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4 Home Exercises To Help With Your Karate Skills

January 2, 2025

Karate training does not have to stop at the dojo doors! Achieving the dream of becoming a black belt takes years of determination, goal-setting, and of course, proper exercise. If you are looking to elevate your karate level, you can work on yourself both inside and outside of the dojo. Here are five easy and effective home exercises to help with your karate skills.

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Word of the Month: Perseverance

January 1, 2025

We think it so important that we made “Perseverance” one of our 12 recurring “Words of the month”.

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Support Kids Kicking Cancer with a Curated Holiday Box

December 1, 2024

Purchase your Holiday Box, filled with delicious treats from local Ottawa businesses. Boxes are $75, with a retail value over $150!

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Helping Others: The Greatest Lesson of Karate

December 1, 2024

December is here, and so is the biggest holiday of the year. For many young ones, this means one thing…presents. However…

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Karate for Kids: Early Development and Creating Lifelong Skills

October 30, 2024

One’s level of success oftentimes directly relates to their level of self-confidence.

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Courage & Mindfulness Working in Harmony

October 1, 2024

Courage, mindfulness, and karate are deeply intertwined, as all three cultivate the inner strength needed to confront challenges with clarity and composure. Read our newest article and learn how they work together.

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8 Simple and Realistic Self-Care Tips and Ideas

August 28, 2024

Practicing self-care is the most important way to help students keep their stress levels low and avoid burnout. Here are 8 simple and realistic self-care tips and ideas that you and your family can implement.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Karate

February 15, 2024

For many, karate is life…but do you know about karate’s life? Here are 10 interesting facts that you may not have known about the art of karate. 

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Commitment in Martial Arts: How It Works and Tips

January 14, 2024

here are many times in life where you must display a level of commitment. In a relationship, in in college or university, or when working towards achieving important goals.

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Compassion: How It Can Help You and Others

November 15, 2023

Compassion is unique in that it can be both a tangible and intangible thing. That means that it can be something you can be demonstrated both physically, and mentally.

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Achieving Goals Through Karate: How is it Different?

September 12, 2023

Much like those classic all-ages toy commercials, goal-setting benefits those aged 1 to 101. Although the goals and the process of achieving them vary with age, the core benefit is the same. Goals are a way of holding one accountable, determining what one wants in life, and keeping one on track.

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Summer Story Giveaway!

August 1, 2023

Douvris Wellness Centre is looking for the BEST good news story of the summer.

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