 After winning some tournaments, he moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1958, teaching judo at the Dalhousie University.After a time, he finally moved to Tokyo, Japan, where he complemented his judo training by learning karate; he first joined the Shotokan school, but soon switched to Kyokushin, which was more to his liking.During his time in Tokyo, he lived with Donn F. Draeger and Robert W. Smith, and was in the former's judo class, where popular opinion placed the 25 best judo practitioners in Tokyo.