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Martial Arts Coach Rolland

The RUFFO Report Bissonnette Recognized For

with Perry Ruffo His Contributions

Chicago Bulls season, Jordan’s final
season with the Bulls. Growing up,
• I MISS SPORTS! I watched every Chicago Bulls game
• As we enter day 120-something of and purchased every Jordan VHS
this world pandemic, we are slowly tape that I could find. Air Jordan was
starting to see what the new “normal” my guy.
may look like. Social distance • I’m not sure how I feel about sports
gatherings with no more than 10 resuming without fans in the stands
people from your social bubble. I and arenas, but it’s clear that the
miss the roar of the crowd, the smell return to play is being challenged by
of the grass on opening day, the tears this virus. It’s tough to believe that
of joy when a grown man lifts a 34lb. we may be looking at some seasons
silver cup over his head for the first being lost.
time and celebrating as a country. • Fenway Park was highlighted in
• Our family has kept busy, late May when American Celtic punk
completing 4, 1000 piece puzzles, band Dropkick Murphys performed a
cleaning out our clothes closets and free livestream concert, “Streaming From left to right-- Shifu Max Rendinella, Shifu Rolland Bissonnette,
taking part in online learning and Outta Fenway” in support of local Sifu Jimmy Chan, Shifu Mike Diehl, and Si-fu Guiseppe Sablano
Zoom meetings. We ask Alexa for foodbanks. Photo: Casey Leger
the question of the day where our • Tom Brady lures Rob Gronkowski I moved onto Ed Parker’s American
success rate is probably hovering out of retirement to join him and the By Casey Leger Kenpo style under one of Canadas
around 50%. We also use Alexa to Bucs. Brady is discovered working n March 17th of this year, highest ranking professors, seventh
play “Feel the Pressure”, Song Quiz out in a downtown park that was Olocal martial artist and combat degree black belt Jason Arnold,
and we have completed the 4 escape ordered closed due to COVID-19 and sports coach Rolland Bissonnette where I learned to kickbox.” That
rooms. We’ve been taking long park staff ordered him to leave. He was recognized by Shifu Max was in London, Ontario.
walks and doing at-home workouts. then accidentally enters a stranger’s Rendinella of the Chan Wu Canada, Eventually, Bissonnette returned
• Today’s champions and superstars home when trying to meet a member Si-Fu Giuseppe Sablano of Kung to his hometown, Cornwall, where
are not the multimillion-dollar of his new team. All of this was well Fu Canada, and Sifu Jimmy Chan of he continued to practice and compete
athletes but they are the health care summed up by a writer who said, the Canadian Chinese Martial Arts in the combat arts. Like a lot of
workers, grocery store employees “Welcome to Tompa Bay”. Alliance for his contributions to the athletes, his love of his sport led
and millions of essential frontline • During these tough times, many sports of kickboxing and sanda/Lei him from competing to coaching.
workers who continue to do their jobs athletes are using their star power Tai. “In 2016, I met Shaolin master Max
during the COVID-19 pandemic. to engage with their fans through The ceremony took place in Rendinella in Montreal, and we
• For a 5 week period in late May online training and workouts and Montreal where Bissonnette was started exchanging philosophies,” he
and early June, Mondays became offering meals to front line workers awarded the title of Shifu. “The title explains. This in turn has led to the
my favorite day of the week. For 5 and to those in need. My favorite is comes with a sense of honor and sponsoring of seminars and training
Monday nights, I put on my 1990’s Canadian hockey legend and Hall of responsibility,” says Bissonnette. “In sessions, mostly involving members
baseball style Chicago Bulls jersey Famer, Hayley Wickenheiser who Cantonese it means ‘skillful teacher’, of Apeiron Mixed Martial Arts in
and reminded my family that I’m launched a social media plea for but different dialects have different Cornwall and guests from Montreal.
going to “The Dance”. The Last personal protective equipment. In no translation in the familial sense.” “To be acknowledged and
Dance is a Netflix sports documentary time at all, she received the support For Bissonnette, the road to appreciated by your peers is a huge
focusing on the 1997–98 Chicago of Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds Shifu has been long and interesting. accomplishment,” Bissonnette
Bulls. The series features film and Ontario premier Doug Ford. Her “In 1998 I attended a martial explains. “It comes with a deep
from a crew that had an all-access efforts have helped fill warehouses arts demonstration and met the sense of respect and responsibility.
pass to the Bulls during the NBA with valuable PPE for our health care instructor, who was teaching a non- Respect in terms of recognition from
season. The documentary highlights workers. classical style of kung fu. It was my peers, and a responsibility to keep
Michael Jordan’s career and that of My name is Perry Ruffo & this has heavily influenced by Wing Chun growing my knowledge and skill
the Chicago Bulls. It’s packed with been the RUFFO Report. philosophies and concepts, so I base beyond what I have already. The
unaired footage from the 1997–98 started training,” he says. “In 2010, learning never stops.”