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His history is one of dedication and success: Anderson has been training for 24 years with Zen Do Kai and is responsible for running of almost 120 martial arts schools in Brisbane, as well as heading the Bloodaxe family which incorporates 20 Muay Thai stables. At 19 years of age Anderson found that he had unmistakable addiction for the arts and sought out his Master - Kyoshi Sama Bob Jones, founder of the Zen Do Kai freestyle. Today Anderson is in charge of over 3,000 Zen Do Kai students in Queensland of which 1,000 are Black Belts and more than one hundred other practitioners are ranked between 3rd and 6th Dan.
It is suitable for all
ages adult, male, females or children of any body stature - it does not require brute
force. Instead of the two forces hitting head-on causing twice the body impact, it is
better if a 1000lb force is coming at you to add your 100lb force to it and merely
redirect it., allowing you to control a 1100lb impact. With subtle manoeuvres and angle
changes it is possible to re-channel your opponent's body weight and aggressive momentum
to your own advantage. These manoeuvres are in all Kata. Every time you head off in one direction in you kata - that is a complete self defence application arising from awareness of the presence of danger and resulting in the prevention of the assault and rendering the opponent harmless. "Now this is an important factor," explains Anderson, "summing up the level of danger and ascertaining the required degree of force needed to repel your opponent. Many a person has found this a challenge to explain to the courts and justice system after they have successfully defended themselves. That is why I have shown the three simple immobilising techniques rather than punching and kicking your opponent causing grave danger and also making the legality of your defence harder to explain. I have seen these techniques work successfully on many occasions and they are very easy to practice - there are literally hundreds of these types of self defence moves in your katas - the more advanced the Kata the more sensational are the techniques. So delve deep - the answers are there"
Article in Blitz
Martial Arts Magazine
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Kyoshi Malcom Anderson, 7th degree Black Belt, was the recipient
of the Freestyle Instructor of the Year at the inaugural Blitz Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Banquet staged in Melbourne last November (1995). Although he was not able to collect his
award on the night, Anderson's award was loudly applauded as the general consensus was he
was quite deserving of recognition.
The freestyle Martial Arts curriculum upon which
Anderson bases his teaching is proving highly successful, this being attributed to the art
filling gaps in the lives of those discovering the art for the very first time. According
to Anderson, martial arts self defence application is not adaptable only to the elitist
type people.
