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|286x286pxabout to break tiles on Lim's back at the Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame Ceremony|317x317px|center
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 |
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 |
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 |