Strong leadership, clear communication, strengthening relationships, operating in full transparency and accountability with excellence as the unifying core summarizes the 2023 season in our program’s continued quest to achieve a medal-winning standard both on the field of play and in the boardroom. The holiday season which is just around corner allows for a natural time...

SANTIAGO, Chile—Melissa Bratic completed a medal hat trick for Canada’s karate athletes at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. The 24-year-old jumped onto the podium at her first Pan American Games medal, taking the bronze in the women’s -68kg weight class on the ultimate stage for karate athletes. “Overall, I am very happy with...

SANTIAGO, Chile—Yamina Lahyanssa put a silver lining around a super Saturday at the Pan American Games for Canada’s karate team. The 21-year-old scrapper put the nation on her back in the women’s -50kg weight class, fighting her way through the round robin and into the final bout in Santiago, Chile where she dropped a 5-2...

SANTIAGO, Chile—Claudia Laos-Loo is delighting Canadians with more than just mixing up their morning coffees of choice these days. On Thursday, thousands of miles away from her hometown coffee shop in Surrey, B.C. where she regularly holds court whipping up lattes, mochas and frappuccino’s, Laos-Loo replaced her apron with a karate Gi and served the...

Are you looking to enhance your Dan Grading status to include Karate Canada certification? Register for the upcoming Karate Canada Dan Grading! Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 Time: 3-6 pm Location: Odokan Karate Club 3465 Kingsway, Vancouver, BC Online registration: https://trackie.com/event/2023-KC_DAN_EXAM_BC67751 For more information on Karate Canada’s Dan Grading Program, https://karatecanada.org/resources/dan-technical-guidelines/ If you require further...