Achievements/Contributions

• Apart from running the Memorial University aikido club for over 20 years, was a member of the CAF board in the early 1990s.
• Played a key role in completely revising the CAF’s non-profit constitution as requested and subsequently ratified by the government of Canada.
• In 2005, led organizing of first Atlantic Canada summer camp with Kawahara Shihan. This became a biennial event (with subsequent camps held in Nova Scotia), the first Canadian summer camps to be held outside of BC.

Personal Philosophy

• As a long-time and loyal student of Kawahara Shihan, strongly believes in practice that is focused on the basics, the importance of staying true to the art’s martial roots and understanding aikido from that perspective.
• However, also believes in aikido’s role as a modern martial art that works to develop physical and mental health and build and maintain strong social ties both within the dojo and across the country.