Isshinkan Dojo - Vancouver

description of the school

In September of 1990 Keith Taylor Sensei opened a Yoshinkai Aikido Dojo at the Maple Ridge Community Centre. In 1992 at the invitation of the International Yoshinkai Aikido Federation, Taylor Sensei went to Ontario. Here he tested and received his Sandan {3rd degree black belt} before Chida Shihan, 8th Dan, Chief instructor at the hombu dojo in Tokyo. In 1995 Taylor Sensei tested before Alister Thomson Sensei, 6th Dan and received his Yon Dan {4th degree black belt}. Kiyoyuki Terada Shihan 9th Dan, foremost senior Yoshinkan practitioner in the world tested and awarded Taylor Sensei Go Dan {5th degree black belt} in 2000. In 2008, Yasuhisa Shioda Kancho awared Taylor sensei with his Roku Dan {6th degree black belt} at the Shuharikan Dojo Yoshikai Festival, in St. Paul Minnesota.