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Getting to the dojo from your part of Nuns’ Island

You live on Nuns’ Island and you are looking for a regular activity close to home. The dojo is at 550 chemin du Golf, suite 010. This page gives you directions from your own starting point — on foot, by bike, by transit or by car — the real access once you are there, and the group that matches your age, with no made-up travel times.

01The short answer

The dojo is at 550 chemin du Golf, on Nuns’ Island (Verdun). Suite 010 is on the lower level; access is by stairs. Parking is free: drive into the 550 parking lot, park in the loop in front of the building, and follow the Kyokushin signs to the basement entrance. Whether you start from Pointe-Nord, Pointe-Sud, Domaine de la Forêt or another residence on the island, the form below works out your route by your mode of travel. Classes run five days a week; the first one is free.

02Get your directions

Type your street, your building or your sector, choose how you are coming, and Google Maps opens with the route to the dojo. This page shows no “typical” travel time: a trip depends on the starting point, the hour and the mode, and the map should say it, not us.

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Nothing is stored on this site: the starting point you type is sent to Google Maps, and to it only, when you click. Leave the field empty to start from your current location.

03Access, once you are there

The address is 550 chemin du Golf, suite 010, Nuns’ Island (Verdun), H3E 1A8. Drive into the 550 parking lot, park in the loop in front of the building, then head for the basement entrance: Kyokushin signs mark the way. Suite 010 is on the lower level; access is by stairs. This page says nothing more about accessibility, because nothing more is documented — if the stairs are a question, call before coming. The colour access map is on the dojo’s page.

Our classes run in both languages, which is why this site exists in four.

04From Pointe-Nord

Pointe-Nord is the eco-neighbourhood at the north end of the island, around the Evolo towers — Evolo, Evolo 2, Evolo S, Evolo X, Evolo NEX — and the REM’s Île-des-Sœurs station, opened on 31 July 2023 between the Bell campus and Place du Commerce. From that sector the form above gives the route on foot, by bike or by car; by transit, it takes into account the STM bus lines that serve the island. If you work at the Bell campus or another Pointe-Nord office rather than live there, An activity after work, near Pointe-Nord answers the questions that come up on the way out of the office.

05From Pointe-Sud

Pointe-Sud is the sector at the south end of the island, on the river and golf-course side, with the Symphonia towers (100 rue André-Prévost) and Symphonia Viu. Same principle: your address in the form, your mode, and the map does the rest. The dojo is not located in any residence, is recommended by no building and has no arrangement with any manager: these names are landmarks, nothing more.

06From Domaine de la Forêt and the other sectors

Domaine de la Forêt is a sector of houses; the island’s other well-known complexes — Les Verrières sur le Fleuve, Club Marin, Val de l’Anse, Les Sommets sur le Fleuve, Vistal, Zuni, Les Jardins des Vosges, Domaine de la Pointe — are all starting points the form accepts as they are. This list is not a ranking and says nothing about who trains at the dojo: it is there so you can find yourself in it. If your building is not on it, simply type its street.

07Meeting neighbours from other buildings

You may already know the people in your building, its gym or your professional network. An activity followed somewhere else is a simple way to cross paths, week after week, with residents of other parts of the island: at the dojo, conversation starts around a movement to learn or a practical question. Karate does not guarantee new friendships; it gives a fixed appointment, a shared goal and a setting where people learn together. Do you need to know someone to start? No: the trial class is there to see the group, the schedule and the atmosphere. Is the dojo reserved for the residents of one building? No. Can you come only to meet people? The aim remains learning karate; the meeting happens around the practice, not instead of it.

08The group for your age, and how to try

Children train from age 4 to 13, adults from 14, five days a week: the schedule gives the groups and times, the pricing page the monthly and family rates. The first class is a free trial, with nothing to buy beforehand — comfortable clothes and a bottle of water, and what to bring to your first class has the list. For an adult starting out, Adult beginner karate classes in Montreal says what it asks; for a child, Karate classes for kids in Montreal.

Come and try a class

A free trial class on Nuns’ Island, for children from age 4 and adults from 14 — the directions are above.

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