"The Ultimate Recognition
in Professional Knife Throwing!"
"A club for people who love to throw knives!"
in Professional Knife Throwing!"
"A club for people who love to throw knives!"
Dr. Mike "Alamo" Bainton, Ph.D
Executive Director
International Knife Throwers
Hall of Fame
"Aut Sica Inherit, Aut Non Inherit"
(Either The Knife Sticks,
Or It Doesn't)
Or It Doesn't)
IKTHOF motto
2005 International Knife Thrower of the Year
Noted Knife Thrower Mike "Alamo" Bainton
In 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007, Dr. Bainton was the uncontested Overall Knife Throwing World Champion and missed the 2006 World Championship by one point, won by 2006 World Champion Bob "Old Dog" Pyle. Michael J. Bainton, Ph.D. of Austin, Texas, founder of the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame, started throwing knives late in life.
Since 2003, he has won first place in 45 national and World Championship competitions, making him the most prolific knife thrower in the history of Knife throwing. This is another record with the Guinness book of world records, with 30 or more competitors. He is also the only thrower to ever make a perfect score in the Impalement contest at the World Championships in Claremore, Oklahoma in 2005 and won seven of the World Championships events at the World Championships in Las Vegas in 2004. He is thought to be the number one thrower in the world today with World Championships in Conventional throwing, Impalement, Fast Draw, Obstacle course and three World championships in Tomahawk throwing and two national titles in Mountain Man throwing. His accomplishments are recorded in the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame website, www.ikthof.com and the Guinness Book of World Records for 2008.
However, Dr. Bainton's greatest pride comes from the 130 + children that attend his award winning after-school martial arts program. Now in it's 17th year of successful operation, South Austin Karate has become a touchstone by which other martial art schools and after-school programs are judged. By teaching the students lifelong values like respect for family and responsibility for education, he is creating a reward for himself and the community that will outlive any other honor he has or may achieve in his lifetime. ww.southaustinkarate.com
Congratulations to Mike Gross for winning First Place in Knife, Tomahawk, and Mountain Man throws at the NEUSKTC in New Jersey on June 20-21, 2009.
WAY TO THROW, MIKE!!
