Reviews of Billy Mannes Energym

Highly recommended!! Great place to learn all aspects of self defence and martial arts. .

Billy Manne' has literally built this dojo from the ground up and is an awesome teacher. The atmosphere of the entire gym is very family orientated and if I could be in there slamming it with the boys I sure as heck would be! When I was in the classes I felt like one of the boys. For an awkward chick with no coordination whatsoever that's a big thing! I miss it immeasurably. I recommend it to all of my friends who enquire about fitness and martial arts. Well done, Kyoshi Billy and Sensae Simone. It will take me a while, but I'll be back one day!

Energym is an institution in its own right. Having been invoked with this gym for 18 years I would thoroughly recommend this place to anyone.. It's got the best free weight gym I've ever seen. As for its martial arts it hands down beats every other gym around.. It got styles to suit all from Zen Do Kai,BJJ , Kickboxing etc. it's all there. Fantastic kids program in martial arts also. Billy himself is a master of teaching, he never stops surprising us with his knowledge.. Great place and a great atmosphere.

Billy and Simone promote this dojo as where "fitness is a way of life, not just a business". They make available Zen Do Kai Karate, BJJ, Kickboxing, beginners boxing and daily group fitness classes included in your martial arts membership throughout the week. You certainly get great value and I believe the best training possible. There are extra pay-per-session classes for members in MMA and Krav Maga, and to join the completely-stocked gym is a minimal extra cost.

The website offers minimal information, but you are encouraged to come and see for yourself the timetable and sit in on a class. The official Zen Do Kai website doesn't do justice to explaining the system of coloured belts and the endurance necessary to pass their gradings. I think that these days the beachside Frankston North location that has been in use for over 30 years could be a geographical factor in there being a relatively small number of very fortunate students. However these are motivated to come from fair distances in the bayside and peninsula area.

As the highest ranked in his style of Zen Do Kai in Australia, Billy has had a particularly hard training regime to 8th Dan that has seen him independently train and reach top levels in Kickboxing, BJJ, Aikido, Systema and Krav Maga. He brings the insights of his wide martial arts development into pointers you would not get anywhere else. This is probably why half the students in Karate class are black belts of all levels from 6th Dan down.

What can I say other reviews have said it all when I started training that was the first place to go and never looked back billy manne and Simone are good helpful understanding people with a lots of good knowledge it material arts kick boxing and all the knowledge that Simone has with fittness is top class keep it up billy manne job well spent......

I've been proud to call Billy Manne my Sensei for over 30 years. I was with him when Energym was being built and have watched it grow and evolved over the years, always keeping to the core value of functional excellence.

Over the past 30+ years I have had the absolute pleasure of travelling the world and training with all sorts of people and I rate Billy as hands down one of the best martial artists and martial arts teachers in the game. Period!

Kyoshi Billy Manne is the best martial arts teacher around. He is a living legend! If Kyoshi Billy decided to start teaching lessons in 'How to pick a nose', there would be a crowd cueing up outside his dojo with people eager to learn - myself included! He is THE MAN!

I have been training there in boxing/kickboxing for awile there now and everyone is really knowledgeable and it is a fun and friendly environment. Have recommended Energym to family and friends and they enjoy going there aswell. Keep up the good work guys

Energym is easily the best martial arts and weight lifting gym I have ever had the pleasure of training at. The head instructor, Billy Manne, has an 8th degree black belt in Zen Do Kai karate, as well as being a master trainer of kickboxing and muay thai, and holds either a black belt or above or it's equivalent in Aikido, BJJ, Kendo and Krav Maga. He has over 50 years of martial arts experience, recently awarded entry into both the Australian Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the World Karate Union Hall of Fame,and was a bouncer at some of Victoria's most dangerous clubs for over 30 years. The techniques and training are realistic, captivating and enlightening, as shown by the victories of Sam Soliman, who Billy trained when he first began fighting. On top of that, Energym hosts an excellent array of bodybuilding equipment, nutritionists, personal trainers and a keen stable of active fighters. If you're looking for a new place to train, or keen to get involved with one of Victoria's best martial arts training centres, give Energym a fighting chance. I cannot recommend it highly enough

I can say that having seen a lot of martial arts clubs over the past 20+ years Energym is one of the leaders in the field. The instructors and staff have extensive knowledge and are driven by a passion in this area, which shows in systems and sessions they provide.

I have trained in martial arts all my life. I have been to many fighting gyms but Energym Frankston is the best because of the following:

Billy Manne has so much REAL fighting experience (He is inducted in to the worlds martial arts hall of fame just below bruce lee). he can instruct and bring out the best in any martial artist. Energym does Kickboxing, Krav Maga, BJJ, Kids Kickboxing, Zen Do Kai, Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts. He has trained Sam Soliman and many other fighters. This place is not your shiny new don't drop the weights type gym. It has soul, it is functional, it posses almost every type of exercise equipment available. The martial arts room has many large punching bags, floor to ceiling balls, speed balls etc...

So if your into fitness or martial arts just try one of their classes. They really are fantastic.