Toronto Dojo of Canada Shotokan Karate
Leader: Ryon Richards, Sandan
Direct student of Sensei Errol Bennet
First Place, Individual Kumite and Second Place, Team Kumite, Israel Shotokan 40th Anniversary Competition, 2010
Best Competitor, SKA Nisei Week, Unity, 2006
New York State Grand Champion, Kumite, 1996 and 1997
First Place, Individual Kumite and Second Place, Team Kumite, Israel Shotokan 40th Anniversary Competition, 2010
Best Competitor, SKA Nisei Week, Unity, 2006
New York State Grand Champion, Kumite, 1996 and 1997
Who we are
The Toronto Dojo is affiliated with Canada Shotokan Karate (CSK), a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching karate as a martial art and karate-do as a way of life. Canada Shotokan Karate is an affiliate of Shotokan Karate of America (SKA), founded in the United States in 1955 by Tsutomu Ohshima, one of Master Gichin Funakoshi's last students.
What we teach
Classes incorporate essential aspects of traditional CSK karate martial art training and fighting practice as well as self-defence moves. Practice includes three core components:
• Kihon (Basics, including blocks, strikes and evasions)
• Kata (Forms)
• Kumite (Sparring)
• Kihon (Basics, including blocks, strikes and evasions)
• Kata (Forms)
• Kumite (Sparring)
