our instructors

Brad Gillespie

5TH DAN
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Shihan Brad has been training Kyokushin Karate for over 30 years, and is an experienced international competitor, as well as past Canadian Fighting and Kata Champion. He has trained and instructed all over the world and has been mentored by many of the top instructors in Kyokushin. He is an officer with the Calgary Fire Department and at home, he enjoys a lively household with his wife and three boys.

Michelle Gillespie

1st dan
​instructor

STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED
​IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL

Doug Potter

1st Dan
​Instructor

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STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED
​IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL

Adrian DiPaola

1st Dan
​Instructor

IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL

Isabelle Godin

1st DAN
Instructor
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL

Stephen Antonchuk

1ST DAN
​instructor
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL
STANDARD FIRST AID
​CPR C & AED

Raj Sundaram

1ST Kyu
​Assistant Instructor
IKOK-C certified OFFICIAL

Spencer Gillespie

1ST KYU
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Craig Meckelborg

1ST KYU
​ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL

Kim Mouwen

1ST KYU
​ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Richard Gibson

2ND kyu
​assistant instructor
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Gary Swift

3RD KYU
​ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Tracy Hrycak

4TH KYU
​ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
IKOK-C CERTIFIED OFFICIAL
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Arden Tuck

4TH KYU
​ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR
STANDARD FIRST AID 
​CPR C & AED

Hannah Popko

4TH KYU
​JUNIOR INSTRUCTOR