Age 70

Established the first ever permanent Aikido Shinju-Kai Headquarters, fully equipped with 2 training halls, a student and member lounge along with a café.

Age 64

Founded Aikido Shinju-Kai (E) Pte Ltd under an expansion plan to promote Aikido activities in the east areas. Invited Hombu Japan Dojo-Cho, Mitsuteru Ueshiba to officiate the opening of the new training centre at Bedok Integrated Hub – Heartbeat@Bedok.

Age 63

Awarded the grade of 7th Dan in Aikido by the Aikido World Headquarters, Japan from the third Doshu, Moriteru Ueshiba at the Annual Kagami Biraki Ceremony.

Age 60

Conferred the Title of Shihan by the Aikido World Headquarters, Japan from the third Doshu, Moriteru Ueshiba and was gifted with an 800-year-old treasured National Heritage Katana by Mr. Masaki Tani (7th Dan), Director of the International Affairs Department Hombu, Japan.

Age 56

Initiated the very first International Friendship Seminar (IFS) that sees the forging of an alliance with countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium and Singapore.

Age 51

Awarded the grade of 6th Dan in Aikido by the Aikido World Headquarters, Japan from the third Doshu, Moriteru Ueshiba at the annual Kagami Biraki Ceremony. Established the first dojo in Malaysia – Johore Bahru and also in Indonesia – Batam.

Age 50

Awarded the grade of 7th Dan in Kodachi Goshindo by the Founder, Tesundo Tanabe (International Sports Chanbarra Association, Japan) and was then appointed as the official representative for Singapore.

Age 49

Gave up his Interior & Construction business to concentrate on promoting Aikido full time.

Established the very first permanent Headquarters at HomeTeamNS – JOM Clubhouse (Balestier) at 31 Ah Hood Road.

Organised the very first Yudansha grading in Shanghai, China, inviting Kanazawa Takeshi Shihan as the Chief Examiner.

Age 48

Established his first dojo in the People's Republic of China – Shanghai.

Age 47

First to introduce and start Aikido classes at the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), with a special tailored Aikido programme for the guards unit.

Age 45

First to introduce and start Aikido at the Gurkha Contingent – a special unit of the Singapore Police Force, with a specially tailored practical Aikido programme for police officers. Awarded the grade of 5th Dan in Aikido by the Aikido World Headquarters, Japan.

Age 36

Clinched the Gold Medal in the Open Kodachi Category Championship held in Yokohama, Japan.

Age 35

The first Singaporean to have been awarded a teaching certificate in Kodachi Goshindo (Defence against short weapons attack) by the Headquarters, Japan – International Sports Chanbara Association.

Age 34

Founded Aikido Shinju-Kai with his first dojo at SAFRA Tampines.

Age 31

Started his own Interior & Construction Company. Joined the Special Constabulary of Singapore Police Force at the Police Academy as a Physical Training Instructor. Appointed as the Officer-in-Command (OC) in the Physical Training Department Police Academy in later years of service till 2011.

Age 28

Founded the first permanent dojo at SAFRA Bukit Merah. Shihan Philip was one of the founding members of Aikikai Singapore where he held the position of Secretary General and member of Board of Supervisors till year 2002.

Age 27

Was one of the first two Singaporeans to have been given the privilege to train at the Aikido World Headquarters, Japan as a live-in student (Uchideshi programme) under the second Doshu, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, and various Hombu Shihans.

Age 25

Appointed as an Instructor under Aikikai Singapore and was then actively involved in the development of Aikido in Singapore.

Age 24

Graduated in Architectural Draughtsmanship at the Singapore Polytechnic and worked in Architectural firms till year 1985.

Age 19

Served 2 years full time National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) at the School of Combat Engineers.

Age 17

Started Aikido training with Sensei Harry Ng at the YMCA, Stevens Road.

Age 9

First started Martial Arts training in Wushu and then followed by the next 3 decades in various forms of Martial Arts — Judo, Taichi, Karate and Kodachi Goshindo (defence against weapons attack, now known as Sports Chanbara).