SHOTOCANADA
ABOUT
ShotoCanada is a nationally incorporated, non-profit organization dedicated to the instruction of traditional Shotokan Karate. While many of our senior instructors were trained in the JKA, Tsuruoka, ISKF and other Shotokan traditions, we believe we have developed an art that is at once distinctly Canadian yet steeped in the traditions of Japanese karate-do.
Our organization is headed by an elected executive and a Technical Committee. The latter is a group of senior dans in ShotoCanada who provide technical direction, including developing the grading syllabus which in turn acts as a guide for training and belt tests.
Some of our events include:• annual summer camp,• invitational tournament called the Shotokan Challenge - a traditional ippon kumite event.• instructor training program and seminars.• area training seminars with our senior instructors and visiting experts.
Chief Instructor of ShotoCanada
Mike Scales 8 dan
President and contact person for ShotoCanada
Jean-Sebastien Rodrigue
Technical Committee
Mike Scales 8 dan
Rob Ingram 6 dan
Elizabeth Wijnstra 6 dan
Mike Maxwell 5 dan
Doug Rathy 5 dan
Jessica Moore, 5 dan
Mark Deugau, 5 dan
Guido Arnaud, 4 dan
Members of Executive Board of Directors
Mark Deugau president
Jessica Moore vice- president
Mike McGrath, treasurer
Harvey Chow, secretary
Judy Boyko, Guido Arnaud, and Gordon Doerksen directors- at-large
Our instructors November 2018. Front row, l-r: mark deugau, Elizabeth Wijnstra, Mike Scales, Rob Ingram, Jessica Moore, Mike Maxwell. Back row: Doug Rathy, Jean-Sebastien Rodrigue.
Missing Guido Arnaud, Nairn Semple