Fredericton Karate Dojo

02/15/2026

Our old friend Tora Guchi the Karate tiger has returned to to our dojo to bring good luck and inspire hard training for all students!

12/21/2025

On Saturday, Dec. 20 we held our annual Christmas open house so parents and friends can drop in and see what the members have been practicing.
After the student demonstrations there was lots of pizza and treats for everyone!
Thanks to all attendees for bringing food items for the Greener Village Food Bank!
Besides the food items our dojo contributed a cheque for $1000.
FKDs great members and students always want to help and our communities really need the assistance these days.

06/22/2025

On Saturday, June 20 our dojo had an open house so that parents and friends could drop in and see some demonstrations and enjoy some snacks.
Congratulations to Charly Newell and Steven Reynolds who both received their orange belts!
Many of the visitors brought donations for the Fredericton Food Bank which will be a big help for some people.
Always be grateful for what you have!

05/04/2025

Future black belts at their monthly grading on Saturday, May 4, 2025!

05/04/2025

The weather is starting to improve so some training in the Big Dojo is going to be nice. But the ground was still pretty wet!

04/07/2025

On Saturday, April 5 we had a sparring day for the kids classes. Lots of fun for all!

02/09/2025

On Saturday, Feb.1, 2025 the Fredericton Karate Dojo conducted an adult grading and our hard working students were very successful at demonstrating their knowledge of Goju Ryu Meitoku-ha karate-do.
This Okinawan Goju Ryu style was introduced to Canada by our senior instructor, Ken Tallack, Hanshi who studied it in Okinawa under the founder, Dai Sensei Yagi Meitoku.
Dai Sensei Yagi Meitoku was senior student to Miyagi Chojun sensei, the founder of Goju Ryu karate.
Here are the results of the grading. Congratulations to all students who are carrying on this tradition!
Steven Reynolds yellow belt
Atrina Bassiri orange belt
Gunnar Hill green belt
Vittoria Naderi shodan-ho ("probationary" black belt)
Hope Aziz shodan-ho ("probationary" black belt)
Alex Dargavel shodan (1st degree black belt)

10/23/2024

On Monday Oct.21 we were lucky to have our old friend Sensei Dave Shaw from Oshawa, Ontario (originally Harvey, NB) come to our dojo for a visit and teach some interesting karate/jiu jutsu techniques.
Sensei Shaw practices Jundokan Goju Ryu karate-do and jiu jutsu under Sensei Ron Yamanaka.

09/23/2024

On the weekend of Sept. 20, 21 and 22 our dojo was fortunate to have a visit from our master instructor, Hanshi Ken Tallack from Ottawa.
Hanshi Tallack is the first Canadian to introduce Goju Ryu Meitoku Ha karate to Canada and studied directly with Dai Sensei Yagi Meitoku in Okinawa.
The weekend was an intensive seminar which focused on the systems kata curriculum and fine details of body mechanics therein.
As the Canadian representative of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (Japan's oldest martial arts organization) he presented some senior members with certificates of achievement:
Denise Arsenault - certificate of godan rank (5th degree black belt) and certificate of title for Shihan (a master instructor title).
Adriana Catelli - certificate of sandan rank (third degree black belt) and certificate of title for Shidoin ( assistant master instructor).
Awesome achievements!

09/18/2024

Full moon karate training in the "big dojo" on Monday, Sept.16, 2024!

07/08/2024