Biography
Technical Director of SKIF of Canada
Former President of SKIF of Canada
2019 Promoted to 9th Dan
2015 Torch bearer for the 2015 Pan American Games, Toronto, Canada
2009 Gold medalist x 3, 10th S.K.I.F. World Championships, Athens, Greece
2008 Promoted to 8th Dan
3-time SKIF Master’s Kata world champion: 1997 in Milan, 2000 in Bali, 2006 in Tokyo
2006 Awarded Hanshi rank October 1
2004 Passed Hanshi (Grand Master) examination
2003-2005 Chairperson for the Technical Committee of Karate Ontario, the governing body for Karate in Ontario
2002 & 2003 All-Japan Karate Championship Master’s Division Kata Champion
2001 Inducted into Karate Ontario Hall of Fame
2000 Tai Chi Chuan Shihan on September 9
1994 Inducted into the Belleville Sports Hall of Fame