Head Instructor:Luke Thompson – 2nd Degree Black Belt profile
Mr Thompson has over 15 years experience and is a five time New Zealand Representative. He has numerous New Zealand, Oceania, and Worlds Titles in Sparring, Patterns, Power Breaking and Pre Arranged Sparring.
Mr Thompson recently competed in the ITF World Champs in Argentina, and won a gold medal in Individual Power Bereaking making him two time consecutive World Champion he also came home with two silver medals, PreArranged Sparring and Team Power Breaking.
Awards
Recipient of SPARC Performance Enhancement Grant 2010
Recipient of SPARC Performance Enhancement Grant 2009
Recipient of SPARC Performance Enhancement Grant 2008
Counties Manukau Sportsman of the Year 2007
Maori Sportsman of the Year Nominee 2007
Maori World Champion of the Year 2007
Maori World Champion of the Year 2010
Results from World Champs and World Cup.
2009 – 16th World Championships – Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Gold – Individual Powerbreaking
Silver - Pre Arranged Sparring
Silver - Team Power Breaking
2008 – 3rd World Cup – Riva Del Garda, Italy
Gold - Pre Arranged Sparring
2007 – 15th World Championships – Quebec, Canada
Gold - Pre Arranged Sparring
Gold - Individual Powerbreaking
Bronze – Team Patterns
Bronze – Team Powerbreaking
2005 14th World Championships – Dortmund, Germany
Silver – Individual Powerbreaking
Bronze – Team Powerbreaking
Assistant Instructors:
Mitch Rae & Corey Hunter
