ABOUT SHIHAN
Shihan Peter commenced training in Kyokushin karate on the 1st February 1975. Since that time Shihan has achieved a number of personal milestones. These include being N.Z. lightweight kumite champion, national coach and international referee.
Shihan Peter is currently graded Godan (5th dan) and is a New Zealand Branch Chief of the IKO Matsushima organisation.
He was inducted into the New Zealand Martial Arts Hall of Fame in November 2011, followed by the Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the World Karate Union Hall of Fame in 2017 for lifetime achievement in Kyokushin karate.
| 1975 | Joined Victoria University Junior Kyokushin Karate Club |
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| 1980 | Co-Founder - Marist Karate Club, Wellington |
| 1982 | National Lightweight Kumite Champion (Kyokushin Nationals, Hamilton) |
| 1983 | Graded to Shodan Assumed role as Chief Instructor, Marist Kyokushin Karate Club |
| 1985 | Appointed Liaison Officer for inaugural Trans-Tasman Test Hamilton, NZ |
| 1987 | Travelled to Honbu, Tokyo - October/November |
| 1988 | Manager/Coach of NZ Team to Commonwealth Championships Sydney, Australia Graded to Nidan |
| 1989 | Qualified as International Tournament Judge Co-organiser, Trans-Tasman Test, Wellington NZ Awarded Wellington’s Marist Association Sportsman of the Year |
| 1992-1995 | Executive Member, NZ Kyokushin Kai kan Incorporated |
| 1993 | Assistant Coach of NZ Team to South Pacific Championships – Singapore Accepted gift from Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (on behalf of NZ Branch Chiefs) |
| 1994 | Tournament Director – Quest for the Best national team full-contact kumite tournament, Wellington |
| 1996 | Founder, President and Chief Instructor, Defensive Edge Academy (of Martial Arts) Incorporated |
| 1999 | Joined IKO - Matsushima Group Graded to Sandan |
| 2000 | Trained under Kancho Matsushima (Hastings, NZ) Developed and delivered Self Defence in Schools Programme Opened Marist Junior Kyokushin Karate Club (Johnsonville) |
| 2001 | Attended Australian National Camp |
| 2002-2013 | Chief Referee, full-contact division of Easter National Tournament, Hastings |
| 2006 | Qualified as International Tournament Referee Graded to Yondan Coach of NZ Team to World Karate Cup – Sydney |
| 2007 | Trained under Kancho Matsushima (Hastings, NZ) Appointed N.Z. Branch Chief Director, New Zealand Kyokushin Karate Ltd. Judge and Referee at Australian National Tournament, Sydney Opened Marist Kyokushin Karate Club (Tawa) |
| 2008 | Judge at World Championships, Japan Trained under Kancho Matsushima (Isesaki - Japan) |
| 2010 | Coordinated 1st IKO Matsushima National Junior Karate Camp Referee and Judge at World Karate Cup – Estepona, Spain Attended World Camp in Spain |
| 2011 | Trained under Kancho Matsushima (Hastings, NZ) Graded to Godan/Shihan Coordinated 2nd IKO Matsushima National Junior Karate Camp Judge and Referee at Australian National Tournament, Sydney Inducted into NZ Martial Arts Hall of Fame |
| 2012 | Official at World Championships, Japan Appointed Wellington Regional Director of NZ Martial Art Association |
| 2013 | Attended Australian National Camp |
| 2014 | Judge and Referee at World Cup tournament – Durban, South Africa Trained under Kancho Matsushima (Durban, SA) |
| 2015 | Referee at Australian National Tournament |
| 2016 | Referee at Australian National Tournament Official at World Championships, Japan Trained under Kancho Matsushima, Sydney Australia and Maebashi, Japan |
| 2017 | Referee at Australian National Tournament Inducted into Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame Inducted into World Karate Union Hall of Fame |
| 2018 | Referee at Australian National Tournament Judge and Referee at World Tournament, Shanghai, China |
| 2019 | Referee at Asian Pacific Tournament, Yangon, Myanmar Trained under Kancho Matsushima, Yangon, Myanmar |
| 2022 | Referee at Australian National Tournament |