St. Catharines Wado Kai Karate

at 8 Augusta Ave., Saint Catharines , L2M 5R2 Canada

1. Martial Arts
2. Martial Arts School

The St.Catharines Wado Kai Karate Club, (est. 1987), teaches traditional Karate with a realistic approach to self defense.

Description

St. Catharines Wado Kai Karate (est 1987) The St. Catharines club is located in the center of the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. We are surrounded by a large number of SWKKF clubs including Niagara on the Lake, Welland, Port Colborne, Ridgeway, and Fort Erie all within the region. We are also affiliated with our friends South of the border in Buffalo. Sensei Shintani started teaching in St. Catharines at Brock University in the early 1970s and at the Fairview Mall around 1977. It was at that time where I started my karate training. Being centrally located to a number of clubs and being privileged enough to have Sensei Shintani running the classes, the St.Catharines club was very fortunate to have a number of visitors on any given night, most of whom were up and coming black belts themselves. In the mid-late 1980s Sensei Shintani focused more on training his black belts which took much more dedication to traveling and the club was left to the local black belts to run. Due to a number of circumstances and personal commitments by these instructors the club dissipated. At that time, I was a brown belt with a hefty appetite to continue learning and working out so I started calling around and found that Sensei Mike Bannister and Sensei Tony Robles were teaching a kids class at a local school. Sensei Mike was interested in expanding his commitment and assisted me in starting the St.Catharines Wado Kai where the adult classes were being held. Soon thereafter the clubs amalgamated to become one. Since the inception of the club in 1987 there have been many dedicated people that have left positive impressions on the members of the club and our community. Instructors like Mike Bannister, Martin Boerma, Roberto Scolaro, Peter Leitch, Barry Irwin, Alex Fast, & Don Gemmell. Our club is constantly evolving. Our current instructors include Sensei Brad Cosby (Hachidan, 8th degree – senate member, technical advisor), Neil Prime (Rokudan, 6th degree, regional rep – former National Team member), Walt Fast (Rokudan, 6th degree - former National Team member) Henry Bergen (Godan, 5th degree), Lauren (Fast) Pankratz (Yodan, 4th degree - National Team Member, Club Rep), Ronalda Melanson (Sandan, 3rd degree) & Kent Graham (Shodan, 1st degree). To find out more about our club, read some great articles and see some cool action pictures of our history of events you can visit the official website to the St. Catharines Wado Kai Karate Club at www.wadokaikarate.com If you’re from an area club and looking for an extra workout or traveling through the area we’d love to have you drop in. As in all the Shintani clubs, visitors are always welcome.

Opening time

• Mondays: 18:00- 21:30
• Wednesdays: 19:00- 20:00
• Thursdays: 18:00- 21:30

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Summary

St. Catharines Wado Kai Karate is Saint Catharines based place and this enity listed in Martial Arts category. Located at 8 Augusta Ave. ON L2M 5R2. Contact phone number of St. Catharines Wado Kai Karate: (647) 463-5828