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After-School Programs at Douvris Martial Arts in Ottawa
School is in session and routine is back. With all of the after-school programs to choose from, it’s important to ask yourself a few big questions!
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Get Fit with Sensei Nick
This workout will be a 30/35 minute bodyweight workout focusing on building strength and mobility in our hips, lower back, obliques and abs.
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Word of the Month: Focus
A key benefit of karate is the way it helps children improve their focus. Learning new techniques, mastering complicated fight sequences and sparring in a ring all require children to pay attention and keep paying attention, in a way they find really fun and rewarding. It’s a classic win-win situation.
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5 Ways How Karate Can Impact Academic Success
Karate has the astounding ability to inflect lifelong skills, mindsets, and keys to success. All of which, help students grow in the dojo.
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Thoughts from a Karate Mom
A call came in recently to the dojo. A lovely and kind elderly gentleman was moving from his family home and, in packing, found boxes of karate trophies stored in the basement.
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Word of the Month: Honesty
You are only ever as good as your word, and that’s why honesty is a critical part of our character development program.
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Summer Fight Camp
Join Robbie Lavoie for one of his 2 sumemr fight camp sessions this summer!
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3 Ways That Martial Arts Can Help Improve Social Skills
Blossomed young, and worked on for life- that’s social skills. Although a skill that is carried on throughout life, it oftentimes stems from who one was in their younger years…
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Word of the Month: Confidence
At Douvris Martial Arts we believe that with the right approach to teaching karate, everyone can increase their confidence…
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Inclusivity at Douvris Martial Arts
Inclusivity refers to the acceptance of those around you for who they are as a person. Inclusivity can relate to how one looks or dresses, what or who one likes, one’s flaws or feats, and more.
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Calling All Black Belts!
We are currently looking to hire a few qualified black belts to teach some classes part-time or to open their own Dojo.
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Word of the Month: Excellence
Excellence is a word that sounds like a destination. But it’s not. It’s a process, an evolution…
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