How can martial arts make everything better? I aspire to be a developed individual (spiritually, mentally and physically) who enjoys life for its diverse blessings. In my epilepsy and stroke recovery, karate has been the ultimate therapy for me. Here is how karate has made everything better for me. Living with a disability, I assumed…
2025 Adult Kaizen Do Training Camp – 20 – 22 June 2025 @ Sheridan College Brampton Campus 7899 McLaughlin Road SCHEDULE Friday – Online Lecture Starting @ 7pm. Saturday – Training from 7am. to 6pm. Sunday – Training from 7am. to 12pm. Sunday – Black Belt Grading Starting @ 2pm. A full weekend of training…
This was inspired by a conversation that I had with a fellow martial artist when discussing the Cycles of Learning. I was presented with this quote and asked to share my thoughts. “The teacher is a student teaching. The student is a teacher learning.” When I hear this phrase, the first thing that comes to…
Inspired on Day 1 as a participant at the Winter Kai Zen Do in Costa Rica 2023. You are the Maker of Your Experience You don’t have to know to enjoy, You can be the oddball to do your own thing. Stay open to not-knowing and pick up more for what you want, You decide…
The Brampton Burnouts are back!!! It’s been many years since the last time we ran a Brampton Burnout, but this year we are running THREE!! For those AMA students that have been around for a long time, the Brampton Burnouts have given us so many great memories together. We want to bring this experience back…
The AMA Challenge – It’s BACK! To help you prepare for the upcoming tournament, the AMA Challenge, we have some training videos that you can follow. CLICK Here for the videos The AMA Challenge is a competitive tournament open to all AMA schools. We have divisions for every age and skill level. Until the tournament,…
Remember those words from class? We were either sparring, grappling, or training self-defenses with a classmate and your Sensei says: “YAME!!” ” COURTESY AND RESPECT.. THANK YOUR PARTNER.” ” FIND A NEW PARTNER AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF NEED BE” “HAJIME!” And, every time we started with a new partner our strategy would need to…
I find Karate and martial arts to be a quite competitive atmosphere. It’s an art where I am constantly fighting and competing with myself, to surpass my own records and expectations every time I train. I strive for excellence, in everything that I do at the dojo, even on days where I don’t feel like…
Have you ever thought about training with your child? Did you know that Larysa Martin and her father started training together in 2003? Here is what her father said… “Starting to train with my daughter in the martial arts, almost 18 years ago, was the best decision ever. I could not have understood at the…
Constant improvement is a quality that embraces the spirit of Traditional Martial Arts. As an organization, it is the mission of the Kaizen Do to assist professional Martial Art schools in all facets of their operation. The collective knowledge of this organization in Karate, Tai Chi, Kobudo, Jujutsu, Pa Kua, self-defense tactics, and physical training…
