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Father was a police officer, mother a homemaker, 4 sisters, 1 older (deceased) and 3 younger. Started studying Karate/Kung Fu in London at the age of 10 at a Judo club that had a part time Karate School – Canadian Karate/Kung Fu Association. Schools main club was in Toronto run by the Chong brothers. He would travel to Toronto for training once a month. Trained with the Yip Brothers Kung Fu Academy in London and with Canadian Fire Dragon, headed by Grand Master Daniel Pai from the US. At the age of 16 moved to a small town outside London called Exeter opened 1st club, with locations in Exeter, Centralia, Listowel and Kincardine.
Continued to travel to London to train on a regular basis. In 1973, got married, with a desire to relocate to a larger city and picked Kitchener after checking out other cities. In 1975 he opened a club in downtown Kitchener – Scarlet Dragon Society Academy of Martial Arts. Moved to several locations on King St, due to climate of the downtown and concern for the growing number of youth in our club decided to move to a more residential location. In 1992, opened as a non-profit organization, Ron Day’s Kitchener Kicks Martial Arts Academy (our present location).

Martial Arts Information

· 1968, received the rank of Black Belt in Karate/Kung Fu
· 1991, acknowledged by Martial Arts peers as a Master of Kung Fu
· won numerous tournament championship during training years
· 1983, set Canadian breaking record, which was a full page feature in the Kitchener Waterloo Record
· 1983 was a pioneer in the sport of Kickboxing in Canada, promoting, managing and training fighters, which include provincial, national and world champions as featured on Wide World of Sports, ESPN and TSN
· promoted 20 Kickboxing events at the Professional, PRO/AM, CAN/AM and Amateur levels over a 10 year period in Canada and the US
· has been the subject of numerous interviews printed in newspapers, Martial Arts Magazines as well as on the radio and television
· trained youth, teen and adult sport Karate/Kung Fu champions in all levels of competition traveling throughout North America
· hosted annual open Martial Arts Seminars over the past 2 ½ decades with notables such as; Bill Wallace, Jeff Smith, Joe Lewis, Jean Yves Theriault, Kerry Roop, George Sylvan, John Therein, Leo Loucks, Walli Jay, Grand Master Pan, Pat McCarthy, Ken Tallack, Wally Slocki, Jim Fields, Murray Sutherland, Scott Hogarth, Don Warner, Jean Fernette, Don James, Robin Young, Nick Grecian, Brian Lentz, Ron Beer, Bob Wilcox, Paul Biafore, Jake Klaus, Shawn Tompkins

· has run successfully 24 open Martial Arts Competitions – Karate/Kung Fu Maynia, attracting competitors from Canada and the US. May 2002 will be 25th anniversary tournament.
· was a member of or sat on the board of: PKA, Professional Karate Association, the Canadian Chinese Kou Shu Federation, a member of the PKC, Professional Karate Commission
· is the top ranked Kickboxing judge by the Ontario Athletic Commission
· 1993 inducted into the “Black Belt Hall of Fame” for his dedication and promotion of the Martial Arts in Ontario
· proudly boasts a club with 15 Black Belt/Sash instructor who volunteer their time and talent to others wanting to learn their chosen art
· prompts a family environment, structuring courses according to our changing society
· community work includes, Parks and Recreation, John Howard Society and the Waterloo Regional Food Bank doing demonstrations, displays and seminars
· 1st club to teach a physical education credit course for the Waterloo Regional School Board in several high schools for a total of 18years
· club has been a family affair from the beginning from my wife of 28 years, to my children (2 girls and 1 boy), to extended family(niece and nephew) and now 4 granddaughters
· currently our club teaches Shaolin Kung Fu, Shotokan Karate, North American Kickboxing and Aikido/Self Defense
· Sept. 1998, inducted into World Head of Family Sokeship Council International Black Belt Hall of Fame, in Orlando Florida
· Sept, 1999, PKC Award for Tournament of the Year – Karate/Kung Fu Maynia 23
· Oct., 1999, inducted into the North American Martial Arts Hall of Fame, in Toronto
· Branch, satellite or affiliated schools at present include: Waterloo Kung Fu Academy, Sifu Bob Schnieder, Waterloo; Blue Crane Martial Arts, Sifu Bob Robins, Owen Sound; Scarlet Dragon Society, Sifu Marlene Mallett, St. Johns, NF; Tompkins Karate Kickboxing Academy, Sensei Shawn Tompkins, Tillsonburg
· 2000/2001/2002 Board member of P.M.A. (Professional Martial Arts Alliance)
· January 2001, Head of the Kung Fu Division of Team Canada at the Good Will Martial Arts Games in Cancun, Mexico. Medals won by Kitchener Kicks students include: 13 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze plus 2 MVP awards.
· May 2001, 26 year old son Zack, started to manage Kitchener Kicks
· January 2002 was part of Team Canada competing in Venezuela at the Wold Congress of Martial Arts Americas Cup. The K/W division brought home 14 gold, 4 silver, 5 bronze plus 4 special mvp awards.
· 2002 nominated Grand Master of The Year (Chinese Martial Arts Division) by the World Karate Union Hall of Fame
· currently sits on the board as international director for the Wold Congress of Martial Arts Goodwill Sports Festival to be held in Mexico in January 2003
In the year 2002, Master Day will celebrate 27 years of teaching in Kitchener, a total of 40 years in the martial arts. He would like to acknowledge that without the support of his family, peers, instructors, students and parent volunteers, Kitchener Kicks would not be what it is today.