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Kyokushin explained
What full-contact karate is, where it came from, how a class is built, what the rules mean.
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Self-defense
What knockdown training develops, and why avoidance still comes first.
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Compare martial arts
Next to Muay Thai, Shotokan, boxing, BJJ and more: rules, ranges, what each one trains.
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Kids & parents
Safety, a kids class part by part, and what age to start.
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06 History & organisations
5 guides 07Karate in Montreal
16 guides 08Karate and other sports
13 guides 09Karate and your training
6 guides10 — Fitness and weight
JOANIE Ta force. Ton rythme.Weight, eating, muscle and mobility: sourced guides by Joanie Roussy, with no promise of pounds.
21 guides · with her women’s classes11
Competition rules
Ippon, fouls, warnings, protectors, weigh-in: the WKO 2026 and EKO 2019 rules in questions and answers, the permitted and prohibited techniques in drawings, and the glossary of the mat.
66 questions · 27 techniques in drawings · 55 glossary words
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- Injuries and Long-Term Safety Beginners
- Ippon kumite and jiyu ippon kumite: one-step sparring explained Kyokushin
- Is It Legitimate — and How Widespread? Kyokushin
- Is It Too Difficult to Start? Beginners
- Is Kyokushin effective in a real fight? Self-defense
- Is Kyokushin Good for Self-Defense? Self-defense
- Is Kyokushin Karate Effective? Kyokushin
- Is Kyokushin karate safe for kids? Kids
- Is Kyokushin unrealistic because there are no head punches? Self-defense
- Is Twice a Week Enough? Beginners
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- Karate and baseball on Nuns’ Island: the complete sport of the other season Sports
- Karate and basketball on Nuns’ Island: the second sport, beside the gym Sports
- Karate and cycling on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds when the bike goes in Sports
- Karate and dance on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds beside the studio Sports
- Karate and gymnastics on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds beside the apparatus Sports
- Karate and hockey on Nuns’ Island: the complete sport, off the ice Sports
- Karate and racket sports on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds beside the court Sports
- Karate and running on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds to your kilometres Sports
- Karate and soccer on Nuns’ Island: the second sport, beside the team Sports
- Karate and swimming on Nuns’ Island: the second sport, out of the water Sports
- Karate and tennis on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds beside the court Sports
- Karate and volleyball on Nuns’ Island: what the dojo adds on the other side of the net Sports
- Karate as a family: parents and kids at the same dojo Montreal
- Karate classes for adult beginners in Montreal: Nuns’ Island, Verdun, from age 14 Montreal
- Karate classes for kids in Montreal: Nuns’ Island, Verdun, from age 4 Montreal
- Karate for seniors: start at 50, 60 and beyond, at your own pace Beginners
- Karate for teens aged 14 to 17 in Montreal: the adult classes, from 14 Montreal
- Karate near the Bell campus on Nuns’ Island Montreal
- Karate styles: Shotokan, Goju-Ryu, Wado, Shito and Kyokushin Kyokushin
- Kenpo or Kyokushin? Compare
- Kickboxing in Montreal? Kyokushin karate, on Nuns’ Island Montreal
- Kickboxing or Kyokushin? Compare
- Krav Maga or Kyokushin? Compare
- Kudo or Kyokushin? Compare
- Kyokushin and Kyokushin Budokai: what is the difference? History
- Kyokushin karate belts, in order Kyokushin
- Kyokushin Karate in Montreal Montreal
- Kyokushin Kata Kyokushin
- Kyokushin Techniques Kyokushin
- Kyokushin, ADHD and Structure Beginners
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- What a Kyokushin kids class is like Kids
- What age can kids start karate? Kids
- What are the differences between Kyokushin organisations? History
- What happened to grappling in Kyokushin? History
- What Is It Really Like to Train Kyokushin? Kyokushin
- What Is Kyokushin Karate? Kyokushin
- What Is Kyokushin Kumite? Kyokushin
- What is the 100-man kumite? History
- What It Builds Physically Beginners
- What to Bring Beginners
- Which sport for a child on Nuns’ Island? Montreal
- Why are there no head punches in Kyokushin tournaments? Self-defense
- Why Choose Kyokushin? Kyokushin
- Why Do Kyokushin Fighters Spar That Way? Kyokushin
- Why Isn't It More Popular? Kyokushin
- Why Low Kicks Land So Hard Kyokushin
- Why People Love It Kyokushin
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Classes five days a week at the dojo on Nuns’ Island, in Montreal, and a free trial class.