Founders
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, president:
Jean-Pierre Charbonneau started training in Asian martial arts when he was 16, in 1966. He trained intensively in judo for the next 5 years. He then began to study karate-do and tae kwon do while ocassionally returning to judo. In 1983, he returned again to karate-do practice within Kyukushinkai style and then in both Chito-Ryu and Shotokan styles. Later on, he returned to judo while simultaneously studying its original art, jiu-jitsu. [ more ]
Philippe Munn, vice-president:
Philippe Munn has practiced martial arts and Japanese and Chinese health exercises for more than 30 years. He has intensively practiced several styles of karate-dô, in which he graduated with varying degrees of black belts. Karate-dô constitutes the base of his research and his practice in his early training. He studies the tai-chi chuan as well as other styles of wu shu (Chinese martial arts), disciplines which he has taught for several years. [ more ]
Grace Chui, vice-president:
Grace was born in Hong Kong, where she began studying with her father, Master Chui Lap Kan, in her early youth. In 1996 she began assisting her father with teaching martial arts in Montreal. After Master Chui passed away in January 2004, Grace began teaching independently. [ more ]
Claude Georges, secretary :
Claude Georges had his first encounter training in martial arts with karate in 1968. Immediate passion led him to various Shotokan-JKA experts from America, Europe and Japan. Through this learning period came a work for the development of a karate practice for AKJQ in which he has participated for some time as teaching director. Prior to this involvement, he taught at the Sports Building of Sherbroke’s University in 1975-76. He then left to create a training center in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu which led to the CEET (Centre d’études ÉNERGI tek) in 2006. [ more ]
Sylvain Deschênes, treasurer:
Sylvain Deschênes has been performing Tai Chi since 1997. His regard for Tai Chi is based on his earnest desire to attain equilibrium of body and spirit. Master Chui Lap Kan, a renowned expert in Yang style Tai Chi, was his mentor and guide until his death in January 2004. He next studied articular control techniques (Chin Na) under Master Lee Man Charn (Wu style). [ more ]
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