PROFILE

Motivation will always beat talent

HISTORY OF CHIMO-RYU

Chimo-ryu Jiu-Jitsu club began in the fall of 1978 by Sensei Paul Stegweit in the old YMCA building Sensei Stegweit was chief Sensei for 21 years.

CHIMO RYU

Club Crest

CHIMO

The term “Chimo” is a word that originates from Canadian Indigenous and Inuit languages, and it carries the meaning of “welcome”

RYU

In Japanese the term “Ryu” carries the meaning of the way, the style, the school.

POLAR BEAR

The Canadian Polar Bear has been selected as a symbol for its renowned attributes of speed, endurance, strength, and intelligence.

RISING SUN

The representation of the rising sun is closely tied to the Japanese origin of Jiu-Jitsu, as it is a symbol that is deeply associated with Japan’s cultural and historical identity.

CREST

To complete our crest we therefore combine the Polar Bear against the rising sun, appropriately encircled by a laurel victory wreath.

The rising sun is reflective of Jiu-Jitsu’s Japanese origin.

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PAUL STEGWEIT8th Degree Black Belt

FOUNDER
“The Art of Jiu Jitsu professionally taught, instills a student with infinite possibilities of what can be accomplished.”

DAN POIRIER8th Degree Black Belt

CHIEF SENSEI
November 2011 Canadian Jiu-Jitsu council
“The more you sweat in practice the less you bleed in battle.”

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“ I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times ”

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2024 CJJ Membership Fee

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