User:Slaven02/Kyoshi Shihan Tom Slaven

Kyoshi Tom Slaven’s career as a martial artist began in Scotland where he excelled as an amateur wrestler. When he came to Australia, he took up Nippon Kempo, in which he reached 2nd Dan Black Belt and later, Kyokushin-Kai karate, one of the hardest style of Karate there is under the worldwide leadership of the famous Mas Oyama. Tom reached 3rd Dan in Kyokushin. In addition, he achieved his Black Belt in Korean Tae Kwon-Do and studied Kung-Fu (Ying-Ye style), Instructor to Instructor, before founding Kempo Karate-do. He also spent six months in Thailand working out with the professional Thai kick boxers. He has instructed members of the Australian Special Forces, and through his security work, he was a personal bodyguard to Gough Whitlam, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt and others. He was security co-ordinator at the construction site of the new Parliament House in Canberra, where he has looked after many International Dignatories, the most famous being Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Believing tameshiwari (breaking) is the ultimate test of the mind and body, Tom set World Records in ice-breaking (2,200lbs) and for the number of cement blocks broken in one hour (4,378). Each of these successful attempts raised unprecedented funds for Children’s Charities. Watch Kyoshi Shihan Tom Slaven achieve the world record tameshiwari (breaking), it is the ultimate test of the mind and body fused together as one. Smashing through 1 Tone of ice in a single elbow strike