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.