Last fall, Karate Canada set up an official volunteer Long-Term Athlete Development (LTD) Committee including Jim Jennings (Chair), John DeVicentis, Rodney Hobson, Angelo Mendoza and Timothy Suzuki. The Committee as already had three meetings and is actively working on updating the Karate for Life booklet. The Officials’ Committee also added three new members to its rank. Karate Canada would like to welcome Thomas De Freyman, Patricia Karl and Trevor Walmsley who join Yaro Tarana (Chair), Andreas Kuntze, Don Mazerolle and Babak Sotoudeh.