Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame is an award for Australian martial artists practitioners of any style,[1] The hall of fame recognises those who make an outstanding contribution to martial arts, consistently demonstrate excellence and unselfishly promote the growth of martial arts.[2] The current president is Les Elliott[3][4] and Vice-President John Whipp.[5][6][7][8]
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2016 award ceremony
Terry Lim lifetime achievement award recipient for running martial arts tournaments 3 times per year for the last 3 decades and over 3000 students having learned from his academy demonstrated his abilities during the induction ceremony in Adelaide by bending a two-meter metal rod with his throat then he was struck with a sledge hammer breaking three concrete roof tiles on his back. Melbourne Wing Chun Instructor Maurice Novoa invited one of his own Wing Chun masters Felix Leong to join him as his guest at Terry Lim's Black Tie dinner award night to personally support Lim's induction into AMAHOF.[5]
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2019 inductees
Name | Award | System | State |
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Darren Lea | Lifetime Achievement | Okinawan Shorin Ryu | |
Gary Johnson | Lifetime Achievement | Munen Muso Martial Arts | |
John Ellis | Instructor of the Year | Budoshinkai Karate Jitsu | |
Tim Ellis | Budoka of the Year | Budoshinkai Karate | |
Michael Quin | Lifetime Achievement | Zen Do Kai | |
Neil Livingstone | Instructor of the Year | Taekwon-do | |
Nigel Stupples | Martial Artist of the Year | Zen Do Kai | |
Steven Tran | Lifetime achievement | Martial Arts | |
Anthony Pritchard | Budoka of the Year | Judo |
2018 inductees
Name | Award | System | State |
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Andrew Kantzavelos | Instructor of the Year | Kenpo | |
Neville Sharp | Lifetime achievement | Judo | |
Joseph Julian | Lifetime achievement | Karate | |
David Gordon | Martial Artist of the year | Toyama Ryu Iaido | |
Xu Weiguo | Lifetime achievement | Wing Chun Tai Ji | |
Patricia Harrington | Lifetime achievement | Judo Ju Jitsu | |
George Kolovos | Lifetime achievement | Kyokushin Karate | |
Matt Charnley | Martial Artist of the Year | Mixed Martial Arts |
2017 inductees
Name | Award | System | State |
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Abraham Sie | Budoka of the Year | Zen Do Kai | |
Alex Terris | Lifetime achievement | Kyokushin Karate | |
Brett Canning | Instructor of the Year | United Taekwondo | |
Chris Futcher-Coles | Lifetime Achievement | Kung Fu | |
George Lee | Lifetime Achievement | Tai Chi – Chi Gong | |
Grant Bannister | Lifetime Achievement | San Chi Kai Karate | |
John Marrable | Lifetime Achievement | Goju Ryu Karate | |
John Tomic | Martial Artist of the Year | United Taekwondo | |
Michael Creedy | Lifetime Achievement | Martial Arts | |
Peter Jenning | Lifetime Achievement | Kyokushin Karate | |
Peter Kelly | Martial Artist of the Year | Aikido |
2016 inductees
Name | Award | System | State |
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![]() Alan Rowe |
Budoka of the Year | Aikido | ![]() |
![]() Bill Johnson[12] |
Martial Artist of the Year | Close Combat Systems | ![]() |
![]() Brenda Hum |
Support to the Martial Arts | Health & Healing | ![]() |
![]() Doug Spear |
Martial Artist of the Year | Karate/Kenjutsu | ![]() |
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Budoka of the Year | Judo | ![]() |
![]() Malcolm Slade |
Lifetime Achievement | Judo | ![]() |
![]() Robert Naumoski |
Budoka of the Year | Brazilian Jiu Jitsu | ![]() |
![]() Sam Gervasi[15] |
Lifetime Achievement | Martial Arts & Healing | ![]() |
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Lifetime Achievement | Martial Arts | ![]() |
2015 inductees
Name | Award | System | State |
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![]() Anthony Ball[16] |
Lifetime Achievement | Martial Arts | ![]() |
![]() Bronilyn Smith |
Lifetime Achievement | Aikido | ![]() |
![]() Geoffrey Harrison |
Budoka of the Year | San Chi Kai | ![]() |
![]() Kathy Gangemi[3] |
Junior Development & Support of the Martial Arts | Martial Arts | ![]() |
![]() Lynn Farmer |
Budoka of the Year | Ju Jitsu | ![]() |
![]() Roland Winter |
Budoka of the Year | Zen Do Kai | ![]() |
![]() Tim Waters |
Lifetime Achievement | Aikido | ![]() |
2014 inductees
Name | System | State |
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![]() Daniel Simmons |
Judo | ![]() |
![]() Danny McIntyre |
Aikido | ![]() |
![]() Denise Walker |
Shotokan Karate | ![]() |
![]() Graham Slater |
Karate | ![]() |
![]() Julie Streeter |
Karate | ![]() |
![]() Michael Keane |
Judo | ![]() |
![]() Michelle Hext |
Taekwondo | ![]() |
![]() Peter James |
Kendo | ![]() |
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Karate | ![]() |
![]() Scott Teys |
Karate | ![]() |
See also
References
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- ^ "2017 inductees". amahof. A.M.A.H.O.F (inc). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Sport". No. Online. Maitland City Council. September 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Double Hall of Fame honour for Kevin Prime". Bendigo Advertiser. No. Print and Online. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ Kemp, Sharon (15 September 2016). "Kevin lands prime honour". Bendigo Weekly. No. Online. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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- ^ Walker, Neil (28 September 2015). "Karate king joins the greats". Frankston Times. No. Print and online. Mornington Peninsula News Group. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
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