Profile

• Commenced training in 1965 as one of the first six students  (foundation member)
  
  
• 1971 Received his first black belt, the equal first karate black belt in Ballarat
  
  
• 1973 commenced visits to Okinawa, Japan, the birth place of Karate
  
  
• 1976 promoted to 5th Degree Black Belt,
  
  
• 1985 promoted to 6th Degree Black Belt,
  
  
• 1990 promoted to 7th Degree Black Belt,
  
  
• 2009 promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt,
  
  
• 2-time Ballarat Sportsmen’s club Sportsman of the Year