Master Gee's Black Belt Academy

with some highlights of last year’s Staff Sparring at our Fight For Fun Tournament! 🙌

Without a doubt, the best rounds come out of these friendly, albeit competitive, rivalries amongst these long time training partners. 👊

It’s awesome to see our own Instructors showing off their skills! A big shout out to everyone who steps up to compete, this was a very talented group!👏👏👏
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Reminder! There will be NO CLASSES tomorrow due to our annual Fight For Fun Tournament.

**Note: There will still be an early Apprentice Class for students participating in next week’s Extravaganza.**

Our Tournament starts at 10:00am. ✅

We will have hotdogs, snacks, & refreshments for sale. 🌭🥤

Come cheer on our competitors! 👏👏👏
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with a highlight from last year’s Fight For Fun Tournament featuring our Junior Intermediate/ Advanced Point Sparring! 🙌👏👌

It’s awesome to see our Junior students get into the competitive spirit, all while showing such great sportsmanship. For many students, it becomes a very memorable day with all the excitement of testing your skills in real time, and doing your best each round.

Our Fight For Fun Tournament is coming up this Saturday, June 6th, starting at 10:00am! Come join us for the fun and cheer on our competitors! 👏
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📷: Huge thanks to for capturing all the action! 🙌
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Our new weapon for this term at is the Sword! 🗡️⚔️

While there are countless designs of swords throughout history, our practice style comes from the Japanese Katana, made famous by its connection to the Samurai.

The Katana has built a reputation throughout history as a standard amongst swords, known for its overall versatility & usefulness compared to other more specialized blades.

We still practice with the same style of wooden sword, or Bokken, that was used in ancient Japan by training warriors.
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More pics from our recent Belt Promotions, featuring our Intermediate & Advanced Junior students! 🙌👏👌

It’s awesome to see our students making progress one belt at a time along their martial arts journey.

Great job by everyone! We definitely have some future Black Belts in this mix! 🥋
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as we see some shots from our Belt Promotions, with some of our youngest & most excited students, the Tigers!🐯

It’s always awesome to see the pure joy students get from working their way up the belt ranks, and feeling that sense of accomplishment. 🙌👏👌

Some of our top students & Instructors started as Tigers! 🥋
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We have to wish a very Happy Birthday to our own Mr. Daniel! 🎂🎉👏

Mr. Dorland has been training with us since he was in Tigers and has been involved at our Dojo in many ways over the years, from performing with our Demo Teams, being one of our top Assistant Instructors, or teaching our MaTrix tricking class. He achieved his Third Dan just last year, and was a large component of making that Extravaganza such a dynamic success. By the year end, he played a big role in the Dorlands winning our Family of the Year Award.🥋🏆🙌

Mr. Dorland has a reputation of being a beast on the mats and a game competitor, whether through his very technical & powerful sparring, to his high level tricking moves. His strong focus and work ethic set him apart, as he takes his training seriously. As such, he truly represents what it means to be a martial arts athlete. 💪

On top of that, his great sense of humour and humble attitude make Mr. Daniel one of the best training partners to have in class, just be ready work hard and keep up with his pace!

We owe a huge thank you for everything Mr. Daniel brings to our team! 👏👏👏
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and with our new weapons term being the Sword, that means we’ll be prepping for our Chanbara categories at our upcoming Fight For Fun Tournament! 💥

Chanbara is essentially sport sword fighting, using our soft foam swords/ bats, and working on first to strike cleanly scores the point. This category is often a popular one with our Juniors since even beginners can join in the fun, and for their high energy rounds!

Our Fight For Fun Tournament is coming up Saturday, June 6th! We have Chanbara categories for all skill levels! You’ll find all registration info at our Dojo Front Desk. ✅
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and it’s Week 1 of Term 4, and Full Gear week! That means sparring! Here we see the Teen/ Adult Black Belt Class as Grandmaster Gee catches a glimpse of Ms. Barbara’s axe kick coming down. 💥🪓

Classes will be focused on fitness & cardio, as well as implementing some Point Sparring drills & rounds to get students prepped for the upcoming Fight For Fun Tournament.

Our Fight For Fun Tournament is Saturday, June 6th! Make sure to stop by the Dojo Front Desk for more info. ✅
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