ABOUT
I hold a 3rd Dan (Third Degree) Black Belt in Traditional Gōjū Ryū Karate (Gōjū Kensha lineage) and Level 6 Completion in the Art of Balintawak Arnis Cuentada (a style of Filipino stick-fighting). I also study Nei Chia Chinese Internal Kung Fu: T’ai Chi Ch’uan, Ba Mu Zhang, Swimming Dragon Ba Gua Zhang (Chen Pan Ling Style) and Qi Gong.
My martial journey is supported by over twenty years of experience in the health and wellness field, predominantly in the Oriental Health Arts of Shiatsu, Japanese Needle Therapy and Moxibustion, and as a Spiritual Coach specialising in Women's Empowerment.
Students say I'm 'the best teacher they've had', while clients flatter me with kind words including 'irreplaceable' and 'life changing'.
I'm passionate about coaching and supporting women who are ready to set aside the anger soothing practices that just aren't working, so they can effectively and sustainably heal through Transformational Self-Defence and Martial Arts (TSDMA). TSDMA is the powerful synthesis of my extensive experience (and life's work!)
I am committed to helping spiritual women transform their emotions - and their lives - so they may face each day with calm confidence, clarity and control as they embrace High Frequency, Whole Being Empowerment.
'I am so grateful that the Universe brought Sheryn into my life. Working with her is an investment in my happiness.
Sheryn gets me back in touch with my priorities, focused on my vibrational frequency and helps me work through any challenges via her intuition, poignant questions and some humour thrown in too. Her coaching is exactly what I need - less of the therapy, more spirituality and a platform from which I am strong and feel like I can achieve what I want and handle anything life throws at me. A trillion "thank-yous" Sheryn!'
- Amelia Trumble, Los Angeles, Co-Founder and CEO of Retold
Empowering Women Holistically
Soul-led, Feminine-Centred
Martial Art Instruction
The Realisation of your Life Purpose
Nature as my Dōjō & Budō as my Path
Natural Health & Healing
Eco-Living
Respecting Tradition... but making your Path your Own
In Love & Empowerment
But if you're anything like I once was, you just need a little help to heal your charged emotions like anger, frustration and depression... and the practices you've been adopting so far just haven't worked.
Suppressing and soothing away your charged emotions have only got you so far. You're yearning to unleash; to channel your charged emotions into a positive, healthy and constructive vehicle so you can heal... and step into your full, unbridled power.
It's time to FIGHT... and you need someone to show you how.
Warrior Woman, you are stronger - and more in control - than you think.
You're in the
right place.
'Sheryn is one of the most gifted, skilled and warm people I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
I have personally benefited from her coaching, mentoring and shiatsu over the years, as well as witnessed the profound impact she has had on empowering other young people and women. She is passionate, authentic, dedicated to delivering results for her clients, and has a very down-to-earth and friendly nature. Her unique skillset and intuitive approach really set her apart from others. I can't recommend Sheryn highly enough.'
- Amber Farrington, Transformation Coach
01 / 03
'I cannot think of a better role model for my teenage daughter.'
- Helen Killen,
Mini Maestros Teacher
02 / 03
'My daughter and myself have both experienced Sheryn's skills and professionalism having worked with Sheryn over a period of many years.
She continually works to develop and augment skills associated with self defence, self development, spiritual growth, confidence building, personal growth and empowerment, working with both individuals. and groups. Sheryn can, and does assist to make positive, constructive changes in your life. Her skills as a practitioner are incredible as well as being a compassionate, gentle, spiritual soul that can impart knowledge and nurture growth in a safe, supportive way.'
- Glenys Murray, Psychologist
03 / 03
Many moons ago, on the doorstep of adolescence, I was an angry girl with a low self-esteem. I hated the way that I looked, that I was short, that I was overweight. I thought I was stupid, and terrible at anything I tried. In baggy pants and oversized t-shirts, I rejected anything pretty or feminine. I played video games and punched walls. In my mind, ‘feminine’ meant ’weak’; someone who needed a protector.
Despite rejecting my femininity and threatening womanhood, I didn’t feel strong. Sometimes I would hide in my bedroom wardrobe and cry because I just felt so bad about being me.
Then karate entered my life - and became my pivotal point.
I wasn’t completely natural at it (who’s completely natural at something at first go?) but I took to it like a rigid duck to water. I felt like I belonged.
At the same time I began my karate journey, I started reading personal development books, and Oriental and martial wisdom from grandmasters. Something inside me sparked - I wanted to feel and be better than this, and I knew that needed to start with me. I needed to relinquish my fury and choose happiness and self-love. I yearned to know what deep-seated empowerment and alignment felt like.
Month after month, I turned up at the dōjō and trained. Karate became my channel for my charged emotions and energy - and it was effective. Combined with my growing and more positive mind - and improving self-esteem - I had taken the first steps on my transformation to empowerment. I I started coaching children under my own teacher in just two short years, and picked up the rattan cane to begin my arnis journey around this time, too.
Year after year, I was graded belts and tags. I was awarded Shodan Ho, Junior Black Belt, at seventeen. My mind and emotions were a softer and lighter by then - but my body barely spoke it.
My mid-twenties brought a change in lineages from Gōjū Kai to Gōjū Kensha. I sought out renowned international instructor, Hanshi James Sumarac, 8th Dan. It was Hanshi James who introduced me to the true ju (soft) of Gōjū karate, as well as nei chia Chinese Internal Kung Fu. Along with formal studies in Traditional East Asian Medicine - and deeper practice in spirituality and metaphysics that I had begun years earlier - my entire being was finally beginning to speak a different language. It was a language of sensitivity and grace, of pliability and softness... the kind that can only come from internal strength.
I was no longer chronically angry at the world.
And if I did get angry, I knew how to channel it and shift it.
Through Martial Arts, spirituality and personal growth, a life-changing, soul-alighting transformation had ensued. I unearthed my confidence through teaching and expressing myself through the breath-taking vehicle of karate. Through Budō, the ‘Martial Way’, I discovered strength in gentleness, compassion and humour. I had ditched the baggy clothes, cynicism and moodiness to embrace the Feminine Divine - and holistic empowerment that arises from being a spiritual, advanced woman martial artist.
Since my 20s, I have been a writer and presenter. My articles have been published in range of magazines and professional journals, and I have been a Wellness Expert for WellBeing TV. Away from words and the camera, I have successfully supported clients in Shiatsu and Oriental Therapies, Japanese Needle Therapy and Empowerment Coaching.
My superpower is working with emotional disharmonies, truly seeing you - and helping you glimpse who you can become. I hold your shared vision for you so you can arrive at emotional healing, calm confidence, clarity, and ultimately, inner peace and happiness.
After years of creation, I’m proud to offer ‘Warrior Emerging’: a powerful synergy of Self-Defence, Martial Arts, Empowerment Coaching and Traditional East Asian Medicine.
And unlike my own transformation, which unfolded over decades, your level-up to High Frequency, Whole Being Empowerment takes only four months.
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Traditional (but rebellious in my own way). With coaching clients, I have a proud history of stirring pots and sowing seeds.
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Long walks on the beach are medicine, as is sleep (especially in early motherhood!) Throw in a good dash of art - martial, literary, visual or otherwise - and my soul is fed.
02 / 03
An Earthy Taurean Indigo Child, and intuitive since childhood. I might work out, scold my kids, practice kata and communicate with my Angels - all before lunch.
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How to Heal
Anger and Frustration
What if your anger and frustration wasn’t something to breathe or meditate away, but potent fuel to be leveraged for your transformation to empowerment? In this Free Empowerment Toolkit, I show you how TSDMA offers an embodied, intelligent approach to emotional healing so you can take your first steps from reactivity to calmness and control.
without suppressing or
soothing away your emotions
through Transformational
Self-Defence and Martial Arts
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my BRAND VALUES
Making a Difference
Integrity
Excellence
Courage
Commitment
to your journey is demonstrated through meticulous, genuine care and support so you may realise your grandest vision of you.
is centrifugal to my Life Purpose. I know what's made a difference in my life - I'm passionate about sharing it to make a difference in yours.
When I give you my word, I mean it.
because 'if nothing ever changes, nothing ever changes'. It takes fierce courage to shed skin, be willing to heal, and commit to your empowerment.
arises from focus and dedication to a worthy pursuit.
by the numbers
30
Years of Excellence teaching Martial Arts and Self-Defence
100s
Of Women and Girls Empowered in Self-Defence
20+
Years of Experience in Natural Health and Wellness
3rd
Degree Black Belt in Traditional Goju Ryu Karate (Goju Kensha lineage)
6
Completion of the Art in Balintawak Arnis Cuentada
LEVEL
A few of my
Favorite things
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High Frequency, Whole Being Empowerment?
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