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Congratulations to Melanie, Craig, Sarah, Julia, Kyla, Gar, Jonrex and Badral on your performance at the GTA Classic BJJ Tournament this weekend.  Everybody made weight and stepped up to face new challenges (1st tournamnet, heavier division etc.).  Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy members did amazing with 2 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronze.  Plus all these […]

As children grows, they tend to develop new and exciting abilities, they like to stay busy and creative. An important part of growing is learning to socialize and interact with others. They tend to move from playing alone to having multiple friends and social groups. At this stage friendship becomes important but they are still […]

There is a good group of kids in our Guardians program all year long but the summers are always slower.  However, a smaller group of dedicated kids have been training consistently through the last few months and they earned their next stripe or belt.  Congratulations to all of you on the hard work!!  

Apart from the physical and social benefits such as self defense, self confidence, discipline and focus associated with joining a martial arts program, there are also several health benefits. Training at Yorkdale Martial Arts provides a full body work out, it increases overall stamina and endurance.  Since health and fitness are closely intertwined, below are […]

BACK TO SCHOOL TIPS AND TRICK FOR PARENT As we enter into mid August the CNE is around the corner and it’s almost time for kids to go back to school. With that comes all the anxiety and nervousness for children. They may start to show some signs of stress like trouble sleeping, stomachaches, etc. […]

With summer in full swing all the Yorkdale Martial Arts Guardians might be running out of things to do and entering the lazy days of summer.  Of course they can always come in to our academy and participate in the Guardian program.  It will be a lot of fun, they will spend a lot of […]

Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy Temperature Our academy has always been known for how hot it gets when the intensity goes up.  Well the new location is no different even though it has air conditioning.  So keeping this in mind as the summer heat hits us, remember to drink lots of water and stay hydrated.  Also […]

This is a few weeks late but a big congratulations that got promoted to a new belt on June 23.  This was the 1st grading at Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy and it was a lot of fun and went really well.  The day started off as expected with everybody slowly trickling in around 12 pm […]

As proud owners of Yorkdale Martial Arts Academy we feel the need to continuously grow, learn and understand the direction the martial arts community is going.  So, it was with some apprehension that we decided to go ahead and attend this years Martial Arts SuperShow.  This being our 1st time attending we were hoping the […]

What an insane weekend. It all started on Friday with the much anticipated Para Bellum Quintet Event where our team was pitted against SBGNiagara in a 5 vs 5 Purple belt team competition and I was very confident that we would do very well. I know my team is very talented but figured we would […]