About John Gill

World Champion Martial Artist, International Motivational Speaker

 

John Gill is the current world self-defense champion and winner of over 45 Martial Arts titles, including 28 world championships. (Black Belt over 18 yrs divisions). He is an 8th Dan Black belt Grand Master instructor in Hapkido and 7th Dan Blackbelt Master Instructor in Taekwondo.

 

He also won the 2016 Action Star event held in Sydney Australia and was selected for the role of the ‘Grandmaster’ in the 2017 Movie ‘One Shot’

 

John Gill was the first instructor to teach self defense at Girls High schools from 1985 and opened the worlds first women’s only Hapkido class in 1987.

 

He was selected to teach Self-Defense by the Australian Government for the 16 Days of Activism for the prevention of Gender based violence in the Solomon islands in November 2019.

 

John Gill was inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame as 2016 and 2017 Hapkido Master of the Year , 2017 Black Belt Competitor of the Year and 2020 Hapkido Master of the Year and Black Belt Self-Defense competitor of the Year and 2021 , 2022, 2023 and 2024 Black Belt Self-Defense competitor of the year and 2024 Hapkido and Taekwondo Master of the year.

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Why Choose Us

Train with Grandmaster John Gill, gain expert self-defense skills, elite pickleball coaching, and join a trusted, world-class academy!

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Learn from Multiple World Self defence Champion John Gill, Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductee and 8th Dan Black Belt Grand Master

Classes available in Hapkido, Taekwondo, Defence fit to music, Safe Seminars and Women Self Defence Courses Available at BX1 Martial Arts Gym, Neutral Bay.

Special Offer: 50% Discount on First month Training for group and Private Lessons.

Email: johngillselfdefense@gmail.com

Phone/Text: 0490-109-334

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