Hanshi Renzie Hanham is head instructor for the Seido dojo in Christchurch – the largest and longest established karate hall in the South Island.
In the sporting arena he has over 49 years experience as a martial artist and is a black belt in judo and a 8th degree black belt in seido karate and is the senior instructor in New Zealand in that art.
A judo champion in his youth, he was the youngest black belt in New Zealand.
He then went on to study karate, represented New Zealand and lived and trained in Japan under the world renowned karate master Mas Oyama. Whilst there he appeared in the book ‘Advanced Karate’.
He is head instructor for the Seido dojo in Christchurch – the largest and longest established karate hall in the South Island.
He has instructed literally thousands of people, has trained several world champions in Seido karate and has taught in numerous countries.
Several of his students have gone on to achieve distinction in a variety of fields.
In 1993 he was part of a team invited to Tokyo to represent New York which gave demonstrations at the Meiji shrine, ran seminars and appeared on Prime Time television.
He is a director of a company Gazing Performance Systems which specialises in improving performance under pressure. The company trains people in over 60 countries and clients include major multi national blue chip companies, government departments and leading sporting organisations. The company trains in the areas of sport, business and education.
Renzie is co-developer of many of the materials used by the company. He is also responsible for the graphics and design input.
Renzie also works with a number of sports people both here and overseas and has worked for the English Rugby Unions High Performance Department, conducting seminars and workshops for coaches, players and referees.
He has worked with a number of world and Olympic champion athletes in a variety of sports and attended the Sydney Olympics with the NZ triathlon team.
Along with Dr Ceri Evans he was invited to give a talk on mental conditioning at Oxford University.
He has contributed to “Mind Games” – a book concerned with the mental aspects of performance published in London 2004. Renzie also contributed to “Endurance Sports Diary 2005’, a handbook for triathletes and Multi sporters
For the last 35 years he has had his own design business and has been a judge at the New York Art Directors Club International Design Awards. He has won an International Award for his design. Renzie also illustrates and designs books.
As a musician he has produced 4 albums and as a songwriter was a finalist at Tamworth.
He presently works as a company director, graphic designer and as a therapist at a local medical clinic. He trained under Elisabeth Kubler Ross in the USA, Australia and New Zealand as well as having a background and training in other therapeutic modalities.
Renzie’s broad background gives him a unique perspective on the building blocks to success in a variety of domains.
His work in the community was recognised recently when the city presented him with a civic award.
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