About Focus & Be
In 2017 after 10 years as Bayswater Martial Arts and Yoga Centre (and 22 years prior to that in Nedlands), we felt it was time to capture the feeling that comes from focusing on a dedicated practice. When we tried to land on a single word though we found it quite impossible. Everyone had a different experience and that it changed through-out the year. One thing is in common though, every feeling is positive.
Focus & Be in a Welcoming Space
Whether you want to get fit, to build flexibility, to meet new people, or to just take some time to focus on yourself, you will feel at home at Focus & Be.
Focus & Be has a welcoming and relaxing reception area that opens to a spacious and modern studio (135sqm). With high ceilings, soft lighting and sprung wooden floor and mirrors, it feels Zen.
Located within the Bayswater Village just in from the corner of King William Street on Whatley Crescent. It is very easy to access being across from the Bayswater Train Station and on major bus routes. There is also ample, easily accessible parking both across the road and behind Centre. Major bicycle paths are also nearby.
Meet Our Team
We are proud of our dedicated, highly qualified instructors as they focus on ensuring you achieve your goals. No matter your reason, Focus & Be instructors will help you become the healthiest and happiest you’ve ever been. And overseeing the quality of instruction and service is our lead team - and family. With decades of knowledge and experience, you know you’ll get the focused attention and support you need. Pics of everyone will be up soon :)
Nenad
Nenad is the Principal instructor and Director of Focus & Be. With 30 years international experience, Nen is a 5th Dan martial artist and a registered Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Australia.
Always in pursuit of furthering his own knowledge, Nen holds degrees in Sport Science and Human Biology as well as a Graduate Diploma of Education and a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
Nen is currently teaching the Monday and Wednesday Martial Arts Classes and Tuesday 7.15pm Yoga Beginners Classes.
Dejan (dan)
Dan, 5th Dan Chief Instructor. Shifu Dan began a formal study of martial arts in Febuary 1981. His expansive knowledge encompasses the arts of Okinawan Goju-ryu Karate-do, Aikido, Okinawan Kobudo (Okinawan martial arts weapons system), the Japanese weapons arts of Jodo (4ft staff) and Kenjutsu (sword), Filipino Arnis (the knife and stick fighting system of the Philippines), Qin-na (the grappling and seizing fighting system of China) and the "soft" art of Taijiquan (both in its health and combat forms).
Dan is currently teaching the Thursday and Saturday Tai Chi Classes.
Nat
Nat's background is in Hatha yoga. In addition to completing two yoga apprenticeships, Nat trained at the Iyengar Institute in San Francisco, practiced yoga at Centres in Shanghai and Beijing and participated in International Yoga Conferences in Hong Kong. She completed a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Anatomy and Human Biology with Honours at UWA in 2002. Her movement background includes instructing goju-ryu karate, tai-chi, self-defense and yoga and Natalie is the founder of Nataraja Movement.
Nat is currently teaching Kids Karate, Thursday 6pm Yoga, and Friday 9.00am Yoga Classes.
toni
Toni’s journey with yoga began later in life, as part of her self-healing process. The practice gave her the courage to step out of her comfort zone, helping her to become adaptable to change, new beginnings, and embracing new opportunities, including her path as a yoga teacher.
Toni’s Slow Flow and Vinyasa awakens the body and soul, while Yin and Yoga Nidra brings deep relaxation and balance. As a certified instructor with over 500 hours of training, Toni dedicated to helping others find balance, both on and off the mat.
Join Toni in a journey of self-discovery and healing through yoga on Saturday mornings.
Jeff
Sensei Jeff began training under the tutelage of Kancho Nenad and Shifu Dan in 1986. An inspiring role model to everyone in our dojo, Jeff is now a 4th Dan Martial Artist.
Jeff is an assistant instructor across all the martial arts classes, provides corporate self-defence and tai chi classes and beach training.
andrew
Andrew started his Chinese internal (martial) arts studies in 2008 under Shifu Dan and regularly trains with Master instructors interstate and in Taiwan. In 2012 he was accepted by Master Chen as a "bai shi" or "inner circle student" in his own right.
Enjoy Shi-hing Andrew's warm
and friendly instruction on Saturdays at 9.30am
Marc
Marc teaches beginner-friendly Yoga Classes Tuesdays from 6:45-8:00pm. Marc's teaching style uses the embodied experience of interwoven movement and breath to develop functional strength and mobility, and a deeper relationship with one's own body and mind. He's a firm believer in yoga on and off the mat, finding peace and joy within ourselves and in the context in which we find ourselves.
He completed 200 hours of vinyasa training in 2018, and 50 hours of yin training in 2019, in addition to his own readings and practice on and off the mat.