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…
Karate means so much more than a style of Martial Arts to me. It is a feeling, a place, and a home. It helps me focus on things that I do in my everyday life, like school and homework projects. When I am at the dojo, I become a different person. I feel more relaxed…
Need something to do this week? Join our online kata competition. 2 Sensei’s will do 2 different kata, 1 weapon and 1 empty hand. These videos will are posted below Choose the Kata you would like to learn and practice, practice and practice. Then film yourself performing your best version of the newly learned kata. …
As a form of physical exercise performed regularly, Tai Chi addresses the key components of fitness: muscle strength, flexibility and balance by engaging every major muscle and joint group in the body. Even bone strength can be improved. Good posture is essential in the practice of Tai Chi not only for the sequence of movements…
The best part of a fitness club is that you can go whenever you want. Unfortunately, this can be the worst part too. How often do we plan on going to the club before work, but then we get up late or the kids miss their bus? “Well I will just go after work today,…
To the onlooker, Tai Chi may present as simplistic, like a slow-moving dance with little challenge and stereotypically associated with an older population. In reality, Tai Chi is complex, targets many aspects of human health and is beneficial to both young and old. One primary benefit is Cardiovascular health. In Tai Chi practice, breathing is…
This is the beginning of several articles written by one of our family members, Mara Ouimette. —————- What form of exercise can benefit the mind, body and spirit, can be practiced by anyone regardless of age or physical ability, indoors or outdoors and requires no specialized equipment? The answer is simple: Tai Chi. The ancient…
I’ve been training karate for close to eleven years now and karate has, does and will always mean a lot to me. When I began at the age of four, it was just a way to use my energy so I wasn’t as hyper and it taught me discipline and gave me other qualities such…
