Ippon Wado Karate Ottawa

IWKO had a great time at the Avalon Community Bbq event on Saturday. What a wonderful event that was well organized and ran. The coaching staff and students are thankful for the invitation and the opportunity to show case our karate school.

I would also like to thank the coaching staff and students for the awesome demonstration they provided. The fun really showed through along with your skills.

Pictures tend to say it all so here are a few!

Hello,
IWKO is gearing for a busy schedule. Registration for the 2026 Fall Session is now on with the street sign now in place. Check out our product offering at www.iwkokarate.com and register on line using the registration form.
We are preparing for the Avalon Bbq in the park on August 15th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. IWKO will have a display booth providing information to interested parties and we will be accepting new registrations as well.
Several of our students will provide demonstrations from 11:30 am to 12:00 pm so come a watch and cheer them on. Keep an eye out for some new photos of the event.
A number of our Little Dragons have graduated to the Karateka Program creating space for new students in the Little Dragon Program. The instructors are so excited to recognize the hard work these students have done and are looking forward to working with them as they continue their Karate Journey in the adult program. So Awesome!
Hope to see some new faces as we move our programs further along.

Hello all,
We had a great workout in the park last Thursday and enjoyed the various onlookers who stopped by to watch. Also, thank you to the Taekwondo students who stopped to visit and show us some of their techniques. Awesome to join with practitioners who share a common love of martial arts.

We will be back at it on Tuesday August 11 at 7:00pm, same place. We are welcoming the Little Dragons to this session as we are all preparing for the upcoming Avalon Community event in the park on August 15. IWKO will have a booth set up and provide some demonstrations from 11:30 to 12:00. If you are in the area we will look forward to seeing you there!

Notice: Thursday July 30 is our new target! See you there.

Hello all past and present Karateka Practitioners from IWKO. We are holding a workout and training session in the Aquaview Community Centre park this Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm. All are welcome to join. Come out and work up a good sweat with some fun exercises and deep dive into Kihon Waza stances and their application in Kata and Kihon Kumite! No Gi required, just some comfortable clothes and a pair of sneakers.

See you there!!

Please note the updated date, which due to circumstances outside our control, has moved from October 24 to 31. I apologize for any inconvenience!

Once again the eastern Wado Kai clubs of CZWKA are pleased to provide a wonderful training venue for all Wado Kai practitioners to attend. On Saturday October 31 from 09:30 to 16:00 at the RJ Kennedy Centre in the Beautiful village of Cumberland.

This seminar will offer the participants a variety of options to train and challenge themselves. You will find a link for registration where you will have the options of selecting various training camps and challenges. They range from Jiu Jitsu to Kihon Kumite to Kata. We even have a parallel Little Dragon camp!

We will have two special guest instructors as outlined in the poster above. Simon Hébert will be offering a training session on Jiu Jitsu while Simon Raybould will share his skills on a number of topics.

Check out the poster and registration form and feel free to forward any inquiries to [email protected].

Choose your Camp/s and Register at:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1W8iql_PEMbNJbexYlxQ8gZC5RNqzRS6JrRpFrRDHji4/edit

IWKO held its last Club Championship Challenge last evening. This one was an individual challenge and only one student can come out as the champ. Note the pics for the one holding the cup. Well done to everyone as you all did wonderful. Keep up the good work!

IWKO's training staff enjoyed a wonderful evening of conducting Kyu Grading for several of our students from the Little Dragons and Karateka program. All the students stepped up to the challenge wonderfully and deserve a great big CONGRATULATIONS!

The Avalon Community Group will be hosting their annual day in the part on August 15 and Ippon Wado Karate Ottawa has been invited to join the fun. Our students will provide some demonstrations and share information at our Kiost. Hope to see you there!

Some Pics.

Hello to the Avalon Community and those who frequent the Avalon Park. Ippon Wado Karate Ottawa is proud to be a member of your community and to support you through the Karate Programs we offer. We rent the Avalon Community Center from the city of Ottawa two time a week. The time made available to us by the City of Ottawa are provided to us as a privately booked event. Under the rules of our agreement we are not allowed to provide access to the building to the general public. We do appreciate that the surrounding park and area are utilized by a number of various groups and individuals who, from time-to-time, may wish to gain access to the Avalon Community Center. Unfortunately Ippon Wado Karate Ottawa and it's staff are not in a position to accommodate those requirements, both from a legal perspective and a resource perspective.

We do understand the frustration individuals feel when they have a requirement to utilize the center and it's facilities and are unable to. We highly recommend that you plan ahead and make any necessary arrangement to find alternative solutions.

Thank you for your understanding as it is appreciated!

What a fun day at today's class where our Little Dragons competed in a team challenge event. Red October dominated against Blue Dragons but honestly, everyone did awesome. There were 4 challenges ranging from speed and coordination, team balancing, flag capture kumite and Kihon Waza challenge. Energy and excitement was running high, not only with the Little Dragons but parents and instructors as well. Well done everyone, so fun to be part of!

PS, I think some of us let it go to our head😎!