| 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 Kudan |
| 2000: |
Awarded the
“2000 Australian Sport Medal” for Sporting Achievement. |
| 2004: |
Nominated for
Australian of the Year |
