbeing of all his students and has designed a karate style (originally derived from the Shotokan Style) but now incorporating more freestyle aspects that transcend the boarders of Kick boxing, making it a very well rounded system. Shihan Sayeed is also a competition and kickboxing promoter who runs various events in his area, all designed to create community participation, improve health and well being and build friendships. Shian Sayeed looks forward to taking his martial arts enterprise to new heights in the years to come and invites new clients to enjoy the benefits of a well balance martial arts program.