Club History

The Abbotsford Karate Club began in Abbotsford in 1972 . Chief Instructors have included Robert Sidoli, Joe Worley, and the current Chief Instructor, Paul Sexton (5th Degree Black Belt). Our club has been fortunate to be influenced by many well-known instructors who have visited and taught at our club like Sensei Hidetada Narumi, Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama, Sensei Hirakazu Kanazawa, Sensei Toru Yamaguchi, Sensei Ikuo Higuchi, Sensei Mitsunori Kobayashi, Sensei Tak Sameshima, Sensei Bino Felix, and Sensei James Johnson.
 

We are part of the non-profit organization, Gima Ha Shotokan-ryu Karatedo Association. We are also members of Karate B.C. and the National Karate Association. We are a traditional Japanese Style of karate (Shotokan) with good hard training and strong discipline, yet we incorporporate modern training techniques.
 

We have had a number of our students go on to become members of the Abbotsford Municipal Police Force, the R.C.M.P. and Corrections. Our current membership (ranging from eight years old to fifty-seven), has quite a high percentage of girls and women , as well as a number of families who train together. We also have a large number of strong competitors who do well at local competitions. A number of our members have made it on to the Karate B.C. Team.