NEW ZEALAND OKINAWA GOJU RYU KARATE PHOTO GALLERY
Over the past 25 years the New Zealand Okinawa Goju Ryu Association has produced many World, Oceania and New Zealand national champions. Listed below are members of our association that have represented New Zealand at various competitions.
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1981 World Goju Ryu Karate
Championships. Naha, Okinawa.
NZ Team 3rd Place Kumite.
Female Kumite 2nd and 3rd Place.



NZ Kumite Team Championships
(from left to right) Uehara Sensei,
Thor Tandy Sensei, Goran Glucina Sensei,
Robert Paul Sensei, Dennis May Sensei.



1985 New Zealand Team Kumite
Championships - Team Champions
Sensei Dennis May (2nd left)



Sensei Dennis May
1984 Kumite Champion



1984 Auckland Championships
Sensei Dennis May 1st Place Kumite
- Presented by Mr Holcome Thomas
Consulate General American Embassey



1984 Kumite Team Champions
(from left to right) Sensei Peter Turner,
Rex Lyes, Sensei Dennis May, Michael Shaw.



1984 Sensei Dennis May
New Zealand Kumite Champion




Tina-Lee Viskovich 3rd Dan
New Zealand National Team Member
1998 WKF World Championships, Brazil
1999 WKF Womans World Cup, Japan
1999 WKF Jnr/Cadet World Champs, Bulgaria
2000 WKF World Championships, Germany



Hon. Trevor Mallard Minister of Sports
Presents Tina-Lee Viskovich Female Kata
Karate Sportsperson of the year (1999)



Sensei May, NZ National Coach.
Tina-Lee Viskovich
WKF World Cup, Japan.



Tina-Lee Viskovich
Trans-Tasman Kumite and
Kata Champion 1997-1998



1999 International Junior
Karatedo Championships. Japan
(from left to right) Ashley Old,
McKenzie Tuala-Pine, Daimian Walker.




Tina-Lee Viskovich New South Wales
Open Championships (Australia)



Tina-Lee Viskovich.



Tina-Lee Viskovich. Jnr/Cadet WKF
World Championships, Bulgaria



Oceania Championships. Tahiti
Tina-Lee Viskovich, Daimian Walker



Tina-Lee Viskovich
Oceania Championships. Tahiti



NSW Open (Australia)


McKenzie Tuala-Pine, Yuki Mura
(Womans World Kata Championships)



(from left to right) Maraea Tuala,
McKenzie Tuala-Pine, Sensei Dennis May,
- Sensei May inducted into the New Zealand
and World Karate World of Fame



Sensei May inducted into the World
Karate Hall of Fame (from left to right)
Daimian Walker, Shirley Walker



NZ Open - Sensei Dennis May
and Auckland Goju Ryu Members



Tina-Lee Viskovich
World Championships, Bulgaria.



Tsuguo Sakumoto Sensei (World
Kata Champion), Dennis May Sensei.



Tsuguo Sakumoto Sensei,
Dennis May Sensei.



1997 Trans-Tasman
Championships, Australia



New Zealand Open 2003
- Henderson Dojo Medalists.



Ashley Old. NZ National Team Member.
Commonwealth Bronze Medalist - Kata.



McKenzie Tuala-Pine


McKenzie Tuala-Pine, 1st Place
(Gold Medal). 1999 International Junior
Karatedo Championships, Japan.



Oceanea Championships 2002 Sydney,
Australia. - Sensei Dennis May and
Henderson Club Members with Medals.



McKenzie Tuala-Pine. Gold Medalist
- International Junior Karatedo
Championships, Japan.



Dennis May Sensei and Yogi Sensei
in Naha Okinawa. - Yogi Sensei is 2 times
and the current World Okinawan
Karate/Kobudo Kata World Champion



1986 W.U.K.O. World Championships - Sydney,
Australia. (from left to right) Dennis May Sensei,
Tsuguo Sakumoto Sensei, Teruo Chinen Sensei.



Henderson Dojo Girls
(from left to right) Karen Davey, Lisa Rees-George
Karin Tempelhoff, Sonja Tempelhoff, Ashley Old