ABOUT ASCEND MARTIAL ARTS.

Meet the founders of Ascend Martial Arts, and learn about our mission.

Why Ascend?

When deciding what to call our club, we wanted a name that truly encapsulated our goal when training martial arts. For us, martial arts is more than just a system for self defence or a way to get fit. Whilst excellent for both those reasons, we believe that learning and training martial arts goes beyond that.

Martial arts allows you to become the master of your own life both inside and outside the gym. With an increased understanding of how your body interacts the world, you build an unrivaled level of confidence and courage that will radiate throughout all facets of your life.

So what happens when you become stronger, faster, more confident, more able bodied and more in control of your own life?

Well that's easy!

You Ascend.

Michael Woodward & Grant Brechney at Path to Hex

Ascend Martial Arts was founded in 2023 by Michael Woodward and Grant Brechney, with the goal of providing highly practical martial arts skills to all individuals, whilst also creating an engaging and rewarding training environment.

Not only does Ascend provide a diverse range of martial arts training in Muay Thai, Judo, Jujitsu and MMA, you can also choose from a range of fast paced and exciting HIIT classes including circuits, weight training, boxing and more!

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What Makes Ascend Different?

Ascend is the biggest and most advanced martial arts centre in Tweed Heads. We also run classes early morning till late at night, meaning you can train when it suits you!

We pride ourselves on being a family friendly gym, with classes available for kids as young as 4 years old, all the way through to adults of any age.

The biggest point of difference that Ascend Martial Arts has over other gyms, is the extensive combat experience possessed by your instructors. Whilst you would never be expected to compete if you didn't want to at Ascend, rest assured that you would still expect that the techniques and skills you learn are actually applicable to a real world scenario. All of your instructors are veterans of many different combat sports bouts, and so you can be sure that you will be receiving only the best and most effective martial arts instruction available.