Sensei
Jason Smith
Jason
Smith began his martial arts training at Kageyama Dojo in Toronto,
from its inception in 1996. He has attended several tai kai (training
conventions) in the United States, taught and assisted with seminars
at Kageyama and at other dojos, as well as organized and facilitated
outdoor training activities and events for other students. Currently Jason instructs at Seiren Dojo and is senpai (senior student) of Kageyama Dojo.
Jason
successfully tested for his Shodan under Shidoshi Tremblay in February
2003. In July 2004 Jason was granted the rank of Shidoshi-ho in the
Bujinkan under the support and guidance of Shidoshi Courtland Elliot,
Shidoshi Jeff Miller
and Shidoshi Greg Tremblay.
Sensei
Smith is a novice practitioner of kyudo, or traditional Japanese archery,
affiliated through the Minnesota
Kyudo Kai. He also trains in Kendo and enjoys involving his family
in this energizing Martial Art.
Shidoshi
Greg Tremblay
Gregory
L.J. Tremblay began his martial arts training in 1972. In 1982, he
was introduced to ninjutsu during a seminar featuring Stephen
K. Hayes, the first American to be awarded the title of shidoshi
(or senior instructor), under the authority of Dr.
Masaaki Hatsumi, grandmaster of the Bujinkan.
In the years that followed, Sensei Tremblay traveled to Ohio on a
regular basis during the 1980’s, undergoing intensive training
under Stephen Hayes and other senior instructors.
Beginning
in June of 1996, Greg Tremblay opened Kageyama
Dojo on Yonge Street. One of the chief goals of Kageyama was to
become a common meeting ground, offering support and encouragement
to the Ninjutsu community and enhanced access to the interested public.
In September of 2002, Sensei Tremblay was promoted by Dr. Hatsumi
to the rank of nanadan (7th degree black belt) during a tai kai (convention)
in Collinsville, Illinois. In addition to being Kageyama's Dojo Cho(owner
operator) Sensei travels
to Japan
yearly to train with his teacher Dr. Hatsumi.
Now in
its ninth year, Kageyama Dojo enjoys a diverse student body, a traditional
yet family-like training atmosphere, and a commitment to support Seiren
Dojo in its presence north of Toronto.
