Can you dig it? Yes, I can! Sun, fun and some good old fashioned karate! Our dojo offers classes for youth( ages 7-12) and adults! Parents are welcome to train with their kids in the youth class! It's Canada's 150th birthday - let's kick it off right! People kicking, people blocking. A real celebration! Members of the dojo will be out training in Rundle Park on Canada Day from Noon to 2:30 p.m. Come get your sweat on with us - try a free session with us. Try your hand at our special balloon break! For more information, give us a call or send us an email - details in the [...]
Karate is for everyone but not everyone can do karate. This may seem like a contradictory statement, but at its heart, it is entirely true. I’ve been teaching martial arts for a little over 30+ years now (full disclosure, at least four of those years was spent with a taekwon do club), and I have watched countless people come and go. They came to class for different reasons, and they all left for different reasons. It doesn’t matter the age of the person, I am always fascinated by the declaration of what brings the person to the dojo. For example, if you wish your child to learn [...]
We are now accepting early registrations for the September 2017 Western Canadian Ryusyokai seminar. This will be Senaha Sensei's first visit to Western Canada. The senior student of Yagi Meitoku and a kobudo proponent (in the teachings of his instructor Taira Shinken), Senaha Sensei is considered a leading authority of Okinawan Goju ryu and on the concept of Okinawan ti. Senaha Sensei's visit will encompass the Ryusyokai curriculum including kata and application, futari geiko and various drills.
