| Years |
Achievements |
| 1963:
|
Commenced
training |
| 1966:
|
Graded
shodan |
| 1967:
|
Team
member of the Australia verses New Zealand Team Kyokushin
Championships. Winner – Australia |
| 1969:
|
Graded
nidan |
| 1970/71:
|
Trained
at Honbu for one year. |
| 1971:
|
Graded
Sandan |
| 1971:
|
Elected
Chairman of the Australian Kyokushin Karate Association in
1971 and still hold this position. |
| 1974:
|
Graded
Yondan |
| 1975: |
Founder
member of the Federation of Australian
Karate-Do (FAKO), now known as the Australian Karate Federation,
a government sponsored group. elected President of the NSW
Branch in 1975. |
| 1977:
|
Organised
the first Australian Full-Contact Karate Championships, held
at the Sydney Town Hall on 20th
March. |
| 1978:
|
Graded
Godan |
| 1981:
|
Appointed
Chairman of the South Pacific Kyokushin Karate Organisation,
a position still held. |
| 1982:
|
Graded
Rokudan |
| 1986:
|
Graded
Shichidan 1988 Organised the first Commonwealth Kyokushin
Karate Championships in 1988 with 15 Commonwealth countries
participating, as part of the Australian bicentennial celebrations. |
| 1995:
|
Became
the “Martial Arts” columnist for the Eastern Suburbs
Newspapers |
| 1997:
|
Organised
the formation of the International Ring- Karate Association
and became the International President. On the 17th November
was elected as the Vice President of the International Karate
Organisation Kyokushin Kaikan in charge of all areas outside
Japan. The President is 8th Dan Shihan Matsushima. |
| 1999:
|
Graded
Hachidan |
| 2000:
|
Awarded
the “2000 Australian Sport Medal” for Sporting
Achievement. |
| 2004: |
Nominated
for Australian of the Year |
