More Photos

More photos of Sensei Bourque’s personal collection will be shown within this section of the website. They don’t represent any favoritism on the part of Sensei. They were randomly selected from his albums and they won’t all be described with detail.

Annette Poirier had won 1st place in all three categories: Individual Kata, Kumite and Team Kata during the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) in September of 1989.

We can see other competitors who attended the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) in September of 1989. As noted, Annette Poirier had taken 1st place Team Kata with her teammates Jean Richard and Paul Boucher. We can also mention that Roger Doiron of Shediac had fared well at that tournament. He finished 3rd place in Individual Kumite.

A group photo of the students who attended the first “Summer Camp” held in the Maritime. Sensei Masami Tsuruoka had come down from Toronto to help train students from Prince Edward Island, St John, Halifax, Hampton, Edmundston, Caraquet and Moncton during this weeklong event which was held on the dunes of Caissie Cape from August 9 – 13 of 1976.

We know that on this day Leo Savoie had won 1st place Individual Kumite in the Yellow belt category while in the Orange/Green belts level, Arthur Bourgeois and Jacques Savoie had finished 1st and 2nd respectively also in Individual Kumite. Absent from the photo, we also know that Stacy LeBlanc had won 2nd place Individual Kumite in the Yellow belt division and that Huberte LeBlanc had finished 2nd place Individual Kumite for the woman Orange/Green belts category during this Maritime Championship.

This photo was taken after a karate tournament held in Summerside, Prince Edward Island in October of 1975.

This photo was taken during Sensei Bourque most recent grading on February 01, 2013. The following names were promoted to Yodan: Brian Hildreth, Morel Goguen and Claude Hebert while Peter Kelly received his Sandan. The next group changed their belts to Nidan: Stephane Richard, Oscar Goguen, Clarence Leger, Michel Bourque and Leonard Gallant. Leonard was absent during the photo shoot. Those receiving their 1st degree Black belt or Shodan on this day are: Joanne Boileau, Marie Jones, Leonard Lirette, Pierre Bastarache, Ghislain Caissie, Marc Hebert, Victor Duplessis and Nick Robichaud.

This group photo was taken during Sensei Bourque most recent grading on February 01, 2013.