Ungar, 5th Dan Ashraf Ismail, 4th Dan Dave Pinchuk, 4th Dan Rosanna Eugeni, 3rd Dan The following is a biography prepared by one of Sensei Don’s students. My Instructor, Don Sharp Many of us know how lucky we are to be training with Sensei Don sharp, because of his great teaching ability, his character, his enthusiasm and tremendous expertise of our art…. But I think many of our members have no clue how truly accomplished our instructor is. Don Sharp being so modest we just don’t often hear of his own accomplishments. So I am writing this biography in hopes that our members will know a little more of our instructor and really get a feel for how fortunate we are. Don started training in JUDO at the age of 9. He had already fallen in love with the martial arts and that was his option at the time. He trained very hard and even at that age was noticed by his Sensei’s , Ken Earhart and Dave Jones. Unfortunately the club folded after Don had trained there for a couple of years and had gotten his 3rd Kyu. He continued training under Ken Earhart and still keeps a relationship with Mr. Earhart to this day, over 30 years later. Don saw a Karate club training at the local and was instantly captured!!! He started right way, under his first Sensei Rob Gale. He “Y” trained hard and got to 4th kyu very quickly for a young boy, and then he met Sakurai Sensei!!! Don still talks about that first meeting and training with Sakurai Sensei as a remarkable time of his life and eye opener on what martial arts had to offer. Not just how to kick and punch, but a way of life, a balance of physical, mental, technical and even spiritual way of developing ones growth. He continued to train under Rob Gale until Sensei Rob Gale turned to Don and asked him if he would take over the Dojo! He was only 18 at the time and had just passed his Shodan a couple of months before under Nishiyama Sensei and Sakurai Sensei. He, of course accepted and he then became the chief instructor of the club. He knew he needed to continue his training as much as he had always even though he was now responsible for teaching the members of the club, so he would drive to Abbotsford to train with Rob Sidoli and all the way to to train with Sakurai Sensei. He would always
Ungar, 5th Dan Ashraf Ismail, 4th Dan Dave Pinchuk, 4th Dan Rosanna Eugeni, 3rd Dan The following is a biography prepared by one of Sensei Don’s students. My Instructor, Don Sharp Many of us know how lucky we are to be training with Sensei Don sharp, because of his great teaching ability, his character, his enthusiasm and tremendous expertise of our art…. But I think many of our members have no clue how truly accomplished our instructor is. Don Sharp being so modest we just don’t often hear of his own accomplishments. So I am writing this biography in hopes that our members will know a little more of our instructor and really get a feel for how fortunate we are. Don started training in JUDO at the age of 9. He had already fallen in love with the martial arts and that was his option at the time. He trained very hard and even at that age was noticed by his Sensei’s , Ken Earhart and Dave Jones. Unfortunately the club folded after Don had trained there for a couple of years and had gotten his 3rd Kyu. He continued training under Ken Earhart and still keeps a relationship with Mr. Earhart to this day, over 30 years later. Don saw a Karate club training at the local “Y” and was instantly captured!!! He started right way, under his first Sensei Rob Gale. He trained hard and got to 4th kyu very quickly for a young boy, and then he met Sakurai Sensei!!! Don still talks about that first meeting and training with Sakurai Sensei as a remarkable time of his life and eye opener on what martial arts had to offer. Not just how to kick and punch, but a way of life, a balance of physical, mental, technical and even spiritual way of developing ones growth. He continued to train under Rob Gale until Sensei Rob Gale turned to Don and asked him if he would take over the Dojo! He was only 18 at the time and had just passed his Shodan a couple of months before under Nishiyama Sensei and Sakurai Sensei. He, of course accepted and he then became the chief instructor of the club. He knew he needed to continue his training as much as he had always even though he was now responsible for teaching the members of the club, so he would drive to Abbotsford to train with Rob Sidoli and all the way to to train with Sakurai Sensei. He would always
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