Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame


Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame is an award for Australian martial artists practitioners of any style, 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. The current president is Les Elliott and Vice-President John Whipp.

2016 award ceremony

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. with his guest Felix Leong at Terry Lim's Hall of Fame award black tie dinner|286x286px
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2019 inductees

NameAwardSystemState
Darren LeaLifetime AchievementOkinawan Shorin Ryu
Gary JohnsonLifetime AchievementMunen Muso Martial Arts
John EllisInstructor of the YearBudoshinkai Karate Jitsu
Tim EllisBudoka of the YearBudoshinkai Karate
Michael QuinLifetime AchievementZen Do Kai
Neil LivingstoneInstructor of the YearTaekwon-do
Nigel StupplesMartial Artist of the YearZen Do Kai
Steven TranLifetime achievementMartial Arts
Anthony PritchardBudoka of the YearJudo

2018 inductees

NameAwardSystemState
Andrew KantzavelosInstructor of the YearKenpo
Neville SharpLifetime achievementJudo
Joseph JulianLifetime achievementKarate
David GordonMartial Artist of the yearToyama Ryu Iaido
Xu WeiguoLifetime achievementWing Chun Tai Ji
Patricia HarringtonLifetime achievementJudo Ju Jitsu
George KolovosLifetime achievementKyokushin Karate
Matt CharnleyMartial Artist of the YearMixed Martial Arts

2017 inductees

NameAwardSystemState
Abraham SieBudoka of the YearZen Do Kai
Alex TerrisLifetime achievementKyokushin Karate
Brett CanningInstructor of the YearUnited Taekwondo
Chris Futcher-ColesLifetime AchievementKung Fu
George LeeLifetime AchievementTai ChiChi Gong
Grant BannisterLifetime AchievementSan Chi Kai Karate
John MarrableLifetime AchievementGoju Ryu Karate
John TomicMartial Artist of the YearUnited Taekwondo
Michael CreedyLifetime AchievementMartial Arts
Peter JenningLifetime AchievementKyokushin Karate
Peter KellyMartial Artist of the YearAikido

2016 inductees

2015 inductees

2014 inductees