226 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, Brisbane, QLD 41510403 350 339

About Us

Meet our Instructors

(Sensei Cheyne McMahon & Bob McMahon)

Chief Instructor Sensei Bob McMahon

Bob McMahon bas been teaching kids and adults karate since the early 1970′s in Queensland. He founded the Australian Karate Academy in 1989 and at its peak had over 1000 students training at more than 30 dojo around Australia.

  • 7th Dan Koshinkan Karate
  • Former State, National and International Kumite champion
  • Over 40 years involved in karate, training and teaching
  • Author of karate booklets and founder of several karate internet forums
  • Former AKF Queensland Junior Co-Coach with Sensei Greg Storey

Head Instructor Sensei Cheyne McMahon

Cheyne McMahon first started karate as a 5 year old under the tuition of his father, Bob. Cheyne has continued to train and teach and is about to celebrate his 25th year involved in karate.

  • 5th Dan Koshinkan Karate
  • Former State, National and International Kumite champion
  • 25 years training in karate, 15 years teaching
  • Currently in Queensland team for Kata and Kumite

Senior Instructor Sensei Gayleen McMahon

  • 5th Dan Koshinkan Karate
  • Former State and National kumite champion
  • Over 30 years involvement in karate, 25 years teaching

Senior Instructor Sensei Amy McMahon

  • 5th Dan Koshinkan Karate
  • Former State and National kumite and kata champion
  • Over 20 years training in karate, 10 years teaching

Assistant Instructors

  • Peter Bateman 3rd Dan
  • Chris Hannington 3rd Dan
  • Karleen Hannington 3rd Dan
  • Kim Bateman 2nd Dan
  • Steve Walker 1st Dan

Our Coorparoo training centre is Bright, Clean, and Family-Friendly

We are proud to offer the very best and most comfortable karate experience.

  • Large, Clean centre
  • Professional Training Equipment including bags, shields, mitts
  • Safety Matting as used in Olympics
  • Comfortable waiting area for parents and guest
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Recent Posts (AKA)

  • QLD State Titles- Day 219 May 2013

    Results Day 2- Congratulations to the following members of Team AKA- Kiarra Sawyrok- 3rd place kumite 12/13 girls o50 kg Khoa Nguyen- 2nd place kumite 14/15 yrs Boys under 52kg Will St. Baker-  3rd place kumite 14/15 [...]

  • QLD State Karate Titles- Day 1 Kata18 May 2013

    Hugo Kawamata wins Gold in the male 16/17 years division.   Hugo battled through 4 rounds of kata to win the event.  He is now automatically selected in the the QLD Karate Team to contest [...]

  • QKA State Karate Titles 18/19th May 201315 May 2013

    The Australian Karate Academy will be represented by Evie Lukin, William St Baker, Kiarra Sawynok, Grace Kruger, Khoa Nguyen, Hugo Kawamata and Cheyne McMahon.  This tournament is utilised to select members of the Qld Karate [...]

  • Brisbane Karate League.. a new concept in QLD Karate12 May 2013

    The Australian Karate Academy together with the Wavell Heights Karate Club (Seikukan) and the Seidokan Karate Club have spearheaded a new initiative to enable our young students to gain match practice with others from different [...]

  • Kansai Invitational Tournament April 28

    This is a little late as we have been very busy at the dojo, sorry!  Our students did very well at this recent tournament the other weekend. William and Khoa won Gold and Silver respectively [...]