SHARE KARATE. YOU BOTH GET REWARDED! Do you know someone who would love Karate? Invite them to come try a class at AMA! You can simply bring a friend along, or send them a Guest Pass through the AMADojo App so they can try a class with you. HERE’S HOW IT WORKS: 1. YOUR FRIEND…
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…
It’s a pleasant April afternoon, and we are hiking through the woods on waterlogged trails in Muskoka, Ontario. The path we are following slowly ascends and the trail dries. It is Spring, nature is waking up from its’ Winter slumber; and in many ways we are too. The trail breaks into a rocky clearing filled…
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 by the San Dan experience with insight shared by Jaylen Banton, Shaemar Anderson, and Harasees Gill, the San Dan recipients in Costa Rica 2023 Finding Your Niche Don’t center your focus on the end achievement, Know it while digging for its root. Find what drives you towards it, Introspection is a vital key. Accept…
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…
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…
A ginormous THANK YOU to all those who submitted videos for our Kata Competition. All of you are winners for taking on this challenge and learning to the best of your ability. Without any further ado, We would like to announce the winners of the Kata Challenge… On Monday April 6 at 7pm live on…
