World Wide Martial Arts Hall of Fame 2003

The 4th Annual WWMAHOF was held on June 7, 2003, at the beautiful Bonnie Castle Resort, 1000 Islands, Alexandria Bay, New York,

by your Hosts:  Mark Hanson and Master Tom Merritt.

The following were inducted into the 2003 World Wide Martial Arts Hall of Fame:

MENTOR/ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR: 

Vincent Lyn, Cynthia Rothrock, Don 'The Dragon' Wilson

PIONEER LEGEND: 

Mark Shuey

GOLDEN LIFETIME: 

James Gordon

SILVER LIFE:  

James Jackson, Frank Kushner

GRANDMASTER OF THE YEAR: 

Randall Choy, Steven Dowd, Bernd Hohle, Lajos Kalmar, George Maughan, Jimmy Steger, Gary Wasniewski

MASTER INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR: 

Chad Barry, George Fusco, Timothy Hartman, Jeffrey Helaney, Peter Kobashigawa, Lynford Lovell, Nicoloe Maguire, John Miller, Henry Sieczkos, Dennis Torres, Daniel Valin

MASTER OF THE YEAR: 

 James Cahill, Dennis Campo, William Entrekin, Alexandru Hevesi, Franz Katzlberger, Erhard Kellner, Marianne Kellner, Tamas Lengyel, Robert Lisle, Dennis Hu, Robert Kuter, Paul Snider, Charles Sturgill, Larry Weems

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR:

  Sheila Adams, Ted Alderman, Alexandru Ballai, Rick Castellini, Manuela Ceglinski, Dave Elliott, Bennie Gonzalaz, Richard Hoyer, Ronald Jones, David Kalmar, Scott Kuhfeldt, Jenny Kushner, Ella Lee, Lauro Medina, Richard Quariquio, David Skube, Robert Traina, Vincent Vergara, Cam Zuefelt

BLACK BELT OF THE YEAR:

Staci Barnes, Elizabeth Byrd, Matthew Congdon, Roseann Fusco, Corinna Glueck, Walter Holmes, Eric Hoskins, Evva Johnson, Deborah Petrie, Julia Preston-Fulton, Joseph Rusaw, Elizabeth Roshdy, Karista Smeets

 STUDENT OF THE YEAR:

  Brandon Arigo, Mark Gordan, Michael Grimes, Imre Gyorfi, Ian Hathaway, Andrew Loosen, Michael Marotta, Tim Miller, Kyle Ramey, Shirley Rath, Diane Romano, Victor Rowland, Matthew Smith, Terry Tait

MALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR:

  Billy Clark, Brandon Meade

FEMALE COMPETITOR OF THE YEAR:

  Kerri Jenkins, Joan Marie Stadler

SCHOOL OF THE YEAR:

  Assembly of the Fighting Arts, Family Academy of Martial Arts

OUTSTANDING ORGANIZATION:

  Modern Martial Arts Family Fitness Centre

MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

  Edward Badiang, Terryl Elder, Rob Geleynse, Martha Pilotti-Gerty, Tony Samre, John Wade, Earl Woodbury

JR. MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR:

Miguel Lopez Jr., Sharon Rincon, Ryan Toomey

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE MARTIAL ARTS:

  Nicasio Acevedo, Jens Fricke, Gene Holden, Jeremy Hughes, Edward Kuhlmann, Christine Michelini, Miguel Lopez Sr., Dave Shelton, Jeff Turner, Miklos Varga

MAN OF THE YEAR:

  Derek Spadora

WOMAN OF THE YEAR:

  Kimberly Arnold, Maria Mercedes Monge

EDITOR OF THE YEAR:

  Ric Meyers

HUMANITARIAN AWARD: 

 Rocky Farley, John W. Smith

MOST SUPPORTIVE PARENT(S) / GRANDPARENT(S):

  Sandor Gordan, Klara Kalmar, Jill LaCount, Marcia Loosen, Sandy Price

OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE:

  Terry Jones, Roy Tittle

IN MEMORY OF:

  General Choi Hong Hi, Donald Meyer I, Evelyn Terramiggi

2ND YEAR IN ATTENDANCE:

  Don 'the dragon' Wilson, Brandon Arigo, Ryan Arigo, Kimberly Arnold, Dennis Campo, Matthew Congdon, Dave Elliott, William Entrekin, Bernard Galka, Corinna Glueck, Jeffrey Helaney, Alexandru Hevesi, Gene Holden, Marcia Loosen, John Miller, Martha Pilotti-Gerty, Julia Preston-Fulton, Curtis Rath, Henry Sieczkos, David Skube, Jimmy Steger, Steve Stewart, Daniel Valin, Miklos Varga

3RD YEAR IN ATTENDANCE:

Nicasio Acevedo, Michael Gambill, Erhard Kellner, Marianne Kellner, Edward Kuhlmann, Ric Meyers, Christine Michelini, Deborah Petrie, Michael Petrie, Thomas Petrie, Elizabeth Roshdy, Charles Sturgill

4TH YEAR IN ATTENDANCE:

Cynthia Rothrock, Vincent Lyn, Rocky Farley, Carlene Hanson, Edward Hanson, Frank Kushner, Judy Merritt, John Smith, Justin Smith

You may contact the WWMAHOF at:  info@wwmahof.com