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Physical Culture, (or Physie - pronounced 'fizzy') is a sport for girls from 3 years. It aims to build confidence, posture, strength, grace, and flexibility through exercise.

The Brindabella Club is associated with the Bjelke Petersen Bros. School of Physical Culture (BjP) based in Sydney. BjP has 180 clubs in almost all suburbs of Sydney, country NSW, Victoria, Queensland, and the ACT. Physie is a uniquely Australian sport that has been providing  exercise opportunities to girls and ladies for over 100 years.

The choreography is designed to also teach the relationship of music to movement, rhythm, co-ordination, balance, and musical interpretation. With a new syllabus being written every year for each age group, all girls whether new to physie or a physie veteran start on equal footing. Physie has many carry over benefits to students by improving memory sequencing and motor coordination. These are performed to contemporary music.

The routines are

  • Marching - targets posture, toe point, strength in the legs and middle to upper body.
  • Warm-Up - is a cardiac work out  targets correct positions, strength and control.
  • Breathing - controlled posture and balance.
  • Exercise Group - strong, exact positions demonstrating stamina and flexibility.
  • Relax - Basic classical ballet moves.
  • Floor Drill - targets flexibility, strength, positions and control.
  • Dance - a very modern dance that everyone loves to learn. It is often to great funky music that really gets your hips wiggling.

BjP has also developed a syllabus targeted at girls aged 3-4 years that aims to teach basic movement and positions to fun, interactive music.

A child's age group is determined by their age on August 31st of each year. The age groupings are:

3-4 years
5-6 years
7-8 years
9-10 years
11-12 years
13-14 years
15 years + 1st year Seniors (16 years)
2nd year Seniors (17-19 years)
Open Seniors (19 years +)

LADIES
Beginner & First Year Ladies (any age over 21)
Second Year Ladies (any age over 21)
Open Ladies (Under 33 Years, Over 33 Years, Over 43 Years and Over 53 Years)