NEWS
- Graduation of Manon Quirion Sensei for the rank of 7th Dan, Tokyo, October 2023.
- Report of the 2023 AKJKAQ summer gasshuku (camp).
- Report of the AKJKAQ 2022 Winter Camp.
- Report of the AKJKAQ 2019 Winter Camp.
- International Gasshuku (camp) and graduation of Louis A. Dessaint Sensei for the rank of 7th Dan, Tokyo, October 2018.
- Report of the AKJKAQ participation to the JKA Panamerican Championship 2018, Peru.
- Report of the AKJKAQ 2018 Summer Camp with Hirayama Yuko sensei.
- Graduation of Jean-Pierre Cusson Sensei for the rank of 7th Dan, Tokyo, April 2018.
- Report of the AKJKAQ 2018 Winter Camp.
- International Gasshuku (camp), Tokyo, 2016.
- Montreal Winter Gasshuku (camp) with Koichiro Okuma sensei, 2016.
- 2011 Montreal Summer Camp with Kurasako Kenro sensei, JKA
- 2007 Montreal Summer Camp with Naka Tatsuya sensei, JKA
- 2007 Montreal Winter Camp with Takahashi Shu sensei, JKA-SKDI
Congratulations to Manon Quirion Sensei for obtaining the rank of 7th Dan!
Also, Jean-Pierre Cusson sensei renewed these qualifications:
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AKJKAQ’s 2023 Summer Gasshuku with Sensei Satoshi Takahashi, 7th Dan, Montreal, Canada.For its 33rd year, the AKJKAQ had the great pleasure and privilege to welcome Sensei Satoshi Takahashi, 7th Dan. This 5 days Gasshuku that was held in Montreal from June 21 to June 25 was attended by 109 participants from 21 different Dojos. Everyone was impressed by the great sense of pedagogy of Sensei Takahashi. The clarity and the great amount of observations and technical details provided will be helpful for the development of every participants. From stances to body shifting to correct course and execution of techniques, everyone’s attention was solicited. A good balance between Kihon, Kata and Kumite was observed. A more detailed analysis of the shitei kata along with Tekki nidan, Bassai dai, Jion, Empi, Nijushio, Sochin and Gojushio sho was presented. After the last training we had the Dan exams and the Qualifications exams. Thirteen candidates succeeded in the Dan exam and 12 new Qualifications were awarded. With the encouragement and support of the Honbu Dojo the Qualification exams will now be offered at every Gasshuku. Jean-Pierre Cusson President of AKJKAQ Dan and Qualification exam results:SHODAN SANDAN GODAN QUALIFICATIONS
2022 AKJKAQ Winter Camp with instructors
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2019 AKJKAQ Winter Camp with Jean-Pierre Cusson sensei, 7th Dan and Louis-A. Dessaint sensei, 7th Dan, Montreal.
The AKJKAQ 2019 Winter Camp was held at the ETS, Montreal, on February 16-17th.
The Camp was for blue belts ranks and up. Seventy-eight people participated to the camp.
Dan and qualification exams were held at the end of the Camp. See below for results.
SHODAN
Aidy Dagenais-Adler, Le Quynh-Anh, Kelly Yan, David Ihaza, Vlad Berzan, Ness Gracia Samba, Jared Lackman-Mincoff, Guillaume Bélanger, David Lamarche, Olivier Labrosse, Marc Mohammed (3 month probation), Elliot Zelniker (3 month probation).
NIDAN
Slava Shmoilov, Khayden Cesar-Mohammed
SANDAN
Felicia Solomon-Markus
QUALIFICATIONS
Billy Bruneau: Instructor D, Juge D
Michel Simard: Instructor D, Juge D
Jean-Pierre Cusson, president of the l'AKJKAQ
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Eight members from the AKJKAQ took part in the international Gasshuku held in Tokyo, October 11-14, 2018.
Congratulations to Lous Dessaint Sensei who passed the exam for the rank of 7th Dan!
Standing up, from left to right:
Pierre Van Dyke, Johanne Hébert, Jean-Pierre Cusson, Louis Dessaint, Manon Quirion.
Front row : Sylvain Dion, Nilovna Bascunan Vasquez, Michel Simard.
JKA 2018 Panamerican Championship, Peru
The canadian delegation at the last JKA Panamerican Championship in Lima, Peru, had a total of 21 athletes, 5 of which were members of the AKJKAQ (Frédérick Vinette, Ly Andy Phok, Ariel Crisostomo, Andru Tecce and Nilovna Bascunan Vasquez). Also, two of the three coaches were from the AKJKAQ (Jean-Pierre Cusson and Manon Quirion).
We would like to highlight their excellent performance throughout this Championship who took place on September 8th & 9th, 2018.
Gold medal in team kata, 15-16 y.o.: Ly Andy Phok, Ariel Crisostomo, Andru Tecce
Silver medal in individual kata, 15-16 y.o.: Ly Andy Phok
Bronze medal in individual kata, 15-16 y.o.: Ariel Crisostomo
Top 8 in individual kata (5th place), 12 y.o.: Frédérick Vinette
Top 8 in individual kumite, 18+ y.o.: Nilovna Bascunan Vasquez
Top 16 in individual kata, 15-16 y.o.: Andru Tecce
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2018 AKJKAQ Summer Camp with guest instructor Hirayama Yuko Sensei, June 27th-July 1st, Montreal, Canada.
From June 27th to July 1st, the AKJKAQ (Association de Karate JKA du Québec) was holding its 28th Summer Camp in Montreal at ETS. It was a great pleasure and privilege for all the participants to benefit from the great teachings of Hirayama Sensei.
Hirayama Sensei’s great skills and pedagogy were put to contribution to explain and demonstrate some important aspects of JKA karate. From correct form and timing to different ways to generate maximum power effectively through rotation, weight transfer and snapping motion. A special attention was put on the correct relaxation after the kime. The « 0-10-0 » principle. During the whole camp there was a very interesting balance and connexion between the 3 aspects of training (kihon, kata and kumite). There was a special training period every morning for the black belts katas. In addition to the 5 Heian, Tekki Shodan, Bassai Dai and Kanku Dai that were studied in large group we also went trough Tekki Nidan, Tekki Sandan, Wankan, Sochin, Nijushio, Hangetsu, Jitte, Kanku Sho and Gojushio Sho in the black belts classes.
The Camp was very much appreciated by a total of 104 participants. Although the majority of them were from Quebec province, some of them came from Ontario and United States. The Camp ended with a Dan exam. Congratulation to those who graduated to a new Dan level. See the list below.
SHODAN
Patrice Loignon, Frédérick Vinette, Samson François, George Penney
NIDAN
Ly Andy Phok, Michel Simard
SANDAN
Christine Roux
Jean-Pierre Cusson, president of AKJKAQ
Report posted on JKA website
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Graduation photos for Jean-Pierre Cusson Sensei's 7th Dan, JKA HQ, Japan, April 2018.
Congratulations!
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 Jean-Pierre Cusson Sensei Shiina Katsutoshi Sensei Manon Quirion Sensei |
 Jean-Pierre Cusson Sensei Naka Tatsuya Sensei Manon Quirion Sensei |
 Manon Quirion Sensei Imura Takenori Sensei Jean-Pierre Cusson Sensei |
2018 AKJKAQ Winter Camp, February 24-25, Montreal, Canada
This year’s AKJKAQ Winter Camp took place at ÉTS in Montreal. More than 65 brown and black belts trained during this 2 days Camp. Although this Camp was opened to all JKA members in Canada, almost all the participants were from the province of Quebec. Instructors for this Camp were Jean-Pierre Cusson, 6th Dan and Louis-A Dessaint, 6th Dan. The training was based on the three important aspects of JKA karate. Kihon for Dan exam was reviewed with attention to key points. The first kumite training started with the basic ippon kumite and then variations were introduced. The second kumite training started with jiyu ippon kumite and then again variations were introduced to increase the degree of difficuty and awareness. The kata studied were Bassai dai, Kanku dai, Enpi, Jion, Hangetsu, Nijushio, Sochin and Chinte.
The Dan and Qualification exam was on Sunday afternoon, just after the fourth and last training. Congratulations to those who obtained a new degree at this exam. See the list below :
SHODAN : Samuel Thibault, Miki Yajima, Caline Huang, Myriam Mokarnia, Elisheva Eisenberg, Youcef Azzouz, Yigal Zvionow, Eliana Eisenberg, Ron Shmoilov, Nichita Hadjicov
NIDAN : Mohammed Ameur, Nilovna Bascunan, Andrée Tremblay
Instructor D : Angelo Baaco, Brandon Fancellu, Rabah Driad
Judge D : Brandon Fancellu, Rabah Driad
Examiner D : Pierre Van Dyke, Rabah Driad
Jean-Pierre Cusson
President of AKJKAQ
Report posted on JKA website
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October 2016 Gasshuku pictures at the JKA HQ, Tokyo, Japan
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2016 Winter Gasshuku in Montreal with Koichiro Okuma sensei
AKJKAQ Winter Camp 2016 was held in Montreal, Canada on February 26, 27 and 28. Everyone was very pleased that Sensei Koichiro Okuma, who graduated from the JKA instructor course in 1998, had accepted to travel to Canada for our Winter Gasshuku. The teaching of Sensei Okuma was pointing out fundamental principles of martial arts and JKA karate.There was a constant attention on control of breathing, working along body axis and body shifting. Pressure along the axis, joint contraction and expansion, use of eyes and tanden, all was explained and demonstrated in very clear and convincing manner.
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2011 AKJKAQ Montreal Summer Camp with guest instructor Kurasako Kenro sensei, JKA
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2007 AKJKAQ Montreal Summer Camp with guest instructor Naka Tatsuya Sensei, JKA.
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2007 AKJKAQ Winter camp, Montreal with guest instructor Takahashi Shu sensei, JKA-SKDI.
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