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 recognizes those who make an outstanding contribution to martial arts, consistently demonstrate excellence and unselfishly promote the growth of martial arts.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

2014 Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inductees including notable Richard Norton (actor)
AMAHOF
Board of Directors
Logo of Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Executive Committee
PresidentEdward Scharrer
Vice PresidentAnthony Hockley
SecretarySteve Weston
TreasurerKevin Prime
Board of Members
Paul Mitchell
Justin Boylan
Randall Jones
New Zealand Representative
Peter Shaw
Australian Sokeship Council
ChairmanRamon Lawrence OAM

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.

2019 inductees

Name Award System State
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

[9]

2018 inductees

Name Award System State
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

[10]

2017 inductees

Name Award System State
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

[11]

2016 inductees

Name Award System State

Alan Rowe

Budoka of the Year Aikido  Tasmania

Bill Johnson[12]

Martial Artist of the Year Close Combat Systems  New South Wales

Brenda Hum

Support to the Martial Arts Health & Healing  South Australia

Doug Spear

Martial Artist of the Year Karate/Kenjutsu  Western Australia

Kevin Prime[13][14]

Budoka of the Year Judo  Victoria

Malcolm Slade

Lifetime Achievement Judo  Victoria

Robert Naumoski

Budoka of the Year Brazilian Jiu Jitsu  New South Wales

Sam Gervasi[15]

Lifetime Achievement Martial Arts & Healing  Victoria

Terry Lim

Lifetime Achievement Martial Arts  Victoria

2015 inductees

Name Award System State

Anthony Ball[16]

Lifetime Achievement Martial Arts  Victoria

Bronilyn Smith

Lifetime Achievement Aikido  Tasmania

Geoffrey Harrison

Budoka of the Year San Chi Kai  Tasmania

Kathy Gangemi[3]

Junior Development & Support of the Martial Arts Martial Arts  Tasmania

Lynn Farmer

Budoka of the Year Ju Jitsu  New South Wales

Roland Winter

Budoka of the Year Zen Do Kai  New South Wales

Tim Waters

Lifetime Achievement Aikido  Tasmania

2014 inductees

Name System State

Daniel Simmons

Judo  New South Wales

Danny McIntyre

Aikido  New Zealand

Denise Walker

Shotokan Karate  New Zealand

Graham Slater

Karate  Victoria

Julie Streeter

Karate  Queensland

Michael Keane

Judo  Victoria

Michelle Hext

Taekwondo  Victoria

Peter James

Kendo  Western Australia

Richard Norton (actor)

Karate  Victoria

Scott Teys

Karate  Australian Capital Territory

See also

References

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