Teaching styles
SINCE 1991
Traditional "Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha" family style from the Kanjuro Shibata family.
See [History]
SINCE 2020
Renmei style of the Japanese Kyudo Federation (All Nippon Kyudo Federation).
See [History]
The Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha and Renmei styles are taught and practised at the Montréal Dôjô.
Kyudo beginners are introduced to the discipline first by learning the Renmei style.
Those interested in learning the Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style will be introduced at a later date, at a time deemed appropriate by Kyudo Québec instructors, in order to minimize confusion between the two styles.
KYUDO QUEBEC INSTRUCTORS
Jean-Pierre Poggi
[ Began practicing Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style under Sendai Kanjuro Shibata XXth sensei in May 1993
[ Began practicing Renmei style under Aaron Blackwell-sensei (Kyoshi 7th dan) in March 2020.
Mike Otabe
[ Began practicing Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style under the direction of Kyudo Québec in February 2003.
[ Began practicing Renmei style under Aaron Blackwell-sensei in March 2020.
Olivier Latanicki
[ Began practicing the Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style under the direction of Kyudo Québec in Sept. 2016.
[ Began practicing Renmei style at Dôjô AKV d'Orsay in France in October 2005.
Marc Pape
[ Began practicing Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style under the direction of Kyudo Québec in Sept. 2011.
[ Began practicing the Renmei style under the direction of Kyudo Québec in November 2021.
Ivy Ishihara Oldford
[ Began practicing Heki-ryu Bishu Chikurin-ha style under the direction of Kyudo Québec in Sept. 2017.
[ Began practicing the Renmei style under the direction of Aaron Blackwell-sensei in November 2021.