The Martial Arts Australia Team
Chairman Founder - International Martial Arts Alliance - Director Martial Arts Australia - Graham Slater
Graham started his martial arts training in England in 1973 motivated Bruce Lee movies and the need to defend against the ever increasing violence by gang warfare on the streets of Liverpool. He started by learning from books and soon tracked down a Goju Karate school to train at.
After immigrating to Australia in 1975 he commenced training in Kyokushinkai Karate, Ken Shin Kan and Kickboxing until 1979. He then started training in Shotokan / Shotokai (Harada sensei’s style) until 1982 when he change to mainstream Japanese Shotokai Karate directly under Sensei Yasuo Ikeda (Japan) and other notable masters.
Graham is currently graded 7th Dan in Karate under the legendary Sensei Stan Schmidt and has been inducted into the Australia Martial Arts Hall of Fame (AMAHOF) and the Alan Goldberg's USA Hall of Honors.
Read Graham's full TRAINING HISTORY - Read Graham's VIDEO PRODUCTION CREDITS
Administration Team:
IMA President - Mr Naoharu Ishibashi - Japan - Tokyo (Honorary position)
Paul Mracek - Business Mentor - AMACS Director - Technical Adviser
Mark Longman - AMACS Developer
Glenn Coxon - Club Manager Software
Steve Miller - Accounts / Bookkeeping - Business Development
Alan D'odrea - Investment Bank Institute - Financial Services Training
David Lurie - Marketing and IT
Jackson Raine - Video Production
Danny & Theresa Zaino - TV / Radio / Magazine Partners (USA)
Richard Norton - Kapow TV
Hakie Atar - Team APP - Mobile Devices
Reg Harris - Lyoness - VIP Industry Cash Back Card
Regional Directors & Technical Advisers
John Gill - NSW (Hapkido & Taekwondo
Jamie Moore - QLD (Authentic Takwondo)
Stan Schmidt - VIC (College of the Open Hand)
Mal Macrae - VIC (Ki Fusion Aikido)
Terry Lim - VIC (Loong Fu Pai)
Anthony Kelly - NSW (Kung Fu)
Grant Bannister - VIC (Bukido Kai Karate)
Dr Nigel Farrier - WA
Kazunobu Maekawa - Japan (Shotokai Karate based in Tokyo)
M.H.M. Hussain - Sri Lanka (Sheishikan Karate)
Sanjay Prasad Bihar India (Shuri te Karate)
Kazunhiko Shirai - Japan (Shintaido Karate & Bojitsu)
Sergei Bogolepov Novosibirsk, Russia (Shotokan Karate)
Jens Fricke - Germany (Shotokan Karate)
