Black Dragon Kai Awards

The following list of Awards are awarded to members of Black Dragon Kai for outstanding achievements, accomplishments and exceptional effort.

Strongest Student of the Year


Combat Athlete of the Year

 

Up & Coming Combat Athlete of the Year

  • 2003 - Peter Burgess
  • 2003 - Robert Melrose
  • 2004 - Duane Sheppard
  • 2005 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
  • 2006 - Bridget Woods
  • 2007 - Bridget Woods
  • 2008 - Paul Patten
  • 2009 - Simon Joyce
  • 2010 - Carlin Bull
  • 2011 - Daniel White
  • 2012 - Harley Osgood
  • 2013 - Gavin Hain
  • 2014 - Luther Kruger
  • 2015 - Alex McAntee
  • 2016 - Talicia Gosley
  • 2017 - Jeremy Hale
  • 2018 - Jane Jacobson
  • 2019 - Lance Raftery
  • 2020 - Taylah Phillips
  • 2021 - Declan Corcoran
  • 2022 - Bella Ferraro
  • 2023 - Jacob Mills

 

Supporter of the Year

 

Leadership Award

 

Black Dragon Kai Spirit Award

 

Outstanding Single Performance Award

  • 2014 - Yoshi Ueda - World Muay Thai Champion fight won
  • 2015 - Jessica Lavers-McBain - Oceania Wrestling final won in under a minute
  • 2016 - Allan Poppleton - Won his MMA debut with an outstanding display of heart
  • 2017 - Talicia Gosley - 3 times Silver Medalist in the BJJ Wold Championships - breaking the her opponents in the finals of the openweight
  • 2018 - Sean Olsen - Won the Kudo Melbourne Open, then fought a Kyokushin Super Fight on the same day
  • 2019 - Nicholas McCartney - Won his first wrestling match by chaining together a takedown and leglace combination, that secured the win within the first 30seconds of his match.
  • 2020 - 
  • 2021 - Nachi Masuda - Won two divisions on the same day at the Australian Wrestling Nationals. A feat that has never been done before and due to a change rules due her wins, will never be done again.
  • 2022 - Jessica Lavers-McBain - won all her matches by pin including against two international opponents from Singpore at the Wrestling Nationals. Her performance was the strongest female wrestlers performance at the competition.
  • 2023 - Declan Corcoran - won an MMA fight by sticking to the gameplan which resulted in him being awarded Knock Out of the Night by XFC.

 

Lifetime Members of Black Dragon Kai

 

Black Dragon Kai Modern Martial Arts Student of the Year

 

Black Dragon Kai Muay Thai Student of the Year

 

Black Dragon Kai MMA Student of the Year

 

Black Dragon Kai BJJ Student of the Year

 

Black Dragon Kai Wrestling Student of the Year