Canadian Dojo

Despite the best efforts of multiple fire crews, on October 31 of 2019 in Naha Okinawa Shuri Castle burned to the ground. As practitioners of karate we all have a deep connection with Shuri Castle and...

31 Jul 202144min

In today's episode my good friend Sandy Sbrissa and I talk about tournaments. Why you should consider doing tournaments, how to prepare for tournaments and as coaches instructors what we feel are the ...

24 Jul 202139min

In this episode my good friend and all around great martial artist Aaron and I talk about movies. In fact, we talk about some of our favourite martial arts movies. Movies that are guilty pleasures and...

17 Jul 202137min

Today were talking about books. Specifically books on karate and martial arts. Not only are we discussing six books that every martial arts should have in the library, we also talk about why, as a mar...

12 Jul 202125min

So maybe you're feeling stuck. You've been training for a while and you've had a roadblock. Or maybe you're training for something, a grading, a black belt test maybe a tournament and you just need th...

3 Jul 202124min

Hey everyone, here's our very first episode of the brand new Canadian Dojo Podcast. Why have I decided to start a podcast on all things karate? You'll have to tune in to find out the answer.

1 Jul 202111min