Rank: 8th Dan
School: Mady's Isshin-ryu Chikara Dojo
I have been training in the martial arts
for 36 years and teaching martial arts since 1974. Over the years I have taught
people from all walks of life, all ages, men, women and children. I have taught
self defense in the secondary school system, privately and to specialty groups
and many individuals from many Canadian and U.S. law enforcement agencies.I am
the first person in Canada to achieve an 8th degree black belt in the Okinawa style
of Isshinryu karate. I teach Isshinryu Karate full time, 6 days a week, with 18
affiliate Isshinryu dojo's across Canada and in the United States. I have promoted
this great art as a practitioner, competitor, instructor and coach, and continue
to do so with great succusses. Following is a brief outline of accomplishments.
Name: Albert Charles Mady
Birth date: September 1, 1958
Place of Birth: Windsor Ontario Canada
Heritage: Jordanian/Lebanese
Occupation: Full time martial arts instructor.
Martial arts experience: 36 years, teaching experience over 30 years.
Martial arts ranks: Hatchi Dan, 8th degree black belt, Isshinryu karate. Yon Dan,
4th degree black belt, Kyokushin-kai karate.
Training experience: Isshinryu karate, Kyokushin-kai karate,
Toyama Ryu Iaido { traditional Japanese sword training}, Kickboxing, Bare knuckle
full contact karate, Wrestling, Ryu Kyu Kempo, Kobudo {weapons training}, Judo,
Boxing and Arnis.
Featured on ESPN, Mike Sawyer, ISKA, "Albert Mady is pound for
pound, the best breaker in the world"
Featured in "Who's Who in Isshinry" and History of Isshinryu, by Master
Harold Long.
Pesonal awards:
International Isshinryu Karate Association championships, through out the 1980's
and early 90's in kata, kumite, and weapons.
International Kata and Breaking champion through out the 90's and early 2000's
1986 International Isshinryu karate Association, Practitioner of the year.
1990 Isshinryu Hall of Fame, Instructor of the year.
1993 Isshinryu Hall of Fame, Dojo of the year.
1990,91,92,93,94, North American Karate Championships, Breaking Champion.
ISKA, International Sport Karate Association, "best breaker pound for pound
in the world". 2000 world breaking championships, featured on ESPN, TSN,
and many other sports networks.
2000 Grand Master Don Nagle's Memorial Awards: Master Instructor of the Year.
1997 and 2001 American Okinawan Karate Association: Spirit of Isshinryu Award.
2002, American International's full contact karate championships: Light heavy
weight full contact champion.
2003 AOKA, American Okinawan Karate Association: Dojo of the year.
School Awards and Championships:
Featured on ESPN, TSN, Sports South, Pass, Black Belt, and the recent issue of
Grappling Magazine
We have won or placed in many local, national, international and world martial
arts championships.
Isshinryu karate international and world championships.
Shidokan full contact world championships.
Kyokushin-kai, Canadian, U.S., international and world championships.
U.S and World "tough man" championships.
Kickboxing, local, Canadian {WKA}, international and world championships.
We have also produce 3 K1 fighters, K1 is the largest and most prestigious kickboxing
event in the world. It takes place in many countries across the world.
Our fighters have fought in the U.S., Canada, France, Hungary, Australia and Japan.
I have been heavily involved in the martial arts for 36 years, and am the first
person in Canada to achieve an eighth degree black belt in Isshinryu, in July
2000. All my gradings from the beginning have been done by local, national and
international testing boards. I have taught in the secondary school system, in
the physical education department, in many area schools for the past 14 years.
I have introduced high school students to basic self defense and kickboxing, teaching
them how to defend themselves in an appropriate and effective manner. Over the
years I have taught many specialty groups such as the Victorian Order of Nurses,
and other nursing groups to defend themselves and to restrain patients. I have
taught for the Sexual Assault Crisis Center and Dental assistants of Windsor
and Essex county, just to name a few.
I have also taught many law enforcement individuals and
security groups such as, Essex Security, Windsor Police Tactical Unit, Ontario
Provincial Police, OPP Essex Detachment Emergency Response Unit, including many
individual officers from the Windsor Police, OPP, RCMP, Canadian Customs, Canadian
Immigration Intelligence, Canadian Central Intelligence Service, Ontario Corrections
officers, Crown Attorney's Office, and United States ATF officer {Alcohol, tobacco,
and firearms}
Present and former Affiliations:
American Okinawan Karate Association, board member
Isshinryu Hall of Fame board member
IIKA Canadian Reprsentative
North American Kyokushin Organization {IKO 2}
Mady's Institute of Isshinryu karate
Ontario Amateur Kickboxing Council, board member
Ontario Handgun Association
Isshinryu Karate Canada, director
Thank you,
Albert C. Mady,
Hachi dan
Isshinryu Karate Canada
www.madyskarate.com
amady12@cogeco.ca