Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre Instructors
Our instructors are highly trained, accredited professionals with a wealth of experience in the Martial Arts. We welcome students from all walks of life regardless of gender, age, disability, fitness level or Martial Arts experience and where possible our instructors will provide alternate exercises for beginners or people with limited physical ability.
Richard Neradil
- 3rd Dan Ju-Jitsu and Kempo Karate (Jishukan Ryu)
- 2nd Dan ECKA (Kickboxing)
- Blue Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Richard is the head instructor and managing director of Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centres. He has 25 years experience in mixed Martial Arts including 3rd Dan Jujitsu, Kempo Karate, Short Staff (Jo-jitsu), 2nd Dan ECKA (Kickboxing), Blue belt instructor BJJ (Brazilian Jiu jitsu) and extensive training in Muay Thai, Boxing, Kalis and Close Quarter Combat.
Richard trained at Jishukan Ryu, a school of martial arts founded in Japan by the late Soke Shuho Sugita and has traveles to Thailand regulary to train in Muay Thai. Richard has had 4 full contact Kickboxing bouts, 3 win 1 loss.
He has succsesfully trained 2 ISKA State & Interstate Muay Thai champions, And 1 WKA East Coast Champion, and is a proffesional fight promotor.
Richard completed his training with ECKA and accomplished his 2nd Dan & Instructors directly from Master Javad Azadian.
He is a member of MAIA, WMC, WKA, NAPMA, ECKA, Team Machado Australia and affilated with Sinosic Perosh Martial Arts(SPMA) in Sydney, an accredited coach with MAIA and a qualified Personal Trainer with 19 years experience teaching adults & children, and 25 years in the Martial arts industry. He has successfully operated his full time Centre for 10 years and developed curriculum and training programs that are currently taught at the centre.
Kristen Neradil
- Black Belt Kickboxing/Muay Thai
Kristen has been training in Martial arts for 9 years and has trained Muay Thai in Thailand several times. She has been teaching children Martial arts for 6 years and is a level 1 accredited coach and instructor with the MAIA. She has a Bachelor of Teaching and a Bachelor of Education with a focus in Special Education. She has completed courses on the Autism Spectrum Disorder, Speech, Language & Communication needs, and Gross Motor Coordination. Kristen received her black belt in Kickboxing in 2006, and has also competed in semi contact kickboxing.
Kristen has extensive training in Ju-Jitsu, Jo-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Close Quarter Combat.
Jay Ellard
- Black Belt Kickboxing/Muay Thai
Jay has been training in kickboxing, Ju-Jitsu & Jo-Jitsu for 3 years and has achieved the rank of Black belt.
Jay is an accredited level one coach with years experience training children and adults.
He is a Blue Belt instructor in WBJJA Jiu Jitsu and a qualified Personal Trainer.
Jay is currently competing in full contact Muay Thai, his current record is 4f 2w 2l.
Gokhan Turkyilmaz
- Black Belt Tae Kwon Do
- Black Belt Kickboxing- Pro MMA fighter
Turk has been training in Martial arts for 15 years. He achieved his black belt in Jemal Hassans Taekwondo at age 11, trained with Tarik Solak’s Brave Heart Gym for 3 years then continued his Kickboxing training at Boochu Gym with Wayne Parr for a further 2 years. He then moved to MMA (mixed martial arts) for 2 years and back to Kickboxing with Liam Priest at Street Alert Muay Thai.
Turk has been training at Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre for the last 3 years achieving his second black belt in Kickboxing. Turk has had 4 MMA fights and 10 full contact Kickboxing bouts before 2009 and is an accredited instructor with 5 years teaching experience. Turk had his first professional MMA fight in 2009, winning by KO in the second round, his current PRO MMA record is 8f 3w 5l.
Emma Bradley
1st Kyu Judo
Blue Belt Red Tip Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Green Belt Kickboxing
Emma has been training in Martial Arts for 8 years. She has competed in Judo for 7 years, holding titles at State and National levels and placing in International competitions. She has also trained at a Judo school in Japan to gain further experience and knowledge.
Emma has also been training Kickboxing and has traveled to Thailand to train in Muay Thai.
Emma has obtained her Certificate III and IV in Fitness and is a registered Gym Instructor and Personal Trainer with Fitness Australia. She is also a level one accredited coach with MAIA and a certified PunchFit trainer.
Leanne Coombes
- Black Belt Rhee Tae Kwon Do
- Black Belt Kickboxing/Muay Thai
Leanne has been training in Martial Arts for 7 years and achieved her Black Belt in Rhee Tae Kwon Do at the age of 14 under Rodney Armstrong and Master Chong Chul Rhee.She is a black belt in Kickboxing and has 2 years experience in Ju Jitsu under Richard Neradil.
Leanne is a level one accredited coach, has a certificate 3 in fitness and has competed in 6 semi-contact competitions and one full contact fight which she won. She has been volunteering her time to assist with both fitness and kickboxing classes for the past year.
Leanne is currently fighting in full contact Muay Thai, her current record is 3f 3w.
Chad McGillick
-Black Belt Kickboxing/Muay thai
Chad has been training in Martial Arts for 6 years at Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre and been instructing children and adults for the last for the last 2 years.
He is a fully accredited level 1 coach and has a black belt in Kickboxing and Ju-jitsu.
Chad is also currently competing in full contact Muay Thai competition, he is the ISKA Muay Thai State Champion, his record stands at 5 figths with 4 wins.
Daniel Keating
- Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Brown Belt
- 1st Dan black belt Taekwondo
- NCAS level 2 accredited instructor
Daniel been training in martial arts for 11 years. He trained in Taekwondo and Hapkido for five years before discovering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. For the past siz years he has focused on BJJ and gained his brown belt under Elvis Sinosic and Anthony Perosh in Sydney. His cousin, Kyle Noke, an Australian UFC champion, has also spent a lot of time training Daniel in MMA. Daniel has also trained for 2 years in Muay Thai, Boxing and MMA with Elvis Sinosic.
Daniel has competed in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitions and amateur Pankration, placing a number of times at a national level.
Daniel also has years of experience working in security industry and has many realistic experiences that have helped him adapt his self-defense training and teaching methods.
Daniel is Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre’s head BJJ instructor.
Shantelle Henshaw
-Green belt Kickboxing
Shantelle has been training in Martial Arts for 3 years, has achieved a green belt in Muay Thai, and has been teaching our kids for 1 year.
Her back ground in the fitness industry and working with children is extensive, she has 6 years gymnastics training, competed for 2 years in state competition and has helped train some young gymnastic champions.
Shantelle is also highly trained in child care, with over 8 years experience and is also a fully accredited level 1 coach.
Simon Martinelli
-Blackbelt Kickboxing/Muay Thai
Simon has been training and competing in Muay Thai for 11 years on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland where he also managed gyms and helped train many top fighters. His current fight record is 8f 3w.
He has also trained in BJJ for 1 year and is a cert 3 and 4 Personal Trainer, and a fully accredited level 1 coach.
Simon is now Southern Fitness & Martial Arts Centre’s Fight Team head fitness coach, and assistant fight strategist under Richard Neradil.
Michael Donnici
- Blue Belt BJJ
Mike trained in Muay Thai for 6 years before switching to BJJ. He has trained with Bruno Panno, Larry Papadopulos and was graded to blue belt by Rodney Ellis at Larry’s Gym in Sydney (Boxingworks). After moving south he has returned to BJJ training at Southern Martial Arts and assists Daniel in our classes.
