for Canada. In 1968, Roger brought Kyokushinkai Karate to Canada and trained many of the big names known in Karate today. In 1973 Roger Lesourd found that the knockdown karate he was teaching intimidated the masses and wasn’t reaching those whom it was meant for. He chose to formulate a new style, Samurai Karate, which was named in honor of the movie “The 7 Samurai” where the Samurai defend the village from ruthless warlord. Samurai Karate was designed by incorporating the effectiveness of Kyokushinkai Karate and the traditional spiritual practices used by the Samurai. This style was very successful and became well respected throughout the martial community.
After his unfortunate death in 1992 his students John Goff, Bhinda Rajwans, Gary Thompson, and Ku1want Rajwans had decided to continue the advancement of the style further and chose to branch out on their own.
The term Ronin refers to Samurai without a feudal lord to serve and so appropriately on August 1, 1995 Ronin Kai Karate was formally established. The new federation has returned it's primary focus on the bushido (warriors code) and it's tradition with Kyokushinkai Karate.
