WORLD-CLASS TEAM
We are highly skilled martial arts instructors, mentors, parents, business owners, and athletes. Combining more than 100 years of teaching, training and mentoring martial arts experience, we have designed programs to help the little and big people become the very best they can be.
Combining more than 100 years of teaching, training and mentoring martial arts experience, the AMAYDA Youth Empowerment Programs are specifically designed to not only give students real life self-defence skills but the confidence to help them become the very best they can be.
Currently Helping

Glenn Rushton

Sifu Frank Mechler

Program Director/Head of Business Development
Glenn Rushton
Glenn is one of Australia’s most experienced and reputable martial arts experts, with 45+ years’ experience in martial arts and boxing and 5 times Australian and 5 times Queensland martial arts champion. He founded Scorpion Martial Arts in 1979 and the National Martial Arts League in 1987. He also captain-coached the Qld team to victory in the NMAL Supacup Final. As a coach, Glenn has taught thousands of people, including numerous champions in both martial arts and boxing. He is the current trainer and manager of many elite boxers, including Olympic quarter finalist and former WBO world welterweight boxing champion Jeff Horn, WBO #1 ranked light middleweight Dennis Hogan and Joe Goodall, a silver medallist at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Bronze medallist at the 2017 World Boxing Championships. Glenn holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance & Investment, is a Fellow of Finsia, and an Executive Director of Rushton Financial Services, who are the investment managers for various managed funds. He has nearly 4 decades of business experience, including many years as a property developer. He has also authored two successful books on marketing and has completed a large number of speaking engagements.
Website:https://www.rushtonfinancial.com.au

Founder/CEO Head of Operations
Sifu Frank Mechler
40 year veteran of Martial Arts – Founder/Chief Instructor (Master Sifu) of the Freestyle Kung Fu Academy since 2005 – Founder of Kung Fu Kids Queensland Youth Development Programs 2016 – Founder the Beat the Bully Program 2011 – Full Member & Accredited Instructor Kung Fu Wu Shu Australia & Kung Fu Queensland since 2005 – Awarded Master Level Choy Lee Fut Freestyle Kung Fu 1998 – Master Personal Trainer – Black Belt Moon Lee Tae Kwon Do – Brown Belt Judo – Muscular Skeletal Remedial Sports Therapist AIAS 2002.