Since I was 19 (in 1986), I've been a keen student of a variety of martial arts, most notably Shotokan Karate, in which I hold a black belt from the University of Toronto karate club, through the incomparable tutelage of Master Suenori Tominaga, who himself was trained by both Minoru Miyata and Osamu Yamada. (Here is another link about the history of Shotokan.) Mine was the last black belt granted to a student of our dojo directly by Grandmaster Yamada in 1995. I also trained extensively for 5 years in a version of Washin-Ryu karate under the lineage of Master Hidy Ochiai.

And I've dabbled in:

• Shito-Ryu karate under Master Cezar Borkowski
• Indonesian kun-tao, taught by a crazy (but likeable) man named Phil;
• Muay Thai boxing, while spending some time at Joe's Gym in northern Thailand;
• Yoshinkai style of Aikido, under Master Takeshi Kimeda;
• Judo, lackadaisically at the University of Western Ontario
• Kyoshin-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu, under my friend and terrifying ass-kicker, Master Shawn Rodie.
• Mixed generic style jiu-jitsu at the University of Ottawa
• Traditional American boxing training at Whitebrook Boxing and Kinetics in Ottawa

For over 20 years, I've also been a quiet student of yoga, which is historically linked to Oriental martial arts. But to be frank, I really don't enjoy going to classes anymore due to the overall flakiness that has infected the "yoga industry".

Of course, due to my many injuries and general cowardice, I no longer train in any of these. In fact, nowadays, my entire workout consists of what used to be my warm-up. Sigh.