The Ohtsuka Amateur Karate Foundation is devoted to the advancement and teaching of Wado karate as initiated by O Hironori Ohtsuka Sensei , passed on by Sensei Masaru Shintani and interpreted by Sensei Joseph Rempel . The organization's roots date back to 1978, when Sensei Rempel started the first Wado program in the province . Now the AKF numbers over 25  programs with clubs in Edmonton, Calgary, and Texas. These range from adults' and children's karate to women self defense and anti-gang, anti-kidnapping youth community programs. The AKF is a registered organization under the Alberta Societies Act.

At the heart of our instruction is the "Introduction to Karate" Program, offered at all of our clubs, which has established itself as the standard for both classic and innovative martial art instruction. The program features outstanding workouts which are both exciting and beneficial in a sporting recreational environment, requiring no previous martial arts knowledge. The activity is unique in combining in one pursuit an absorbing art, an exciting recreational activity, and practical, down to earth self-defence.

The Founder and Chief Director of the AKF is Sensei Joseph Rempel, Hachidan - 8th Degree Black Belt.
 
In the photograph is Sensei Rempel (left) and Sensei Shintani (right), taken in 1993 to celebrate Sensei Rempel's first twenty years of training under Sensei Shintani.