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(905) 966-2666 < Back CJCC Wado Kai Karate Sensei Shane Morin (905) 966-2666 shanedmorin@gmail.com Address 45 Hempstead Drive, Hamilton, ON, Canada Hamilton, ON, Canada L8W 2Y6 Practice Times Thursday- Juniors - 6:15-7:45 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) Thursday- Adults - 8:00-9:15 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) Sunday - Adults - 11:00-12:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

(867) 446-4355 < Back Midnight Sun Karate Sensei Aiden Cartwright (867) 446-4355 sensei-aiden@midnightsunkarate.org Address 489 Range Lake Road, Yellowknife, NT, Canada Yellowknife, NT, Canada X1A 2N5 Practice Times Wednesday - 3-6 yrs - 6:00-6:30 pm (Mountain Daylight Time) Wednesday - Family Class 7-Up - 6:40-8:00 pm Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

(807) 630-2285 < Back Thunder Bay Wado Kai Sensei Denise Baxter (807) 630-2285 tbaywadokai@gmail.com Address 655 River Street, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Practice Times Monday & Wednesday - 6:15-7:00 pm & 7-8 pm (Eastern Daylight) Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

(306) 921-3915 < Back Melfort Wado Kai Karate Sensei Jonathan Scott (306) 921-3915 melforkarateclub@gmail.com Address 550 Hutcheson Street, Melfort, SK, Canada Melfort, SK, Canada Practice Times Tuesday - Junior Class - 6:00-7:00 pm (Central Standard Time) Adult/Advance - 7:00-8:30 pm Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

< Back Iwa Yama Karate Club Sensei Walter Greening Address Spruce Grove, AB, Canada Didsbury, AB, Canada Practice Times Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

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(705) 262-0264 < Back POP Wado Kai Karate Club Sensei Melanie Camirand (705) 262-0264 mcamirand4@gmail.com Address 560 Dieppe Street, Timmins, ON, Canada Timmins, ON, Canada Practice Times Monday/Wednesday - 6-8 pm (Eastern Daylight Time) Club Website or Social Media Notes Previous Map Next

< Back Michel Gosselin - Shichidan (7th Dan) Director Sensei Michel started karate in September 1972 in Geraldton, Ontario. Circumstances were such that he changed organizations three times before earning a black belt in I.T.F. Taekwondo in March 1983 and was a member of the Canadian team at the 1984 World ITF Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Sensei Michel has been a member of the Shintani National Team since 1997. He was a competitor for 6 teams, assistant coach in kumite and was recently appointed head coach. He has represented the SWKKF in many local and international events. He has been highly influenced by his coach Sensei Ron Mattie. Sensei Michel has been the regional Representative for the Northwestern Ontario region for many years. He received the rank of Shichidan from the Senate and his instructor, Sensei Rick Leveille in December 2022. In 2002, Sensei Michel started the Nordik Wado Kai club in Hearst, Ontario at the high school where he taught for 29 years and where he hosts an annual tournament bringing together SWKKF members from across the province. Sensei Michel is a retired high school physical education teacher. He is happily married with 3 adult children. Sensei Michel has chosen the practice and promotion of Wado Kai karate as his life-style; he is proud to be a member of the Shintani Wado Kai Karate Federation. Sensei Michel is dedicated to his family and loves outdoor activities. mgosselin@shintani.ca +1 (705) 372-5227

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Wado Kai Wado is a Japanese karate style founded in 1939 by Master Hironori Otsuka. It combines Master Otsuka's early experience with classical jujutsu (also known as jujitsu) with the shotokan karate he learned as a student of Gichin Funakoshi's. Wado, meaning the "way of peace/harmony", is one of the four major styles of karate in Japan. It, perhaps, is the purest form of karate-do (the way of the empty hands). Trained in classical bujutsu (the techniques of the samurai), Master Otsuka applied this outlook and experience to his teachings. Some of the harsher resistive or hard contact elements of sparring technique, typical of many karate styles, are not present in Wado. Master Otsuka rejected hardening certain parts of the body, such as hand conditioning, as useless preparation. Hanshi Masaru Shintani was one of Master Otsuka's senior students. At the time of his death, he was the head of Wado Kai karate for North America. The aim of Wado karate is not merely perfection of the physical techniques of self-defense, but the development of a mind that is tranquil yet alive, able to react intuitively to any situation. In Wado, as skill and knowledge are acquired through training and concentrated effort, the student is expected to develop inner strength and calmness of character, as well as the virtues of self-control, respect for others, and true humility. Karate-do for Master Otsuka was primarily a spiritual discipline. Basic techniques - punching, kicking, blocking, striking with open hand, joint twisting, and trapping techniques - kata (a sequence of techniques done in certain order against imaginary opponents), and prearranged and free style sparring comprise the training foundation of this style. Equally fundamental to Wado is taisabaki, body shifting to avoid the full brunt of an attack, a technique derived from Japanese swordsmanship. Kumite (sparring) is usually judged on a point system. One referee and four corner judges determine which techniques are given a point. In free sparring, there is no contact allowed to the head, below the waist except for foot sweeps, or to the spine. Only light to medium contact is allowed to the torso. Attacks to the head and torso can all score points in a tournament. Therefore, Wado karate-ka tend to fight with explosive, close movements with an emphasis on well-controlled techniques.

Clubs Video Archive Select Year September 14, 2024 Punch Kick Choke Chat episode 168 - Sensei Neil Prime View August 29, 2023 Town Hall Meeting - August 29, 2023 View February 8, 2023 Sensei Bruce Perkins and Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Heather Fidyk. View February 8, 2023 Sensei Bruce Perkins and Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Dave Manara View September 29, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Jim Atkinson. View August 17, 2022 Sensei Neil Prime interview with Sensei Bruce Perkins View August 4, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Lou Roentgen View March 9, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Ron Mattie View March 3, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Rick Leveille View February 23, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Brad Cosby View February 24, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Denis Labbe View July 7, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins & Sensei Neil Prime interview Sensei Michel Gosselin View July 27, 2022 Sensei Bruce Perkins interview Sensei Neil Prime View April 2000 Hanshi Shintani discussing kata. View April 2000 Hanshi Shintani discussing Wado-Kai Karate Kata book. View April 2000 Hanshi Shintani discussing teaching. View Oct 21, 1991 Hanshi Shintani Oct 1991 Clinic #4 in Edmonton Alberta View Oct 20, 1991 Hanshi Shintani Oct 1991 Clinic #2 in Edmonton Alberta View Oct 19, 1991 Hanshi Shintani Oct 19, 1991 Main Clinic in Edmonton Alberta View Oct 20, 191 Hanshi Shintani Oct 1991 Clinic #3 in Edmonton Alberta View Load More