Our Instructors
Club leadership and instructing.
Shihan Tim Leonard (6th degree blackbelt)
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Tim Leonard started his karate training in Manitoba in 1980. He opened his first karate club in 1985 at the North End YMCA in Winnipeg and then a second club in a Winnipeg community centre.
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Sensei Shane Hale (4th degree blackbelt)
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Shane started his training in 1999 at the Toshikai Dojo of Ottawa in which he is now an instructor. Shane's martial arts interests are primarily in weapons, boxing, and self-defence.
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Sensei Deb Fuchek (3rd degree blackbelt)
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Deb Fuchek began her study of martial arts at the very young age of six. From 1974-1977, she practised judo, achieving a blue belt and winning an eventual bronze medal at the Junior Olympics in Judo in Toronto in 1977.
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Blackbelts
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Shihan Tim Leonard, Rokudan (6th degree)
Sensei Shane Hale, Yondan (4th degree) Sensei Deb Fuchek, Sandan (3rd Degree) Sensei Jack Lafleur, Sandan (3rd degree) Sempai Patrick Couperus, Nidan (2nd degree) |
Sempai Rod Berek, Nidan (2nd degree)
Sempai J.F. Sauriol, Nidan (2nd degree) Sempai Matt Morin, Nidan (2nd degree) Sempai Tanya Lemaire, Shodan (1st degree) Sempai Derek Dunnett, Shodan (1st degree) |
Sempai Chris Barnett, Shodan (1st degree)
Sempai Jason Miller, Shodan (1st degree) Sempai Greg Saxe, Shodan (1st degree) Sempai Andrew Yip, Shodan (1st degree) |
