Sensei Dallas Wilm
3rd degree black belt and head instructor of the U of A Riverbend Adult and Kids karate program.
Started training at the U of A in September 1993 at the age of 19.
Sensei S. Bowen, as a Shodan, was one of his first instructors.
Gradeed to brown belt in December 1995.
Graduated from U of A in April 1997 - B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.
From May 1997 to April 1999, two year hiatus working in Northern Alberta/B.C.
Resumed training at the U of A in May 1999. Trained at SAIT from July
1999 until September 2000 with Sensei S. Crawford
Graded to Shodan-Ho in Dec 1999.
Graded to Shodan in Calgary , July 2000 at the age of 26.
Returned to the U of A in October 2000 to train with Sensei S. Bowen.
Graded to Nidan in August 2002 at the age of 28. 
Married to Anna-Marie Dabbagh on September 7, 2002. Son, Thomas Dale, born on January 26, 2007

Graded to 3rd Degree Black belt in May 19th, 2007
Lives in SW Edmonton community of Terwillegar.
Works as an Professional Electrical Engineer in Edmonton.

Sensei Dan Wilm
3rd degree black belt.
Started training at the U of A in September 1993 at the age of 19.
Sensei S. Bowen, as a Shodan, was one of his first instructors.
Gradee to brown belt in December 1995.
Graduated from U of A in April 1997 - B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.
Trained ath the Griesbach club in north Edmonton from January 2000 to May 2003,
but continued summer training at the U of A with Sensei Bowen during this period.
Graded to Shodan in Edmonton , July 2000 at the age of 26.
Graded to Nidan in August 2002 at the age of Graded to Nidan in August 2002 at the age of 28. Returned to the U of A in May 2003 to train full time with Sensei S. Bowen.
Married to Cathy Wilm on October 9, 1999.
Daughter Nora Renee, born on July 23, 2004. Expecting second child in May 2007.

Graded to 3rd Degree Black belt in May 19th, 2007
Works as an Professional Electrical Engineer in Edmonton.

I started karate in September of 1997 and recieved my shodan December 2002.

Hmmm, a little about myself.....well, I started karate during my 3rd year of university and became interested after a summer trip down to San Francisco to visit a cousin. She was in karate and had shown me some videos of her katas and tournaments. I had always been interested in trying a martial art, kickoxing, or boxing, something physical like that, when I was growing up but never really tried in part because I was not a very physically big or strong person. After watching her vidoes I decided that if she could do it I could do it too.

So when I was back at university I looked into the martial arts club and decided to check out, at that time, the UAK karate club on campus. Other than recieving my shodan, I'd have to say one of my proudest moments was just having the courage to try something totally new and foreign to me all by myself. After the first class I was hooked.

The physical conditioning, training, katas, and kumite were all so new and exciting to me. It wasn't long before I saw the results of the training. I felt stronger and more confident about myself. And beneath all the discipline, sweat, aches and pains from the rigourous training I also saw the beauty and art of karate. Every movement whether in a kata or sparring, there was not only force but grace.

Over the past ten years, karate has really been one of the main constants in my life. Being a very competetive person and with a strong passion for learning new things, karate has definitely provided me with challenges both physical and mental and continues to push me to grow and learn new things. It has truly shaped me to who I am today and hopefully continues to for the next 10 years to come.