1973
South African All Styles Kumite champion Under 70 kg - 1st place.

1976
Attended a special training seminar in England with Japanese Instructor Sensei Enoeda

1976
South African All Styles Kumite championships under 70kg - 3rd place.

1976
Graded to 2nd Dan by Sensei Stan Schmidt.

1978
South African JKA championships Kata - 4th place.

1978
Graded to 3rd Dan by Sensei Stan Schmidt.

1979
South African All Styles Kumite championships - 4th place.

1981
Member of the Vaal Province Kumite team that took part in the South African Games held in Cape Town.

1983
Attended special Instructors training in Japan (Okinawa and Tokyo)

1983
Participated in Kumite at the All Japan Karate Championships held in Tokyo

1983
South African All Styles championships - Kumite 3rd place.

1987
South African SKI Championships - Team Unison Kata - 1st place.

1988
Attended special Instructors training in Japan (Tokyo).

1988
Graded to 4th Dan in Japan by Sensei H Kanazawa.

1989
South African Shotokan Championships - Team Unison Kata - 2nd place.

1991
South African Shotokan Championships - Team Unison Kata - 1st place.

1991
Coach for the SA National Shotokan team to World Shotokan Karate Championships held in Turkey.

1992
Graded to 5th Dan in Japan by Sensei H Kasuya.

1992
Coach for the SA National Shotokan team to World Shotokan Karate Championships held in Japan.

1993
Coach for the JKA National Team to the World JKA Championships held in Japan.

1995
Attended special Instructors training in France with Japanese Instructors.

1995
Coach for the JKA National Team to the World JKA Championships held in Greece.

1998
Coach for the JKA National Team to the World JKA Championships held in Switzerland.

1999
Attended special Instructors training in Japan (Tokyo).

1999
Graded to 6th Dan in Japan by Sensei Asai.

2000
Coach for National JKA Team to World JKA Championships held in Wales.

2000
National Selector for South African All Styles Karate Body (KASA).

2006
Awarded 7th Dan following an exam and approval by Yahara, Isaka and Ibusuki Sensei on 17 June 2006.

Born:    11 November 1949

Residence:    Vanderbijlpark

Marital status:    Married to Marion. Three sons, Dylan, Bryan and Warran.

Occupation:    Process control Engineer with Dow Plastics.

Other interests

Sensei Mike also plays golf (he has a handicap of 9!).

He does hiking and game watching whenever possible.