Professional wrestler and documentary filmmaker may seem like an incongruous career combination, but these are just two of the hats worn by Rionne McAvoy.

It¡¯s the latter hat that he¡¯s been wearing recently, having completed an award-winning documentary, ¡°.¡±

The son of a martial artist, McAvoy has been training since the age of 8. After winning the Karate Queensland state title at 19, he came to Japan for the first time on a karate training trip. Wanting to delve deeper into Japanese culture, he subsequently moved back as a young adult. McAvoy is a fourth-degree black belt in aikido and an avid catch wrestler.