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Summer Camps 2025 Calendar

April 2, 2025

Join us this summer for karate summer camp! Learn new skills, meet new friends! Check out our calendar for dates and info.

sMILES for Amanda

April 2, 2025

A KKC Heroes Circle volunteer, Sensei Alexander and the Ottawa faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa are organizing a 5 km Fundraiser run this year for the sMiles for Amanda.

Become A Martial Arts Therapist

April 2, 2025

Kids Kicking Cancer are looking for new Senseis to join them and teach the kids in the Heroes Circle program to breathe in the light and breathe out the darkness.

Private Training with Patrick Gourde!!

April 1, 2025

Take your martial arts training to the next level with private Lessons from Patrick Gourde!

Teaching Humility Through Karate: The Importance and Benefits

April 1, 2025

Having a sense of humbleness often too comes with a sense of self-awareness of one’s capabilities. What is meant by that, is an understanding and acceptance of our strengths and limitations.

Word of the Month: Humility

April 1, 2025

Some concepts are easy to explain with words. Humility isn’t really one of them. We can talk about it – and we do, as part of our character development program – but in order to help people understand humility, we have to make sure they can experience it.

Exploring Respect & its Connection to Mindfulness

March 2, 2025

Discover the link between karate and mindfulness, and why incorporating mindfulness and respect is a fundamental part of our karate programs.

Word of the Month: Respect

March 1, 2025

Respect is one of the words most often associated with karate, and for a good reason. We care about it a great deal.

Word of the Month: Service

February 1, 2025

As Sensei Cody Diesbourg explains, if it weren’t for service and people paying it forward, we wouldn’t have martial arts today.

Thoughts from a Karate Mom: The Journey is the Reward

January 31, 2025

“I’m glad I didn’t quit” is a profound observation.

It requires reflection not only on where you are now but on how far you’ve come, and the challenges met along the way.

How to Best Manage and Reduce Stress Through Fitness

January 31, 2025

As the new year unfolds, it brings many opportunities, including new goals, challenges, and events. However, it also often introduces new sources of stress.