Scott Chaffey arrived at the Super Karatedo World Grand Prix in Okinawa, Japan, with redemption and speed on his mind.
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As the lightest fighter in the heavyweight division, his speed-based fight plan was an intelligent tactic.
And it was highly effective, with the famed Tamworth karate exponent making it to the gold medal bout, where he fought for his fourth world title and redemption: he believes that a low blow cost him gold at the previous Super Karatedo World Grand Prix in Canada two years ago.
He had to settle for silver in Canada. But there would be no bitter aftertaste following the Okinawa event: the 37-year-old, 94-kilogram fighter's plan was perfectly executed as he thoroughly dominated his 115kg Indian opponent.
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The fight went the distance, but Chaffey scored more than 20 points to his opponent's one. The video of the fight, which Chaffey uploaded on to Facebook, shows him kicking and punching the Indian at will.
After more than three decades spent honing his craft, in what was his first tilt at heavyweight world championship glory, the former cruisterweight produced his most dominate display at the event. In short, he delivered a clinic in fast and powerful fighting.
"He was a lot bigger than me," Chaffey said. "My game plan was ... that I was just gonna rely a lot on my explosive speed and power - get in and hit him and definitely get out before he could hit me back."
The dream result was made sweeter by Chaffey winning kata bronze, his younger sister, Kristie, winning her sixth world title and her third straight - all as a middleweight - and his six-year-old daughter, Jayda, winning silver for both fighting and kata in the five-to-seven age group.
He said his 34-year-old sibling also delivered a dominate performance in her gold medal bout.
His daughter - a world championships debutant - was "over the moon", he said, adding: "She just had such a great experience."
Chaffey said being world champion again, and representing Australia with his sister and daughter, "means a lot" to him. He intends to defend his title in two years' time.
