Peter Mylonas, Kancho
Chairman & Chief Instructor
Australia's leading Kempo Instructor

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• 8th Dan - Kancho

• Chairman & Chief Instructor Kempo Genbu Ryu International Karate Organisation (KRIKO)

• President / Founder World Martial Arts Championships  (WMAC) this includes AMAC, NZMAC, JMAC & USMAC etc

• Graded 2023, 8th Dan, Kancho by a panel of Japan and international Karate Kancho(s), Hanshi and Shihan(s)

• International Instructor of the Year 2004 Kumite World Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame

• Kempo Instructor of the Year 1998 Blitz Martial Arts Magazine Hall of Fame

• Martial Artist of the Year - Pronmter 2022 - Martial Arts Australia and Australian Marial ARts Magazine

• International Full Contact Karate Referee* (Japan) * Kyokushin IKO-Matsushima

• Australia's No. 1 - Referee/Judge (Full Contact & Non Contact)

• International Karate Referee/Judge (Full Contact & Non Contact)

• 1997 & 1998 Judge/Referee of the Year (NAS)

• Australian Karate Champion (Full Contact)

• Okinawa Karate Teaching License

• Founder of Sydney Junior Games &  the Australian Martial Arts Championships -AMAC

• Kempo Karate training since 1978

• Australian Karate Coach - Kempo World Titles, Sweden

• Australian Team Kempo Ryu Coach - World Titles WASO Australia

• MBA graduate UWS

Kancho Mylonas is one Australia’s most respected Karate teachers with experience in tournaments, a former Australian champion in full contact Kumite (sparring), Kata & Self Defence . He regularly travels for Seminars introducing Kempo Ryu to different disciplines within the Martial Arts community.

Kancho Mylonas also travels across different parts of the world conducting seminars on Kempo Ryu, he is one of the most sought after instructors, he is 'invited' to attend; he does not have his own organisation conducting these invitations. This is a show of respect that he has earned over his time in teaching, competing and practicing his Kempo Ryu art.

Having trained in Japan, Europe and naturally his homeland of Australia, Kancho Mylonas now conducts teaching seminars in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Kancho Mylonas is one of the rare instructors that is invited to various Black Belt gradings in Australia. He and his team of Black Belts are asked by various different organisations to participate in these gradings. Known as some of the best full contact fighters Kancho Mylonas and his team of Black Belts attend these sessions as ambassadors of good, strong and traditional Budo Karate-ka.

With no doubt at all - he is Australia's number one (1) referee and judge of any Martial Art event in Australia, again he is sought after in this field. Known for his unbiased, quick and accurate decisions, he is known to be the ‘best of the best’. His control of all matches and the respect he receives from competitors gives everyone the comfort of knowing he is in control of the competition arena, focused on fairness and safety. He was the National Technical Director and Chairman of the Australia Referee Board, which made him the number one referee in Australia. He resigned from this position in 2005 to concentrate on the Kempo Ryu organisation and his teaching commitments overseas and Australia. 

Kancho Mylonas founded the Australian Martial Arts Championships (AMAC) in 1998 which now AMAC operates as a National Martial Arts tournament circuit for all styles. He is the President and this organisation and also the President of the World Body - the World Martial Arts Championships (WMAC).

He is the founder of Australia’s fastest growing tournaments; the Sydney Junior Games and the original  Australian Martial Arts Championships (under the Kempo Ryu banner), with these two events Kancho Mylonas added a new dimension to the tournament scene in Australia. These tournaments have been held at the Sydney Sports Centre, the venue for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

Kancho Mylonas was the Coach of Team Australia at the World Titles in Sweden in 2005, with all team members achieving Gold, Silver or Bronze medals making the Australian Team the most successful team (per capita).

He was invited to participate as a Judge/Referee at the Kyokushin World Cup 2006 in Sydney Australia - the first non Kyokushin person ever to do so. This is an example of the skill and respect Kancho Mylonas receives as a result of his training and naturally of the students he produces. Further, at this World Cup he received an International Judge referee certificate from the head of the IKO-Matsushima Kancho Matsushina and Vice President Hanshi John Taylor. The only non Kyokushin Karate– ka to be invited to referee and receive this certification within the history of Kyokushin Karate.

Finally, Kancho enjoys the company & respect of some the best Martial Arts instructors in Australia and around the world; placing him in an elite group of achievers where rank does not speak rather the work of past efforts, the vision of the future and the respect that both brings to a Karate-Ka that devotes their life to the Way of Budo.