Your coaches
Train under experienced black belts who take your progress seriously, and take care of the room.
Shaher Khan
Shaher is the guide most students meet first at Shibusa. A Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt with nearly two decades on the mats, he built the school so adults in Canberra can learn clear, effective and efficient jiu jitsu in a school with a friendly culture.
He holds a degree in Exercise and Sport Science, and draws on boxing, judo, and muay thai experience to coach with a full picture of how the body moves. He's a multiple-time Pan Pacific gold medalist and multiple-time World Championship competitor. He's also a three-time trial winner, representing Australia at the World Pro Championships in Abu Dhabi.
On the mat his job is simple: help you get better, safely, with standards you can trust.
Allen Francis
Allen helps students build deep, clean technique over time. He received his black belt in 2021 and fell in love with jiujitsu for its unrivalled ability to humble us, guide us in all aspects of life and challenge us to achieve a depth of technique that appears beautifully, deceptively simple on the surface.
He grew up across India, Botswana, Tunisia, Australia, and the Philippines, and trained judo, taekwondo, and muay thai before falling for jiu jitsu. He has coached many students to medals around Australia. He treats winning as a lagging signal. The real work is refining technique in a supportive room, day after day.
Outside the gi, Allen is managing director of Buoy, a local consultancy he founded with his partner. He brings the same coaching habit to that work: keep improving the details so the people he serves get a better result.