Burnaby Karate Academy

03/19/2026

What a great weekend in Trail where the best 12/13 year olds from the province got together to compete at the BC Winter Games. The BC Games are the premier multi sports games that bring together the youth in a variety of different sports. BKA was fortunate to qualify a number of athletes in Zone 4 and our athletes were able to win 5 of the 6 Elite sparring divisions. Congratulations to our Girls Team sparring champions 🏆 (Emma, Sereya, Margo and Avie) and Boys Team sparring champions 🏆(Senalder, Levi and Bosco). Individual medals Gold: Sereya, Avie, Senalder Silver: Margo, Thea and Ava Bronze: Emma, Levi Special Thanks to Sensei Brendon and Sensei Melissa for volunteering for 5 full days to supervise and provide expert coaching for our players along with all the amazing athletes from Zone 4 games

01/16/2026

What a busy start to our season. Last weekend all the best athletes aged 12-17 competed at the First BC Team selection tournament of the season. Honoured to be first among dojos this year, especially with such a strong team in the province. Lots more work to do but thankful for all the support.

01/12/2026

We are happy to welcome Akito Sensei to our dojo. Akito Sensei was a high school teacher in Japan and coached the high school karate team to great success. As a competitor he was a university team member of Tenri University in Japan and has extensive competition experience. His combination of teaching experience and technical abilities are an excellent addition to our program. Welcome to the team! kids

12/10/2025

✨ Celebrating Our Beautiful BKA Community ✨

BKA made their presence known at the 2025 Canada Open. Normally we spotlight those who medalled, but today we want to acknowledge everyone—because every effort, medal or no medal, deserves recognition.

💙 Melissa came out early to coach and she even had time to compete
🎶 Jade proudly sang the National Anthem in her beautiful voice
🙌 Sensei Josh and Sensei Samaneh made sure everyone was ready to compete
🔥 Julia, even with an exemption, came out to support and warm up the BKA team
💪 Almost all the athletes showed up early to cheer and warm up their teammates
👏 Felix along with other parents and athletes volunteered
📸 Sharon volunteered to take photos
🌟 Parents and siblings stayed all day to support the BKA kids (it was a long day)

And of course, our youngest competitors gained invaluable experience surrounded by this incredible energy.

This is what makes BKA special—the community Sensei Sandeep has fostered. Thank you to every parent, sibling, volunteer, and teammate who showed up. You make this journey worth it.

10/12/2025

10/05/2025

Congratulations to our very own Samantha Lam, Pan American Bronze Medalist at the recent Pan American Championships in Ascension Paraguay. Samantha represented our dojo and the National Team with pride, we are so proud of her accomplishment. Thank you for the entire support team including everyone in the dojo, National Team staff and friends and family that helped her perform at her best.

04/02/2025

Team BC ready to take on Nationals this year. BKA has 25 athletes on the team, as well as 3 coaches. Good luck to all the athletes that have worked hard all year!

03/28/2025

⛑️Big News!!!

Congratulations to Anisha Nijjar for being awarded the SFU Undergraduate Scholars Entrance Scholarship. Anisha is a x2 National Champion and Pan American medalist amongst other accomplishments. Aside from being an amazing athlete she is a wonderful student and gives back in so many ways. Congratulations to her and her entire family! This is the 5th time a student from BKA has received this scholarship, we are proud of our students academic achievements!

09/19/2024

One of the benefits of being at a dojo is all the international friends that you meet. Kyoko is training with us from Japan, and she has brought great energy and an amazing attitude to the dojo. It’s been great having her practice with us!

09/06/2024

Just want to take a moment to appreciate Sensei Brian Purvess and his amazing students at Westwood Karate. As a fellow competitive dojo we always admired the skill and tenacity of his students. While initially feeling some sadness when Sensei Brian decided to close his doors and move away from the lower mainland, we are extremely honoured that many of his students have made their way to our dojo. We are so thankful for these great new students who work extremely hard, and thankful to their Sensei that produced some awesome black belts!

09/01/2024

Very proud of our 5 National team members who represented our county and dojo at the Pan American championships in Brazil this weekend. Congratulations for getting this far, and good luck to our 3 girls who qualified for the World Championships in Italy in October. Also a big congratulations to Anisha Nijjar for placing 3rd in the Junior -59kg category