About the Cornwall Karate Club
The Cornwall Karate Club is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization that is administered by a board of directors elected on an annual basis. The board members for the 2019/20 year are:
President - Mark MacDougall
Vice-President - Trevor Matheson
Secretary - Pam Barrett
Technical Director/Treasurer - Stephen DeGrace
The club practices Tsuruoka-Do style karate and is a member of the PEI Karate Association, and Karate Canada and is a founding member of the Tsuruoka Karate-Do style association. Our teaching lineage traces back to O-Sensei Masami Tsuruoka, the founder of Canadian karate.
The club held its first class under the direction of Sensei Steve Brown in 2005 at the APM Center in Cornwall. In 2008 Sensei Carl Brydon (sandan) assumed the role of Head Instructor and classes moved to East Wiltshire Junior High in 2009. In January of 2014 Sensei Brydon turned his focus to teaching kids, while Sensei Stephen DeGrace (godan) took on the role of Head Instructor and runs the intermediate/senior class.
As of September, 2021, our instructors are:
Sensei Stephen DeGrace (godan, head instructor, senior class)
Sempai Mark MacDougall (sandan)
