Aikido

Although no longer practicising Aikido, as a young man I spent some time trying to learn this art, achieving limited success. Despite that, I still have a certain fondness for it. My primary teacher was Richard Ostrofsky in Ottawa. I spent a small amount of time in Victoria trying to reconnect with the art, but did notcontinue for long. Click above to learn more about this intriguing art. (exiting this site)

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Can Ryu Jiu-Jitsu

Although no longer practicising Can Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, as a young man I learned to continually re-evaluate my martial arts from Professor Georges Sylvain, founder of Can Ryu Jiu-Jitsu and the founder of the Canadian Jiu-Jitsu Union. Click above tolearn more about this intriguing art. (exiting this site)

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Mixed Martial Arts

I have had instruction in Western Kickboxing from several teachers over the years, and this complements Balintawak Eskrima very well, since the body mechanics are very similar in both arts. I have done a little study over the last year at a couple of Mixed Martial Arts clubs, where the mix was primarily Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and kick boxing - Western Kickboxing and Thai Boxing. These arts are very good, and the ground grappling component is especially worthwhile for me, since I have had very little of this training over the years.

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Chen Style Taijiquan (T'ai ChiCh'uan)

Chen Style Taijiquan is the original style of Taijiquan. I have practiced some components of Chen Style Taijiquan continually since the late 1990s. This study has deepened my understanding of biomechanics for power generation and the use of leverage and balance. Click above to learn more about this intriguing art. (exiting this site).

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Reality-based martial arts

A number of martial artists now promote a broadly-based and eclectic approach to self-defence, often collectively called reality-based training. The objectives of these people is typically very different from those sport-fighters, and the curriculum typically encompasses much more than technique. It includes risk management, negotiation, legal implications of self-defence, strategies for use and avoidance of weapons, and many other practical topics. Technically, the techniques are closest to a small sub-set of what is being used in Mixed-Martial arts, Eskrima, Combat Judo, and other disciplines. The training constraints are different, the real-world constraints are different, and the art is different. Click above to learn more about this approach to self-defence (exiting this site).

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Chito Ryu Karate

The martial arts of Okinawa were heavily influenced by the military skills of the Chinese, but they have been strongly shaped by the Okinawan creativity for fighting tactics. Although I no longer involve myself in this art, it was my first, and I still know the techniques.

Canadian Chito Ryu KarateKarate was first taught in Canada on a commercial basis by Mas Tsuruoka of Toronto, in the early 1960s. He was a student of Doctor Chitose who was the founder of Chito Ryu or "1000 year" style. Mas Tsuruoka produced many fine black belts in the Toronto area, and his legacy still exists, although there has been the commonplace splitting of the style, as various instructors have taken independent paths. My lineage may be traced through Sensei Andre Langelier, of Ottawa, who taught in the 1960s and early 1970s. He was a direct student of Mas Tsuruoka. I was his student from 1965 to 1972. At that time, he ceased teaching to follow other pursuits. In the Ottawa Valley Region, his immediate students included people such as Fern Cleroux, Harry and Gilles Villeneuve, Georges Sylvain, Pierre Myre and many others. In the early 1970s Sensei Bob Smith and Sensei McArthur moved to Vancouver BC. Some of these instructors are still active, and have spawed several new generations of students. One of these, Sensei Harvey Brown, has a web site. See: Ottawa Chito Kai - Sensei Harvey Brown. On that site, Sensei Brown gives a little more detail of the history of Karate in Ottawa. The link between Sensei Brown and myself is that when he first started training at Langelier's club, I was the person who instructed beginners for the first 2-4 weeks of their training. After I was graded for 1st kyu, it was a requirement to do so for a year, and I did it for about a year and one half, consistently. As far as I can remember (and Sensei Brown thought that this might be the case when I talked to him a few years back), I gave him his earliest lessons. So, I found that personally gratifying.

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