Meet Our Instructors

Our club has been fortunate to have many different instructors over the years. Here is a chance to get to know a little about some of them!

Sensei Eugene Li
He/Him

Chief Instructor 
Head Jujitsu Instructor 
2nd Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
1st Degree Black Belt Shindo Ryu Jujitsu
Women's Self Defense Instructor
​​ City of Waterloo Kids Karate Instructor

Sensei Alison Shaw
She/Her

Assistant Chief Instructor 
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
Women's Self Defense Instructor
​City of Waterloo Kids Karate Instructor

Sensei Joy Liu
She/Her

Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
1st Degree Black Belt Wado Ryu Karate
​Head of Women's Self Defense Program

​Sensei ​Alec Wreford
He/Him

​Kayden Toffolo
They/Them

​Keona Pang
​She/Her

Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

​Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
Club Manager

Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
​​City of Waterloo Kids Karate Instructor

​Christian Mele
He/Him

​Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
​1st Degree Black Belt Shotokan Karate

Ben Armstrong
He/Him

​Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

Sebastian Ruan
​He/Him

​Assistant Instructor
1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

Meet Our Execs

Alongside our instructors is our exec team that works hard behind the scenes to keep everything running.

Jason Feng
He / Him

Lisa Wei
​She / Her

Vithu Siva
He / Him

​Club Manager

Treasurer

​Communications

Candice Yeung
​She / Her

Timurul Hoque Kazi
He / Him 

Marketing and Social Media

Social Coordinator

Club Mentors

Shihan Will Durocher

Master Instructor Hogosha Canada
4th Degree Black Belt Renshi Goju Ryu Karate
1st Degree Black Belt Shindo Ryu Jujutsu
Women's Self Defense Instructor

Sensei Devin Hutchinson

3rd Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
​Former Chief Instructor
Club Mentor

Alumni Instructors

Sensei Nancy Soontiens

3rd Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
Women's Self Defense Instructor

Pamela Cutmore

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
Former club manager

Corin Seeleman

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

Crystal Tse

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate
Women's Self Defense Instructor
Former head of Women's Self Defense program

Philip Cutmore

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

Alex Huynh

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate

Danielle Smith

1st Degree Black Belt Goju Ryu Karate