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Sensei Gary Ternan passed away suddenly on August 29th 2002. Gary was born in Chilliwack B.C. on August 12 1945. He led a full life and excelled at everything he did. He started taking Shorei-Kan karate in 1984 and received his Shodan black belt in Dec. 1986. Like many of us he started karate with his eldest son Shawn, and as each of his other children, daughter Leah, and second son Ryan became old enought, they also began training in Shorei-Kan. Although Gary's wife did not train, she also had the spirit of karate and spent untold hours on committees, taking care of the front desk. and being an active member of the Shore-Kan Karate Association. Sensei Gary had a total karate family and as many would say "the perfect family". He spent countless hours practicing with his children and in time they all reached black belt status. Gary and Shawn got their black belts together first and then when daughter Leah received her black belt, she was the youngest in Shorei-Kan history. Ryan would follow a few years later. Sensei Gary Ternan received all his black belt grading in front of Kaicho Seikichi Toguchi, his last one being the rank of Yondan. Gary Sensei was devoted to the martial arts and was always questioning, analyzing and very interested in the history. He was a good teacher and became assistant chief instructor of Surrey Dojo in 1989. In 1993 he took over as chief Instructor (Shibucho) with his senior student Sensei Wayne Choi as his assistant.. By 1994 Surrey Dojo closed as a full time facility due to costs and Sensei Gary relocated to Burnsveiw School in Delta. He stayed there till 1997 when a better training facility became available at the North Delta Rec Centre. In 1999 Sensei Gary stopped teaching formal classes as a Shorei-Kan Instructor. He and his senior student Wayne Choi were devoting most of their spare time to research and the history of the development of Okinawan Go Ju Ryu Karate. Sensei Gary and Sensei Wayne still continued to practice in private and on most Sundays you could catch them practicing in Sensei's Wayne's back yard or pouring over martial art history books and translating some obscure Chinese document.

Sensei Gary followed the dojo kun of Shorei Kan in his daily life and approached everything with honesty, integrity, politeness and respect. In his latter years he supported himself and his family as a day trader, and with his success he thought he could share his knowledge and help other people realize their financial dreams, thus becoming a top financial advisor and working for one of Canada's biggest firms. His legacy has touched countless people, in karate, in business and in private. He loved the martial arts, his work and he loved helping people but he loved his family most. He will be sorrily missed by every one




Shorei-kan mourns the loss of one of it's senior black belts Sensei Gary Ternan passed away suddenly on August 29th 2002. Gary was born in Chilliwack B.C. on August 12 1945. He led a full life and excelled at everything he did. He started taking Shorei-Kan karate in 1984 and received his Shodan black belt in Dec. 1986. Like many of us he started karate with his eldest son Shawn, and as each of his other children, daughter Leah, and second son Ryan became old enought, they also began training in Shorei-Kan. Although Gary's wife did not train, she also had the spirit of karate and spent untold hours on committees, taking care of the front desk. and being an active member of the Shore-Kan Karate Association. Sensei Gary had a total karate family and as many would say "the perfect family". He spent countless hours practicing with his children and in time they all reached black belt status. Gary and Shawn got their black belts together first and then when daughter Leah received her black belt, she was the youngest in Shorei-Kan history. Ryan would follow a few years later. Sensei Gary Ternan received all his black belt grading in front of Kaicho Seikichi Toguchi, his last one being the rank of Yondan. Gary Sensei was devoted to the martial arts and was always questioning, analyzing and very interested in the history. He was a good teacher and became assistant chief instructor of Surrey Dojo in 1989. In 1993 he took over as chief Instructor (Shibucho) with his senior student Sensei Wayne Choi as his assistant.. By 1994 Surrey Dojo closed as a full time facility due to costs and Sensei Gary relocated to Burnsveiw School in Delta. He stayed there till 1997 when a better training facility became available at the North Delta Rec Centre. In 1999 Sensei Gary stopped teaching formal classes as a Shorei-Kan Instructor. He and his senior student Wayne Choi were devoting most of their spare time to research and the history of the development of Okinawan Go Ju Ryu Karate. Sensei Gary and Sensei Wayne still continued to practice in private and on most Sundays you could catch them practicing in Sensei's Wayne's back yard or pouring over martial art history books and translating some obscure Chinese document. Sensei Gary followed the dojo kun of Shorei Kan in his daily life and approached everything with honesty, integrity, politeness and respect. In his latter years he supported himself and his family as a day trader, and with his success he thought he could share his knowledge and help other people realize their financial dreams, thus becoming a top financial advisor and working for one of Canada's biggest firms. His legacy has touched countless people, in karate, in business and in private. He loved the martial arts, his work and he loved helping people but he loved his family most. He will be sorrily missed by every one BACK.