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RANDOORI DEMO

Randoori presented by the Chimo Ryu demo team on the 2012 tournament halftime presentation.

BOARD BREAKING

Sensei Dan Poirier demonstrating board breaking and a hanging board break as a tournament halftime presentation.

PATTERN NO. 1

Pattern number 1 demonstrated by Chimo Ryu Jiu-Jitsu club black belt members, recorded in 2015 in the YMCA dojo.

DANCE OF PAIN

“Dance of pain” presented by Sensei Simon Miller and Sensei Dexter Easton on the 2013 Tournament halftime.

CANADIAN JIU-JITSU

This is Canadian Jiu-jitsu presented by Sensei Simon Miller and Sensei Dexter Easton at the 2012 halftime demonstration.

“ I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times ”
BRUCE LEE • QUOTE OF THE DAY

Chief Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

Dan Poirier in the dojo

Dan Poirier

I Began training with Shihan Ronald Forrester at the Hatashita Dojo in Oakville in 1974…

November 1981 Promoted to 1st degree Black Belt ( Shodan )

1981 awarded the Certificate of Recognition in Jiu-Jitsu by the Government of the Provence of Ontario by the Premier of Ontario William Davis..

1992 became certified as a Official International Referee..

Refereed in Argentina at the 1992 World Jiu-Jitsu Championships (Canada won First Place)

Assistant Jiu-Jitsu Instructor at the Oakville Y.M.C.A. 1980-1998

Since 1998 Chief Jiu-Jitsu Instructor at the Oakville Y.M.C.A.

November 2011 Promoted to 7th degree Black Belt (Shichidan)

April 2013 Member of the Canadian Jiu-Jitsu Council Grading Board.

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