Our Instructors
Club leadership and instructing.
Toshikai Co-Founder Shihan Tim Leonard (7th 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 (5th 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 Rod Berek (4th degree blackbelt)
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Rod has been practicing karate since November 2005, taking it up at the tender age of 40. He gained his first degree black belt in May 2010 and his 4th degree black belt in May 2022. He has had a chance to train with many masters in several different styles and with several different weapons.
For his day job, Rod designs vehicle electronics for Armoured Fighting Vehicles. Besides karate, he tries to find time to play one of his guitars. He also used to practice annoying his wife, but he stopped, as one does not need to practice after they have attained perfection. |
Toshikai Co-Founder 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, Nanadan (7th degree)
Sensei Shane Hale, Gondan (5th degree) Sensei Jack Lafleur, Yodan (4th degree) Sensei Rod Berek, Yodan (4th degree) Sensei Deb Fuchek, Sandan (3rd Degree) Sempai Patrick Couperus, Sandan (3rd degree) Sempai Andrew Yip, Sandan (3rd 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, Nidan (2nd degree) Sempai Mario Drouin, Shodan (1st degree) |