Michel Nader of the Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy is the December Student of the Month. Michel credits his parents for enrolling him in karate classes at the age of 10. The hope was to improve his confindence, get him involved in the community and ingrain a healthy lifestyle in him. It did all of that and more. […]
Emily Marsh of the Parrsboro IKD is the November Student of the Month. Emily is a 10 year old that started training at the Parrsboro club in September 2013. She was drawn to karate to learn self defence. Her favorite part of training is the warm up before class and that she can spend time with her […]
Jonathan Bradet-Legris of the Mount Allison University Shotokan Karate club is the October Student of the Month. Jonathan, who current holds the rank of Nidan and is in his second year of study at Mount Allison University. He has trained in Amherst at the Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy for years. When he started attending Mount Allison last […]
Jeff Alward of the PEI Shotokan Karate Daigaku is the September Student of the Month. Jeff lives in Charlottetown with his wife and son. He is a freelance graphic artist and illustrator. Jeff recently released his first graphic novel. He started training with the PEI club in 2000 and is currently a 2nd Dan. Jeff’s favorite part […]
Jenna Stewart of the Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy is the August Student of the Month. Jenna is 11 years old and about to enter grade 6. She began training in September 2012 at the Amherst Shotokan Karate Academy under the instruction of Shihan David and Sensei Janice Pyke. “I was always interested in some type of self […]
Jim Ledgerwood of the Moncton IKD – St. Pat’s is the July Student of the Month. Jim is originally from Cambridge, Ontario and started his karate training at the Edmunston club in 1989. For nearly 30 years, on and off, Jim has been involved in the martial arts. He has also training in Uechi Ryu karate another […]
Denise Cotton-Dickinson of the Parrsboro IKD is the June Student of the Month. Denise is currently a 6th kyu. She started training after working as part of the 2013 IKD Canada Cup scorekeeping staff. Her daughter had been training for several years at this point but after experiencing the National event she wanted to be more than […]
Jammy Lu of the PEI Shotokan Karate Daigaku is the May Student of the Month. Jammy is thirteen years old and is from GuangZhou, China. He has been living on Prince Edward Island for 2 years. Jammy and his brother Jacky started his training in 2013 after a discussion with their parents. They wanted to have some […]
Martine Pelletier of the Shediac IKD is the April Student of the Month. Martine started karate in 2012. She wanted to learn self defense, build up her confidence and keep in shape. What was even more important is that it would be something that her and her son could do together. So many karate families are training […]
Mizuki Matsuura of Mount Allison Shotokan Karate is the March Student of the Month. Mizuki joined the Mount Allison Club in January 2014 and has been a stellar student from her first class. Mizuki is from Suita, OSAKA, Japan and it attending University in Sackville, NB at Mount Allison. When she was young, her big brother used […]