Our Instructor

Karate Certifications/

Achievements

• 6th Degree Black Belt, Rokudan, 2019

• National Canadian Coaching Program (NCCP) Certification, 2011

• International Qualified Judging Certification, 2010, most recently judging at: Pan American ISKF Tournament in Panama City, Panama, August 2018; & U.S. ISKF Nationals, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, November 2018

• CPR/Standard First Aid Certified, 2019

• Invited to teach at the prestigious International Training Camp, MasterCamp in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (with some of the top instructors in the world)

• Established St. Mary’s University Karate Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2003 (club is still active)

• Training since 1987 (33 years)

• Porath Sensei Class D Instructor with the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF), an international organization with almost 60,000 members in 60 countries world-wide.

• Born in Canada, Porath Sensei started his karate training at the age of 8 in his home town of Winnipeg.

• Armed with an eagerness to learn and fierce determination, Porath Sensei enrolled as a student of the Manitoba ISKF/JKA headquarters in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

• It was at a karate seminar in Winnipeg that he met his first mentor, Master Teruyuki Okazaki (10th Dan, retired in 2017 at the age of 86) and Master Yutaka Yaguchi (9th Dan, retired in 2017 at the age of 84).

• Master Okazaki developed the “Instructor Training Program” currently utilized by Shotokan Karate organizations around the world.

• Porath Sensei, also completed the ISKF Instructor Training Program to become a Certified Instructor, which designation is recognized by Shotokan Karate organizations world-wide. As part of his 20 years of preparation for his Instructor Certification, he wrote 43 papers outlining several aspects of karate, including karate techniques (blocks, strikes, etc.) as well as scientific elements of Karate including “Kinesiology & Ergonomics of Motion”, “Student Safety in the Dojo” and the “Difference Between Sport & Martial Art”.