{"id":466,"date":"2023-07-06T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/?page_id=466"},"modified":"2026-01-11T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T16:58:05","slug":"sensei-interviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/sensei-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensei Interviews &#038; Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-blog-11 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-lg-12\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img bg-img-parallelogram alignnone wp-image-471 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/217_0_166_166_otsuka2-768x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/217_0_166_166_otsuka2-768x399.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/otsuka2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/otsuka2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/otsuka2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-10 col-xs-8 col-lg-9\">\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"color1-color\">Hironori Otsuka III Wado-Ryu Karate Grandmaster<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Otsuka-III-interview.pdf\">interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-bottom: 30px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img bg-img-parallelogram alignnone wp-image-472 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/37_103_166_164.44859813084_otsuka22-e1688657329595.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/37_103_166_164.44859813084_otsuka22-e1688657329595.jpg 166w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/otsuka22-e1688657329595-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-10 col-xs-8 col-lg-9\">\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"color1-color\">Hironori Otsuka II Wado-Ryu Karate Grandmaster<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/otsuka2interview.pdf\">interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img bg-img-parallelogram alignnone wp-image-453 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/81_0_300_289.86175115207_shiothrow-768x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"182\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-sm-10 col-xs-8 col-lg-9\">\n<div>\n<h4 class=\"color1-color\">Masafumi Shiomitsu 9th Dan Hanshi Wado-Ryu Karate Do Academy Chief Instructor<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Shiomtisu-inteview.pdf\">interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img bg-img-parallelogram alignnone wp-image-488 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sesnei-Toronto-pic-48x48.png 48w, 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href=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Meek-Sensei-Interview-1.pdf\">interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3 col-sm-2 col-xs-4 align-column-center col-lg-3\">\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553\" style=\"width: 106px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"bg-img bg-img-parallelogram  wp-image-553 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sauceimage-150x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sauceimage-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sauceimage-90x180.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.wadoryu.ca\/renshu-kai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sauceimage.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/><figcaption 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