About Us
About Us
Blue Dragon Martial Arts offers age-appropriate classes to tots, children, teens and adults.
We have two convenient locations in Oro-Medonte – Jarratt Hall and Shanty Bay Public School.
Our school founder and head instructor is Sensei Philip Allain, a retired police officer and highly qualified Black Belt in Karate with over 40 years of training here in Canada, the U.S. and on Okinawa in Japan. We also have instructors and assistant instructors who have trained in Canada and the U.S. to help you along in your journey into Karate.
We offer classes in Goju-ryu Karate, physical fitness and self-defense. Click here to view our training program.
Our dojo is open 4 days a week, Monday to Thursday. 
School Vision
Our vision is to deliver a program of Karate based on self-defence rather than sports. Our school’s founder, a former police officer, stresses the self defense aspects of our art as it was originally intended when developed on Okinawa. As a result, we do not participate in tournaments or sparring, but do engage in scenario-based training and periodically train in alternative environments to prepare our students for real-life situations.
BUILDING BETTER PEOPLE, NOT BETTER FIGHTERS
Karate
Karate (Empty/Hand) is a form of martial arts indigenous to the islands of Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa spawned a form of self-defense using all parts of the body (e.g. hands, feet, knees and elbows). Eventually, it systemized into an art encompassing warm-up exercises, striking arts, grappling movements, two-person drills, forms, weight training and body conditioning to name a few.
Blue Dragon Martial Arts focuses on Goju-Ryu Karate, one of the original styles of Karate. While training in Okinawa, Sensei Allain studied with the system’s primary teacher, Dai-Sensei Meitoku Yagi (1912-2003), and was directed by Sensei Yagi to open a school to share the teachings of Meibukan.
Self Defense · Self Confidence · Self Control · Fun to Learn
Fitness
Designed to improve mental and physical fitness, these challenging and diverse body weight exercise sessions comprised of warm-ups, skills training, workouts and stretching help students maximize their physical capabilities. Students are always reminded to work at a level appropriate to their own ability at all times.
Cardiovascular & Anaerobic Health · Weight Loss · Strength Development · Heightened Reflexes
Self Defense
Our self defense course has evolved from Sensei Allain’s experience and research both as a police officer and martial artist. This part of our program is an important adjunct to Karate as it allows students to immediately access tools necessary for self-defense. It provides an easy-to-learn and systematic approach that should not change over a student’s lifetime. It is complete with theories about mental, physical and emotional defense. All age-appropriate sessions allow students a certain amount of critical confidence when faced with a threatening situation.
Self Defense · Self Confidence · Self Control
