Colin Li Pi Shan
Instructor - Houston Ki Society


Colin has travelled to us from Ontario Province, up north from Canada. It has been 16 years since he began practicing Aikido as a teenager in 1987 under Sensei Jorge Deguzman (Sarnia Aikido dojo).

In 1991, he met Sensei Bill Bickford of the Kingston Ki Society (KKS) at the Queen's University dojo. During his 7 year period at Queen's, he became intrigued (and still to this day) that the 'mind, body and spirit' are actually one.

While there, he held positions of assistant instructor of KKS and once upon a time, president of the Queen's dojo. After that, he became head instructor of the Kitchener-Waterloo Ki Aikido dojo (satellite affiliate of KKS) from 2000-2002 until moving to the warmer climate of Houston, Texas.

Colins memorable Ki Aikido influences (besides Bickford sensei): Koichi Kashiwaya Sensei, Clarence Chinn Sensei and Peter Bussell Sensei (Ryurei Aikido), just to name a few.

Colins favourite expressions are " Down is down." (Chinn Sensei) and " You think too much! Just do it."

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