I was also incredibly fortunate to learn from Sensei Ben Shimoda. I started in Karate, but also did Judo. I was chatting on my phone with a buddy about our time at John Abbott College with Sensei Ben Shimoda and how we are both alive largely in part due to his training. I was fooling around in Google search and it led me to this article. I read it to my buddy and we chuckled over memories of Ben. Loved the article! We were training with him in the early 90's...who knows...perhaps you saw me flying through the air during demonstrations. lol
I was also incredibly fortunate to learn from Sensei Ben Shimoda. I started in Karate, but also did Judo. I was chatting on my phone with a buddy about our time at John Abbott College with Sensei Ben Shimoda and how we are both alive largely in part due to his training. I was fooling around in Google search and it led me to this article. I read it to my buddy and we chuckled over memories of Ben. Loved the article! We were training with him in the early 90's...who knows...perhaps you saw me flying through the air during demonstrations. lol