Bernardo Karate
1165 Oxford Street East N5Y 3L7 London, ON, Canada

Three more sleeps!!! We can’t wait to lift with our amazing friends this Sunday! Who is lifting for 30 minutes? Who is lifting for 60 minutes? If you cannot participate and would like to donate to Kids Kicking Cancer please let us know. We appreciate your consideration

On behalf of Shihan Michael Bernardo, our Instructors and Members, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the OKF (Ontario Karate Federation) for awarding us Dojo of the Year for 2020. Thank you for recognizing our efforts during a very challenging year.

Only one more sleep!! Superhero kicks for Kids Kicking Cancer takes place tomorrow at 10 am! This is our first of five virtual events taking place during the month of March. Details below:

March 7th is our first Sunday of fundraising events for Kids Kicking Cancer. All of our younger students can dress up as their favourite Superhero and join in on Zoom at 10 am. A minimum donation of $20 to participate. This will be a ton of fun for our kids especially since Sensei Seb from Ottawa will be hosting!

Most of our fitness events in March are self explanatory, except maybe the Lift-a-thon half or full Marathon on March 14th. Here are more details: LIFT-A-THON Marathon or half marathon... Who wants to have fun and get in great shape all in the name of charity? Team up with Douvris Martial Arts and Bernardo Karate for the whole month of March and help us raise awareness and funds for this amazing, non-profit organization Kids Kicking Cancer Canada. The object of the LIFT-A-THON is to get everyone more active and feeling better. The last 12 months have been tough on so many people. Our virtual fundraising event is a motivating way to do something for your health and to give something back to others who are fighting for theirs. How does the LIFT-A-THON work? There is only one rule: Once you pick up your weight you don’t set it down for 30 or 60 minutes. You can choose any weight you want: It does not matter how heavy or light you lift. Two pounds, five pounds, twenty pounds...whatever weight you think you can keep from touching the ground for the specified amount of time. You can choose any lift you want: You can swing your weight. You can press your weight overhead (push press, jerk, snatch). You can curl and press. You can clean and press. Any lift you want without touching the weight to the floor. You can rest and change hands as often as you wish: Rest the weight on your shoulder and change hands for example every 5 reps, 10 reps, 30 seconds etc. Any rep range or amount of time is up to you! You get to choose. Lift whatever object you want: Dumbbells, Kettlebells, Barbells, Yoga balls, Medicine balls. Choose whatever weighted object you feel most comfortable with. You get to choose the amount of time: We are challenging ourselves and aiming for either a half marathon (30 minutes) or a full marathon (60 minutes). If you start training now, before you know it, five minutes per day will end up being 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes in no time! Challenge yourself. Make self-improvements every day. Have your family and friends sponsor and encourage your efforts. All proceeds go directly to Kids Kicking Cancer Canada. Visit link for more information: https://raceroster.com//fitness-fundraiser-for-kids-kickin

Here is the link to our new online ZOOM karate and cardio kickboxing schedules: https://bernardokarate.com/schedules/ As a reminder, you can find our schedules and zoom links/passwords on our website under the tabs Schedules and Zoom. You don’t need to log into the member’s section for this information. ... Also, there are no online classes tomorrow (Saturday, January 16th). Our new schedule is now in effect. Have a safe and healthy weekend We look forward to seeing everyone online on Monday.

Tonight’s zoom line up: 1 4:30 pm Little Dragons 2 5:00 pm Kids Karate (all belts) ... 3 5:30 pm Kata review (white-orange) 4 6:00 pm Cardio kickboxing 5 6:45 pm Sparring drills (yellow and ) 6 7:15 pm Adult karate (all belts)

Bernardo Karate members, We want to begin by thanking all of our students and members for their patience during these trying times. We understand your frustration. We feel it too, especially knowing how important exercise can be for one's physical, emotional, mental and social well being. We also understand how important it is to protect our loved ones. Our elderly. Our most vulnerable. We need to set aside our emotions, stay positive, be kind to one another and be dil...igent with our safety and social distancing measures. We were hoping to be back to in-person classes and regular training. Back to a 'normal' world for the New Year. Unfortunately our Province has taken several steps backward in slowing the spread of Covid-19. Our "word-of-the-month" for January is PERSEVERANCE and it could not be more appropriate for what we are all currently going through. Our members who are attending Zoom continue to inspire us to be creative with teaching our classes online. We know all of you are working hard to stay positive and motivated and your "CAN DO" attitudes keep us going!! We are pumped to provide better content each and every day. We are 100% committed to helping all of you achieve your health and wellness goals for 2021. Thank you for sticking with us!! Due to this week's Provincial announcement with increased lockdown rules, we are releasing a NEW ZOOM SCHEDULE on our website and all of our social media pages tomorrow (Friday, January 15th). Tonight's schedule (Thursday, January 14th) will remain the same. Unfortunately these new rules don't allow for us to have as many Instructors available to teach at the same time so we have had to make some changes. Sneak peek We are excited to add two new daytime cardio kickboxing classes to our Zoom schedule but you will have to check back tomorrow to see when they are! See what we did there?

We are having some website issues. Here is the link for tonight’s (Thursday, January 7th) Zoom classes: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89592902947 Hoping to have our Web tech sort through the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Great line up for tonight’s ZOOM schedule: 5:00 pm - Little Dragons 5:30 pm - Cardio Kickboxing ... 6:15 pm - Striking/Self defense class 6:45 pm - Stretching/Kicking class 7:15 pm - Adult Karate (all belts) Few notes: Cardio kickboxing classes are for our teen and adult members No uniforms are required for the striking/self defense class or the stretching/kicking class. These two classes are open for our karate and cardio kickboxing students plus their family members. If you have any questions regarding zoom schedules or zoom links please visit our website www.bernardokarate.com or call 519-659-2504. Let’s gooooooo!!!

Even though we prefer face-to-face interaction with our students, the turnout for our first day of Zoom classes was FABULOUS!!! We understand online exercise and learning may not be ideal for everyone but our highly skilled and creative Instructors are going to continue to provide our students with the same high energy classes they are used to receiving in our Dojo’s. ... Be FEARLESS!! Don’t be afraid to try something new Check out all the amazing options for you and your family: https://bernardokarate.com///2021/01/Zoom-January-2021.pdf

Just added to CALENDLY!!! Two new cardio kickboxing classes to our Oxford schedule: Friday’s 12 pm Saturday’s 12 pm ... We are working hard to accommodate our members! Hope these NEW times help!

Lockdown update: We hope everyone is having a great start to 2021! It’s not how we envisioned our January to start but we understand what is at stake during this Ontario Provincial lockdown. ... Regardless, we are ready to go with our online zoom platform. We have a jam packed schedule for our students with classes every day except Fridays and Sundays. Students will be able to do multiple classes as we have added in some stretching/kicking classes plus a striking/self-defence class that even our cardio kickboxing members can participate in. We will have Instructors from all of our Dojo’s teaching online: Shihan Renshi Tammy Bernardo (Oxford) Renshi Tom Roberts (Dearness) Sensei Lee Campbell (Ilderton) Sensei Kevin Dang (Strathroy) Sensei Russ Finkbeiner (Grand Bend) Sensei Holly Kenny (Oxford) Sensei Andrew Powell (Oxford) Sensei Andrea Elaschuk (Oxford) And many more! Our zoom schedule and links are posted on our website www.bernardokarate.com These are all new zoom links so be sure to take a look. We won’t be posting any recordings this time but we have numerous karate and cardio kickboxing and body weight workouts in the members section if you cannot make a live zoom class. A few notes for zoom: We are asking members to use their real names (not nicknames or numbers etc) for your screen name. For security reasons we won’t be allowing any one into the meeting/class if we don’t recognize the name. Everyone will also need to turn their video/cameras on. We need to see every member on our screens. If you are in our waiting room and are not being allowed to enter, it is likely because we don’t recognize the user name. Please call our Bernardo Karate headquarters at 519-659-2504 for any issues. Younger students need to be supervised at all times during zoom classes. Please have a space to train in that is clear and safe. Here is a look at our Zoom schedule: https://bernardokarate.com///2021/01/Zoom-January-2021.pdf For our kickboxing members, Shihan, Renshi Tammy and Renshi Tom will kick off the first cardio class at 6 pm. Be ready to sweat! Memberships: we will be freezing payments and memberships during the lockdown. If you have any questions please contact your individual Bernardo Karate Studio. No time off. It’s time to get moving! Let’s gooooooooooo!

2021 is going to ROCK!! Who’s with us? Let’s gooooooo!!!! HaPpY NeW yEaR!!!

Just a reminder: Due to our Black belt endurance gradings on Friday and Saturday we have some class cancellations and important notices: 1. No tournament team classes on Friday ... 2. Our Oxford Studio will be closed the whole day on Saturday. All karate and cardio kickboxing classes are cancelled. 3. Every year all of our Black belts gather together to support our students who are testing. Unfortunately due to COVID-19 we are extremely limited in the number of people we can have in attendance. Shihan has invited school owners and a few of our Head Instructors to attend. We apologize and hope everyone understands this year’s extenuating circumstances. We know how much our Black belts look forward to the Endurance gradings. We are disappointed too. Thank you for understanding. 4. We want to wish all of our students great skills and success this weekend! Our Endurance gradings are: Friday: 6-9 pm Saturday: 9-12 pm and 1-4 pm Be sure to double check your time slot. It’s time to showcase your strength and determination! Let’s gooooooo!!!

Congratulations to this year’s Black Belt Class of 2020! Our candidates finished their final tests this weekend and we could not be any more proud of this dedicated group of martial artists. Due to COVID-19 our students have had a very unique year of training and we believe this will make this year’s Presentation grading even more memorable than ever before. We will be posting our Candidate’s names, new ranks and pictures on the day of our Presentation Grading, December 5...th. More details will be released this week. It will be very different this year but it will be very special nonetheless. Once again, Congratulations to our Brown belt Adults graduating to the rank of Shodan and to our Youth students graduating to the rank of Junior Black Belt. Congratulations to our Jr. Black belts and Adult Black Belts on advancing to their next degrees.

THANK YOU. We will not forget.

Reminder: due to our Technical gradings there are no tournament team classes tonight (Friday, November 20). All Brown belts test tonight at our Oxford Studio at 6:30 pm. All Black belts test on Saturday, November 21st at 1:30 pm.

Our Cardio kickboxing classes will be released Sunday at 11 am. As a reminder, due to our Black Belt testing next weekend, all of our karate and cardio kickboxing classes at our OXFORD STUDIO will be cancelled on Saturday, November 14th. Please keep this in mind when you are choosing your cardio kickboxing classes on Calendly - there will be no options for classes next Saturday. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Saturday, November 7th testing times: 12 pm - Make up/pre-test #4 for Brown belts 1:15 pm - Pre-test for Adult Black belts testing from Shodan to Nidan and Junior black belts testing for Junior 2nd. ... 2:30 pm - Pre-test for Black belts testing to Sandan and higher All testing takes place at our Oxford Studio. Due to our current safety protocols please show up no earlier than 15 minutes before your testing time. A reminder that our change rooms are closed so be sure to show up in your karate uniform. Please wear your face mask and be sure to bring a water bottle. If you have any questions please call our Oxford Studio at 519-659-2504.

Tournament Team members: Friday night training: 5:15 - 6:15 pm 13 years and under... 6:20 - 7:20 pm 14 years and up

New Dearness and Ilderton karate and cardio kickboxing schedules posted today: https://bernardokarate.com/re-opening-schedules/

Its time to stop thinking Its time to start DOING! Give Have a productive Monday everyone! ... Lets gooooooo!!!!!

A reminder our NEW OXFORD KARATE schedule starts today, Monday, September 14th. Click the link below to view. There is a separate Zoom page on our website with NEW Zoom links as well. All five of our Bernardo Karate Studios will follow our Oxford Karate schedule for ZOOM. https://bernardokarate.com//2020-Bernardo-Karate-Fall-Sche

A reminder we are closed on Monday, September 7th for Labour Day. Our cardio kickboxing classes on Calendly will still be released on Sunday at 11 am Have a safe holiday weekend

Our September newsletter is now available! Click the link below to see what is happening all month long at Bernardo Karate: https://mailchi.mp/c7c57f51964b/kvr4nx6bi2-4509204 September is a powerful month to set some goals! A new month and a new season is upon us. It's a great time to shift your focus to creating a healthier mind, body and spirit! Let us show you how!

A reminder for our cardio kickboxing members when choosing your classes online this week: We are closed Saturday, September 5th and Monday, September 7th for Labor Day weekend. This weeks classes will be released today (Sunday) at 11 am on our website: ... https://bernardokarate.com/cardio-kickboxing-sign-up/

Congratulations to tonights Dearness Grading Graduates! Thursday, August 27th is our Oxford Studio gradings. No regular karate classes in the evening on Zoom or in-Studio EXCEPT TOURNAMENT TEAM training. Shihan will be running tournament class at 7:30 pm.

Shihan is holding an Outdoor Black Belt workshop tomorrow (Saturday, August 22nd) at 9 am at Mornington Park (behind Blessed Sacrament elementary school) which is a block over from our Oxford Studio. Last weekends outdoor Brown belt workshop was held here and it was a great success All Black belts and Junior Black belts are encouraged to attend. Do not worry if you have not trained much over these past few months. Shihan is going to review everything ... Wear running shoes and your gi and Black belt (karate t-shirts are also fine). Hats, sunscreen and sun glasses are also recommended to bring along

Our NEW BERNARDO KARATE face masks are back in stock. New colour and a bit larger than our last set of masks.

Update as of 5 pm - our internet issues have been resolved. Zoom/karate schedule will run tonight. We apologize but we are having internet issues at our Oxford Studio so we wont be able to Zoom our 12:30 Adult class. They are sending someone to resolve the issue this afternoon. We will keep everyone posted about this evenings classes.

No DAYTIME kids karate this week - ONLY evening classes: A reminder for our younger students. Due to Summer Camp at our Oxford Studio there will be no day time karate classes at the dojo or on Zoom. Our evening karate schedule WILL RUN as per usual this week. Adult karate class at 12:30 pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday will still run online and in person. ... Please call 519-659-2504 if you have any questions. Have a great week everyone!

Brown belts Outdoor kata seminar/workshop with Shihan tomorrow, Saturday, August 15th 9:00 am 10:30 am at Mornington Park (located one block west of the Oxford Studio, behind Blessed Sacrament Catholic elementary school). The rain date will be Sunday, August 16th. Wear running shoes, full gi or gi pants with a karate t-shirt. Bring a hat, water bottle and sun glasses are optional. Please note, the Black belt workshop is the following Saturday, August 22nd. ... We are looking forward to seeing everyone!

It's finally sUmMeR cAmP time!!! In conjunction with recommendations from our London-Middlesex Health Board we are now offering two weeks of Summer Day Camp. This year our camps have been designed with Covid-19 safety protocols in place For more details please visit our website. ... Camp dates: Week one: Oxford Studio August 17-21 We only have two spots left Week two: Dearness Studio August 24-28 To view our camp flyer click on the link below: https://mcusercontent.com//0ed233d5-9/2020_summer_camp.pdf To reserve your spot or to ask any other questions, please call: Oxford: 519-659-2504 Dearness: 519-691-0999

Our summer theme this week is Aloha Hawaiian We surprised our students today with Tiki cupcakes!

Congratulations to our Ilderton, Strathroy and Dearness grading candidates for the month of July! A reminder for our OXFORD Studio and all online ZOOM students: Due to a full day of gradings there are NO karate classes and no tournament team practice on Thursday, July 30th. If you forget your grading time slot please call 519-659-2504. Please follow all safety protocols and wear your face mask/covering upon arrival. ... There are classes on Friday, July 31st but we are closed on Saturday, August 1st and on Monday, August 3rd. Have a safe and fun holiday weekend!

Its finally sUmMeR cAmP time!!! In conjunction with recommendations from our London-Middlesex Health Board we are now offering two weeks of Summer Day Camp. This year our camps have been designed with Covid-19 safety protocols in place For more details please visit our website. ... Camp dates: Week one: Oxford Studio August 17-21 We only have two spots left Week two: Dearness Studio August 24-28 To view our camp flyer click on the link below: https://mcusercontent.com//0ed233d5-9/2020_summer_camp.pdf To reserve your spot or to ask any other questions, please call: Oxford: 519-659-2504 Dearness: 519-691-0999

Check out our Instagram page for some fun pictures of our students and Instructors for our ALOHA Hawaiian theme week July 27th to July 31st! We have a surprise treat day planned for this week! Which day will it be?

We opened up one more spot in our Oxford cardio kickboxing classes Its now added to our online sign-up program Calendly - check to see if your favorite class time has a new opening

Oxford cardio kickboxing classes are available to book for Monday, July 27th to Friday, July 31st. A reminder we are closed Saturday, August 1st and Monday, August 3rd for the Civic Holiday. https://bernardokarate.com/cardio-kickboxing-sign-up/

More crazy socks & shorts at the dojo today!

The winner of our Crazy, Wacky, Wild hair week is Jessica!! Watch below to see what she won! Our Summer theme week #3 (shorts and socks) finishes up on Saturday. Be sure to come in tonight or tomorrow for a shot at our top prize! ... Have fun! Be creative!

Our Summer theme week Shorts and socks is off to a cool start!

Kata review with Shihan tonight for all Black Belts. Oxford Studio or online zoom at 7:30 pm

In order to keep London moving forward in a safe and positive manner during Phase three, the Medical Officer of Health from the London-Middlesex Health Unit is making face masks/coverings mandatory for all indoor public spaces. There are several individuals including children under the age of 12 who are not required to wear masks. For more detailed information please read the full article provided in the link below: https://t.co/AsHsw8P7fs?amp=1... Until further notice, in all of our Bernardo Karate locations: If you are not engaged in physical activity in the main dojo area or cardio kickboxing training area you will be required to wear a face mask/coverings at all times. All of our other safety protocols are still in full effect. Please visit our website for more details. We have had a very successful re-opening over the past three weeks and we thank our members for their vigilance and compliance with following all physical distancing guidelines and all of our safety measures and protocols. Keep up the great work Londoners!

More pictures from our surprise popsicle & freezie party! With the heat in London today it was a nice refreshing treat for everyone after karate class

More pictures from our Summer theme week! Even our Instructors are joining in on the fun! CrAzY WiLd wAcKy hAiR wEeK! What do you think so far? Its going to be tough to vote for a winner this week!

Shhhhhhh! Today is our popsicle and freezie surprise day! Our Summer fun continues! Mia and Ceana popped into karate class this morning and cooled off with a fresh lemonade Freezie for the ride home.

Week two for our summer fun theme week continues! CrAzY WiLd wAcKy hAiR wEeK is off to a great start! Check out a few of our students fun creations! What does everyone think so far?

Last weeks summer theme for our Karate Kids program was Favorite Hat and sunglasses Our winner at our Oxford Studio is Miranda Zhao! Our Instructors could not resist those big, floppy bunny ears Miranda already had one of our new summer Tee shirts so she decided to spin our prize wheel instead and she won a Lululemon gift card!! ... Congratulations Miranda!

Wednesday's NEW Cardio Kickboxing class at 12 noon has been added to our OXFORD Calendly. Click link here to sign up: https://bernardokarate.com/cardio-kickboxing-sign-up/

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT We have exciting news!!!! Due to the popularity of our day time cardio kickboxing classes we are adding TWO more classes to our schedule at our OXFORD location: ... Starting this Wednesday we are adding a 12 pm cardio kickboxing class and going forward, Mondays at 12 noon will be added in as well!! So for everyone who tried to schedule day time classes this week and could not get in you will have Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 am and 12 noon to choose from We will update our program Calendly on Tuesday to sign up for Wednesdays noon class.

Wednesdays NEW Cardio Kickboxing class at 12 noon has been added to our OXFORD Calendly. Click link here to sign up: https://bernardokarate.com/cardio-kickboxing-sign-up/

Our JULY summer fun days continue! Get ready for WILD, WACKY & CRAZY hair week! Search out different hairstyles online and get clever, crazy & creative! Spray, tie, dye or wig it!! Summer fun, prizes and a surprise popsicle party this week! ... Dont miss out!!

An easier way to schedule your Cardio kickboxing classes at our Oxford location. Let us know if you have any questions.