Josh Nelson 3rd Dan
Josh Nelson is a 3rd Dan Provincial certified instructor in Fort McMurray.
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Sean Meehan 5th Dan
Sean Meehan began his karate training in the United Kingdom in 1990. But it wasn’t until he immigrated to Canada, and began training under Sensei Hanratty that he began to take his Karate training seriously. A national team member since 2003, Sean has competed on multiple continents and in local, national, and international levels of…
John Hanratty 8th Dan
Sensei John Hanratty has been training and teaching Shotokan Karate for over 40 years. He is Head Instructor to the Canadian Shotokan Karate Association; acting Vice President of the World Shotokan Karate Association as well as technical chair to American JKA. For 12 years Sensei Hanratty was the Provincial Coach for Karate Alberta, the provincially…
Robert Hargreaves 6th Dan
Robert Hargreaves, Roku-Dan CSKA, is the Head Instructor and founder of the Parkland Shotokan Karate Association and President of the Fort McMurray Shotokan Karate Association where he taught for many years and still visits to teach. Sensei is a student of Sensei John Hanratty, Hachi-Dan, CSKA Chief Instructor. A past member of the CSKA National Team…
Chic Sharp 5th Dan
Sensei Chic Sharp is a fifth degree black belt with 31 years training experience, for 27 years he has been the chief instructor of Revelstoke Shotokan Karate club, and Chief Instructor of CSKA BC. Sensei Sharp is a member of the CSKA technical committee, and executive committee, he has also served as National Coach for…
Chris Ripco 6th Dan
Chris has been training for the past 21 years, and teaching for 18 years. He started his training in Fort McMurray and moved to Calgary to continue his studies with Sensei Hanratty. He serves as one of the CSKA Honbu Club Directors and is one of the Sensei Hanratty’s senior instructors. Chris was also given…
Paul Wohlgemuth 4th Dan
Paul Wohlgemuth (Yondan) serves as the Treasurer of the Fort McMurray Shotokan Karate Association and has a lengthy competition record, culminating in three appearances as a CSKA team member at the WSKA Championships, (2001, 2003, 2005). He was the team captain for two of these (2003, 2005). Paul is a National Canadian Coaching Program certified…
Ahmad Kabalan 4th Dan
Sensei Ahmad Kabalan (Yondan) is the Head instructor KABZ Martial arts Lac La Biche and a Vice President at the Fort McMurray Shotokan Karate Association. Sensei Ahmad is 4th Dan Shotokan and Black belt BJJ north American gold medal in BJJ. He also a member of the CSKA National Team and competed at 3 WSKA championships…
Zen Bogoslowski 1st Dan
Zen Bogoslowski is the president and the instructor for the Dauphin Karate Club in Dauphin Manitoba. He has trained with Sensei Bob Fraser for 18 years and has instructed in Dauphin for 10 years. Hours of Operation: Monday and Thursday Children 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Adults 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Smith Jackson School Gym…
Julie Hanratty 1st Dan
Julie Hanratty is a Calgary based Junior instructor who has been training for 15 years. She instructs and coaches pee wee group and is also manager for Team Canada.