Black Dragon Kai Awards
The following list of Awards are awarded to members of Black Dragon Kai for outstanding achievements, accomplishments and exceptional effort.
Strongest Student of the Year
- 1997 - Paul Broadbent (male)
- 1997 - Jasman Haack (female)
- 1998 - Sam Nest (male)
- 1998 - Jasman Haack (female)
- 1999 - Chris Handley (male)
- 1999 - Jessica Lavers-McBain (female)
- 2000 - David White (male)
- 2000 - Kara Voznaks (female)
- 2001 - Jay Thong (male)
- 2001 - Amanda Giblin (female)
- 2002 - Peter Blackburn (male)
- 2002 - Rebekah Bardsley (female)
- 2003 - Ray Butcher (male)
- 2003 - Alyce Grant (female)
- 2004 - Doug Lavers-McBain (male)
- 2004 - Linda Furlong (female)
- 2005 - Chris Noble
- 2006 - Rebekah Bardsley
- 2007 - Doug Lavers-McBain
- 2008 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2009 - Daniel White
- 2010 - Peter Blackburn
- 2011 - Keith Craig
- 2012 - Nick Vanderzee
- 2013 - Sean Olsen
- 2014 - David McArthur
- 2015 - David Bestmann
- 2016 - Kara Heit
- 2017 - David White
- 2018 - Gemma Holden
- 2019 - Harley Osgood
- 2020 - Jack Spark
- 2021 - Nachi Masuda
- 2022 - Drew Vela
- 2023 - Jordon Zaphir
- 2024 - Talicia Gosley
Combat Athlete of the Year
- 1999 - Sam Nest
- 2001 - Catherine Carlotto
- 2003 - Bianca Hutchesson
- 2004 - Kelly Glover
- 2005 - Duane Sheppard
- 2006 - Duane Sheppard
- 2007 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2008 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2009 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2010 - Sean Olsen
- 2011 - Cara Johnson
- 2012 - Daniel White
- 2013 - Yoshi Ueda
- 2014 - Daniel White
- 2015 - Sean Olsen
- 2016 - Alex McAntee
- 2017 - Talicia Gosley
- 2018 -
- 2019 -
- 2020 - Nachi Masuda
- 2021 - Sean Olsen
- 2022 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2023 - Sean Olsen
- 2024 - Declan Corcoran
Up & Coming Combat Athlete of the Year
- 2003 - Peter Burgess
- 2003 - Robert Melrose
- 2004 - Duane Sheppard
- 2005 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2006 - Bridget Woods
- 2007 - Bridget Woods
- 2008 - Paul Patten
- 2009 - Simon Joyce
- 2010 - Carlin Bull
- 2011 - Daniel White
- 2012 - Harley Osgood
- 2013 - Gavin Hain
- 2014 - Luther Kruger
- 2015 - Alex McAntee
- 2016 - Talicia Gosley
- 2017 - Jeremy Hale
- 2018 - Jane Jacobson
- 2019 - Lance Raftery
- 2020 - Taylah Phillips
- 2021 - Declan Corcoran
- 2022 - Isabella Ferraro
- 2023 - Jacob Mills
- 2024 - Ayla Briscoe
Supporter of the Year
- 2009 - David Bestmann
- 2010 - David McArthur
- 2011 - Debbie Nevan
- 2012 - Lee Warnes
- 2013 - Dylain Warnes
- 2014 - Ray Smith
- 2015 - Heit Family
- 2016 - Cameron Bass
- 2017 - Leasa Cairns
- 2018 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2019 - Tish Harris
- 2020 - Drew Vela
- 2021 -
- 2022 - Ayla Briscoe
- 2023 - Kara Heit
- 2024 - Lance Raftery
Leadership Award
- 2014 - Peter Blackburn
- 2015 - Doug Lavers-McBain
- 2016 - Daniel White
- 2017 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2018 - David Bestmann
- 2019 - Sean Olsen
- 2020 - Kara Heit
- 2021 - Harley Osgood
- 2022 - Jack Spark
- 2023 - Drew Vela
- 2024 - James Nunn
Black Dragon Kai Spirit Award
- 2014 - Doug Lavers-McBain
- 2015 - Daniel White
- 2016 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2017 - Peter Blackburn
- 2018 - Chris Noble
- 2019 - Kara Heit
- 2020 - David White
- 2021 - Sean Olsen
- 2022 - Jordon Zaphir
- 2023 - David McArthur
- 2024 - Drew Vela
Outstanding Single Performance Award
- 2014 - Yoshi Ueda - World Muay Thai Champion fight won
- 2015 - Jessica Lavers-McBain - Oceania Wrestling final won in under a minute
- 2016 - Allan Poppleton - Won his MMA debut with an outstanding display of heart
- 2017 - Talicia Gosley - 3 times Silver Medalist in the BJJ Wold Championships - breaking the her opponents in the finals of the openweight
- 2018 - Sean Olsen - Won the Kudo Melbourne Open, then fought a Kyokushin Super Fight on the same day
- 2019 - Nicholas McCartney - Won his first wrestling match by chaining together a takedown and leglace combination, that secured the win within the first 30seconds of his match.
- 2020 -
- 2021 - Nachi Masuda - Won two divisions on the same day at the Australian Wrestling Nationals. A feat that has never been done before and due to a change rules due her wins, will never be done again.
- 2022 - Jessica Lavers-McBain - won all her matches by pin including against two international opponents from Singpore at the Wrestling Nationals. Her performance was the strongest female wrestlers performance at the competition.
- 2023 - Declan Corcoran - won an MMA fight by sticking to the gameplan which resulted in him being awarded Knock Out of the Night by XFC.
- 2024 - Declan Corcoran - won a Muay Thai fight with great aggression and pressure that in the end resulted in breaking his opponent's Shin with a Leg Check.
Lifetime Members of Black Dragon Kai
- Doug Lavers-McBain
- Peter Blackburn
- Chris Noble
- Daniel White
- David White
- Jessica Lavers-McBain
- David McArthur
- David Bestmann
Black Dragon Kai Modern Martial Arts Student of the Year
- 2018 - Doug Lavers-McBain
- 2019 - Daniel White
- 2020 - Peter Blackburn
- 2021 - David White
- 2022 - Kara Heit
- 2023 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2024 - Sean Olsen
Black Dragon Kai Muay Thai Student of the Year
- 2018 - Daniel White
- 2019 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2020 - Sean Olsen
- 2021 - David Bestmann
- 2022 - Kelly Glover
- 2023 - Mark Rixon
- 2024 - Josh Mitchell
Black Dragon Kai MMA Student of the Year
- 2018 - Harley Osgood
- 2019 - Brendan Smith
- 2020 - Daniel White
- 2021 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2022 - Sean Olsen
- 2023 - Declan Corcoran
- 2024 - Jacob Mills
Black Dragon Kai BJJ Student of the Year
- 2018 - Talicia Gosley
- 2019 - Jane Jacobsen
- 2020 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2021 - Daniel White
- 2022 - Harley Osgood
- 2023 - Aaron Johnston
- 2024 - Kevin Rogers
Black Dragon Kai Wrestling Student of the Year
- 2018 - Jessica Lavers-McBain
- 2019 - Nachi Masuda
- 2020 - Nicholas McCartney
- 2021 - Isabella Ferraro
- 2022 - Luke Davies-Webby
- 2023 - Ayla Briscoe
- 2024 - Luke Davies-Webby