INDUCTED INTO AMAHOF 2024
Louie Dimou, Head Instructor (Boosabum) of Full Impact Taekwon-Do was inducted into AMAHOF membership on Saturday, August 17th, 2024 in Adelaide.
AMAHOF unites and gives recognition to influential martial artists throughout Australasia who develop high ethical and technical abilities within the broader martial arts and associated Industry. (More Below)
Images from the AMAHOF presentation on Saturday, August 17th, 2024 in Adelaide.
ABC North and West
Kicking goals in martial arts!
Port Pirie Taekwondo athlete and instructor Louie Dimou has been inducted into the Australian Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
Louie has been practising Taekwondo for 43 years. Congratulations Louie!
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Neos Kosmos
Taekwondo instructor Louie Dimou details “surreal” Hall of Fame induction
south Australian Taekwondo instructor Louie Dimou was recently inducted into the Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame.
On the weekend of August 16-18, he was recognised for his 40+ years of contribution to martial arts.
The Port Pirie native told Neos Kosmos that it is surreal talking about his induction.
“It was so over so overwhelming and it was an honour to be amongst so many great martial artists and to be acknowledged into a Hall of Fame,” he said.
“I never ever dreamt of being even nominated let alone being inducted.”
Hon Geoff Brock MP
A very special thank you to MP Geoff Brock for the letter of acknowledgment to Louie Dimou into the AMAHOF hall of fame.
Port Pirie Recorder
PORT PIRIE - A local Taekwon-Do instructor and martial artist will be inducted into the Australian Martial Artists Hall of Fame (AMAHOF) in August in recognition of over 15 years of continuous service. Louie Dimou is the man at the front of Full Impact Taekwon-Do that he established and has run in Pirie as Head Instructor for six years and he said that he is honored to be inducted into the hall of fame. “It is a testament to the hard work that I have put in over the years to better myself and pass my knowledge onto other members of the community. “The nomination process is very intense and lengthy - it began when my Master, Steve Weston, an 8th degree black belt, nominated me.” The category he has been awarded in recognizes artists who have significantly contributed to martial arts development, and have achieved a minimum of 3rd Dan or equivalent and higher in their chosen martial art.
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Neos Kosmos
South Australian Taekwon-Do instructor Louie Dimou is being inducted into the Australasian Martial Arts Hall of Fame in August. Based in Port Pirie, 223km north of Adelaide, Dimou has trained for nearly 43 years and took over the school when his old instructor retired in 2018, rebranding it to Full Impact ITF Taekwon-Do. Now he is being recognised for his contribution to martial arts with an induction into the Hall of Fame with a Category Three Continual Excellence and Service to the Australasian Martial Arts Community Award. “It’s an honour to be inducted and it’s a testament to my hard work that I’ve put in over the years on behalf of myself and over the years passing my knowledge to all my students and everyone in the in the community,” Dimou told Neos.