Mind Over Matter Karate School

05/15/2024

Leading by example! Senpai Alex and the beginner class mastering their Kata in a group training session. Kicking up fun and focus with every move!

03/17/2024

Saturdays are for family bonding at Mind Over Matter Karate! Meet Wendy and Aidan, mother and son working on their distance management and counters through light sparring.

02/16/2024

Happy Family Day Long Weekend! Even though we're not getting together this weekend, continue to train smart so that you can improve your mind, body, and spirit every day, every week, and every month.

Log your training in our Google Classroom space.

Looking for inspiration? Check our our YouTube playlists: https://www.youtube.com//playlists

See you back at the dojo on February 24, 2024.

Happy Family Day Long Weekend!

Sensei Neil and Team

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10/06/2023

Congratulations to three more students who passed their grading this past summer! They're back for the fall and ready to take on new challenges, the Karate way!

To all students, remember that we are closed for the Thanksgiving long weekend. Practice everything you've learned so far and we'll see you the following weekend.

09/07/2023

See you all this Saturday, September 9. We're back after the summer break!

08/06/2023

Congratulations to all the students who took their belt exams this summer 💪

“Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate.” ~ Gichin Funakoshi 🥋

To all students: enjoy the remainder of the summer off and we'll see you back and stronger than ever on September 9.

07/08/2023

Morning! Today we are going to teach BUNKAI (the application of Kata), so you're ready for grading on July 22 🥋

05/19/2023

This is a friendly reminder that we are closed for the Victoria Day Long Weekend and that GRADING is on July 22 for those who qualify.

All students need to practice diligently and intensively to ensure all kata and techniques are performed with attention to detail, accuracy, power, sharpness, speed and control.

Check out this video on how to practice effectively according to science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-sjUoGO250&ab_channel=Sprouts.

Those who are going for green belts and higher will especially be held to very high standards.

Success is a choice and it depends on how much effort you put in!

Have a wonderful long weekend and see you next week!

Sensei Neil and team

04/07/2023

We are closed for the Easter weekend, so this is a good opportunity to review your Kata and techniques using our YouTube videos!

Comment below to let us know what you're practicing 🥋

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03/04/2023

Hope you've finished your shovelling because we're open and will see you at training today 👊🥋☃️

02/18/2023

We're closed today for Family Day long weekend and back in action next weekend.

Take 20 minutes this week to practice your sparring fundamentals with Canadian 6x Champion and Karate Combat Competitor, Gabriel Varga 🥋

In this episode we run through all the basics you need to know to start kickboxing. We cover stance, guard, punches, kicks, knees, hand defence, kick defenc...