This Kenora born athlete played hockey and participated in high school track and field and football before discovering the sport of karate while attending school in Toronto in the early 1970s. Pursuing the sport full-time, he went on to become one of the most decorated black belts in Canada and the creator of the training method Fisher Shotokan.

Earning his first degree black belt and enjoying competitive success by the mid 1970s, in 1979 he relocated to Japan where he remained for 5 years training at the Japan Karate Association headquarters. Granted admittance to the world-famous JKA Instructor Program, he became the first foreign-born junior Instructor ever to do so, and to date the only foreign born Instructor to fully graduate from the program.

While in Japan he competed in a number of competitions with his top podium finishes including team gold in 1982 and 1984 at the Tokyo Regional Championships and team silver at the 1982 All Japan JKA Championships. In individual competition he won gold in 1982 and 1983 and silver in 1984 at the JKA Koganei City Championships and a bronze at the 1982 JKA Saitama Provincial Championships. In 1985 at the SHOTO Cup World Championships he put in an impressive 9th place finish

Returning to Canada he went on to enjoy success at all levels, earning provincial titles and serving as an 18-year member of the Ontario Karate Team. Competing at the Canadian National Karate Association Championships his individual national medals include 3 gold, 4 silver and a bronze and 16 team medals, the majority of which were gold.  

Serving on the Canadian National Team for 10 years he helped earn team gold at the 1989 and 1990 North American Championships and at the 1990 ITKF World Championships in Peru, and claimed an individual bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Championships. In 1987 at a Goodwill Tournament between Japan, the USA and Canada he claimed two individual bronze medals and a team silver.

Reaching his 8th Degree black belt in the 2000s, he returned to competition claiming a 2007 national Master medal and in 2022 was inducted into the Kenora Sports Hall of Fame. This pioneer in the sport of Karate continues to give back to the sport by passing on his vast knowledge as a sensei to a number of students of all ages and abilities.

Inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, September 27, 2025