Mudo Academy of Martial Arts and Fitness
140-20728 Willoughby Town Center Drive V2Y0P3 Langley, BC, Canada

Praying that all of our families close to the massive fire are safe.

Our after school students learn computer coding with an instructor while waiting for their martial arts class to start. At 6, they are already starting to create and make their own video games! Use your kids time wisely!

This Taekwondo master's kicking skills are incredible...

Hello, Just to clarify, we would like to announce that the new health orders do not affect us. The order is for people ages 22 years and older only and we will remain open as usual. Reminder though that we will close for Easter weekend on Friday and Saturday of this week but will open on Monday of next week ... Thank you very much.

This is awesome. Taekwondo parents are the best as they prank their own daughter.

Stay fit not only for yourself, but for your family.

Club: Mudo Martial Arts Academy Judo BC is proud to celebrate Mudo Martial Arts Academy as part of our Judo Family. At Mudo Academy their goal is to challenge a...nd inspire our students, through Martial Arts, to persevere in any endeavour they choose to undertake in life. Head Coach: Robert Bessler Website: http://www.mudomartialarts.ca/ Address: #140-20728 Willoughby Town Center Dr, Langley, BC, V2Y 0P3 #mudojudo #langley #judo #judofamily #family #judovalues #strongertogether #judobc #judocanada #judolifestyle #judothrow #judoka #judolife #judo4life #sensei #judomorethansport #judoworld #judolove #judomylife #workingout #training #practice #dojo #traininghard #ijf Mudo Academy of Martial Arts and Fitness Judo BC Judo Canada

Dear Students and families Great news!! It seems we may have misunderstood when we thought we had to close for two weeks. According to viasport BC which is our governing body for covid protocols, we are allowed to remain open and conduct classes according to phase two guidelines. This means that we will not be able to work in cohorts and all the students will train individually again. I will confirm this first thing tomorrow morning with Fraser Health. We look forward to... to seeing you on the mats! Sincerely, Master John Yoo See more

Dear Mudo students and families, The provincial government has announced a two week partial shutdown of gyms and group extra curricular activities for the Fraser and Coastal health regions of British Columbia. Detailed emails have been sent. If you do not receive our emails, pls check you spam or contact us directly. Thank you

Our heavy bags are smart bags!

Congratulations to all of our students who promoted. Special congrats to our new black belts. Your journeys have just started. We will be announcing our black belt program soon.

From street gang to woman Icon. Judo builds strong men and women! https://morbidology.com/the-mother-of-judo-rena-kanokogi/

Just a friendly reminder that we are closed this Monday for Labour day long weekend. Have a great long weekend everybody!

Spread the word about our awesome after school coding and martial arts program! Services include pick up from school, coding lessons, martial arts lessons and pick up at 6 pm. People like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, all started learning coding early. In today's society, we feel that confidence and self defense, as well as tech skills from coding are probably the two most important things a child can learn early in life.

Hello everybody, via sport BC and work safe BC has opened the third phase for businesses within the province. What does this mean? We will still keep our cleaning routine as well as our safety protocols in place however, the major change is that students are allowed to work together without social distancing in cohorts of 10. As many of you already know, our children will be at school in cohorts of 60 starting September, so the governing bodies have deemed it quite safe for c...hildren to work in cohorts of 10 after school. Although masks are still optional, we have sourced children's size disposable medical masks and will encourage our students to wear them when working in their cohorts. We will continue to take our precautionary measures that we have in place to ensure a safe training environment for our staff and students. If you still wish for your child to work alone and not in their groups, please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate your child. Please check individual email to see our new Schedule. Our new schedule comes into effect Tuesday September the 8th, and all of the classes will go back to 1 hr long except the Tiny Tigers. Note we may finish 5 min early to spray and disinfect our mats in between classes. Warm Regards Master John Yoo

Thanks to our student and soon to be jr black belt Lily Liu for making, and editing this promotional video all on her own! Thank you Lily! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9rtCXEIdVQ&feature=youtu.be

NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION Mudo Academy's After School Care Program Martial Arts Program with Coding Lessons!!! Mudo’s After School program is different from other after school programs because there are more than one martial arts program a student can take. Also, our dedicated After School Coordinator provides students with coding lessons and monthly character building exercises.... Mudo's After School Care Program provides coding from Tynker!! The #1 coding platform for kids. Tynker provides everything needed to learn computer programming in a fun way. Tynker powers the creativity of over 60 million kids and serves thousands of schools and educators worldwide. BASIC PROGRAM INCLUDES (ACCELERATED OPTION AVAILABLE) Judo and Taekwondo sessions Coding lessons Homework and snack time (Snacks are not provided) Designated After School Coordinator Monthly Character Building Themes and Exercises Pick up from school to Mudo Academy Student pick up time from 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm Spaces are Limited, Register Today!! Call us at 778-298-1999 or visit us at https://mudomartialarts.ca/after-school-program/

Our next belt promotions are on Aug 15th! Due to the covid restrictions, we will be having three different testing times for the students. Here is the list of the students and their testing times for Saturday the 15th. 4 pm Charlotte Houseman, Edward Lou, Quinn Peters, Brody Tran, Lucas Tran, Mihin Walopa, Sajan Boparai, Fia Mcleod, Henry Borger-McRae, Jiho Yun, Minchan Kim, Yoomi Lee.... 4:45 pm Bella Cheng, Anaya Deol, Cheyenne Kumar, Aariya Deol, Isla Mcintosh, Jacob Sum, Wyatt Kumar, Anant Gill, Heesoo Daniels, Nathan Sum, Sanam Boparai, Zander Peters, Jayden Fang 5:30 pm David Lee, Matthew Chang, Chase O'Grady, Mariella Benasa, Anika Steffens, Liya Sun, Siyona Kamath, Sophia Biring, Aardra Nair, Allison March, Calista Ji, Jennifer March, Joshua Park, Nathaniel Wen, Rebecca March. Those testing from home the zoom ID number is 810 540 8225 Congrats and good luck all!

Hello everyone! Just a friendly reminder that it's BC Day this Monday. Classes will not be in session.

Happy to see ciana kicking improvement. Amazing performance

A friendly reminder for Canada day. Happy Canada day!

Kids are loving our inflatable bags!

To all of our fathers who quietly sacrifice, we salute you! Happy father's day!

He is one of my favorite tkd fighters. Fights under the new rules with old style.

Put you kids in sports!

This days physical workout is more important. If you want to boost your immune system.

Ah the good old days

Onsite training growing

What the new normal looks like at Mudo Academy

Our baby shark routine with our online zoom class.

Spots are going fast! Pls email us at: [email protected] to reserve your spot live in class or online on our zoom platform. Take advantage of our re-opening special. We will soon open spots up to the regular public after all of our returning students have had a chance. Thank you

We are back!! Live sessions start today!!

Dear Students and Parents, We have been diligently preparing for a safe return to live classes over the past few weeks and are very excited to see many of you back June 1st! All classes will be LIMITED to ensure safe, physical distancing. Due to restricted class sizes, we can only guarantee spots to students on a first come first serve basis....Continue reading

A Message From Master John: EXCITING NEWS! We are preparing to welcome students back to class on JUNE 1st! While we have received confirmation from the province that our Academy may re-open on May 19th, however we are taking the extra time to ensure safety precautions and preparations for a safe return to class! We are proud to offer Best of Class safety standards including hospital grade professional disinfectant cleaning products and enhanced training protocols that will ...help keep everyone safe while doing what we love to do. Someone once said: "do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a hard one." This quote carries so much more weight as we move forward in our new reality. The hardships caused by this virus both directly and indirectly in terms of health, wealth, bullying, racism, etc has me convinced more than ever, that martial arts is not just another activity, but a crucial tool used to help develop our mental and physical strengths so that we will be better prepared to tackle life's hardships with courage and resilience. Due to strict social distancing protocols, spaces will be limited however, we will continue to offer the online classes at a reduced rate for those who are waiting for a live spot, or do not feel comfortable at the Academy yet. Please stay tuned for details! See more

Not only a traditional art, but practical.

Join us online for our adults fitness classes. This is a war and we are all soldiers. Lets get into fighting shape and take on this virus!

Join our fun and engaging online classes!

Just a reminder that we will not hold online classes for this Friday, Sunday and Monday for Easter Long weekend. Despite long weekend coming up, we will start our TKB fitness classes Tomorrow on Thursday at 6:30 pm. Please download zoom and email us for the ID.

These franchises have their own problems but small business like us do not have the financial cushion that some of these more established places have. We have our community and our perseverance. Stay positive and we will get through this!

Mudo's virtual classes going strong!! It is extremely important to keep structure in kid's daily life even if they are stuck at home!! Keep safe but don't wast this time and try to continue to improve and grow!!

Hello, everyone should have received an email with the link and times for your online interactive classes. If you have not, please email me at [email protected]. Story time with Sensei will take place on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:20 pm. Get your children training in their classes and join us after dinner for a nice story and opportunities to win bonus tokens! Thank you all and be well!

Laughter is always good medicine.

All members, hurry and join our members only group for all of our awesome online programs! https://www.facebook.com/groups/317572538850237/requests/

Join us in our members only page now for live storytelling by Sensei Rob!

Don't forget to join our members only page today and join us for Story time with Sensei at 1pm

We had a very fun Storytime with Sensei broadcast today and our first dance video is up. All members, come join us at our members only page! https://www.facebook.com/groups/317572538850237/

Hurry up and log onto our live reading: Storytime with Sensei in our Mudo Academy members only page!

Judo Covid19 World Judo Family Like Page <3

Parents, don't forget to sign up to our Mudo members only group and have your child tune in tomorrow at 1 for Storytime with the Sensei! Our Sensei will do a book reading and then there will be a question period for bonus tokens!

A live tkd dance performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDjyc2634wo

Wow, we at Mudo are busy coming up with new programming for our students! Along with our On line interactive Martial arts training and Storytime with Sensei, we are launching an exciting new program that many of our students have been waiting for. Taekwondo dance lessons will start on line next week! One of our 4th degree black belt students will be posting weekly training videos of kpop dance/taekwondo choreography routines. Interested Students of all ages can log in and... practice on line with her. In June, we will have live auditions. Students can audition to make our Hip Hop Taekwondo dance team. This team will perform at various demonstrations and Taekwondo federation events across the province. For those who are not sure what kpop taekwondo is, here is a video made by a famous taekwondo demonstration team in Korea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc-1-Y4Mnro Good luck to you all! Warmly, Master John Yoo

Dear Mudo Students, We have some exciting news. Even during this isolation period, we do not want you guys to stay inactive for too long. Our school has partnered up with one of the leading children’s martial arts organizations in the world to participate in an International At-home Training Program!... Over 1000 schools all around the world are participating in this home training program while fighting this covid 19 pandemic. These videos include age-specific lessons that are fun to follow while targeting your child’s stage of development. Here’s how you access the planners and videos: 3 and 4-year olds at-home video tutorial planner 1: https://youtu.be/6bsZ6dr9dCc 3 and 4-year olds at-home video tutorial planner 2: https://youtu.be/59d3gYVMkTU 5 and 6-year olds at-home video tutorial planner 1: https://youtu.be/V16CCb9r11s 5 and 6-year olds at-home video tutorial planner 2: https://youtu.be/X1vCPElKOTk 7 to 9-year old at-home video tutorial planner 1: https://youtu.be/RKNqqKpaZOg 7 to 9-year old at-home video tutorial planner 2: https://youtu.be/EdEq7wTd1Ac 10 to 14-year old at-home video tutorial planner 1: https://youtu.be/eEbDiXhkPXw 10 to 14-year old at-home video tutorial planner 2: https://youtu.be/kl63Vjjfa_8 Don’t worry that these planners are different from a normal class as the goal is to keep your kid’s body and brain learning while we are on break! Share videos of yourself or you kids training on our FB page or FB members only page and you will receive token credits for your training even while at home! Also we will choose one Judo student and one TKD student for a grand prize: Free Mudo Academy sports Bag! Furthermore, starting on Monday the 23rd, we are launching "Storytime with Sensei" on FB live. John our fb members only page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/317572538850237/?epa=SEARCH_BOX and have your kids enjoy a live reading and discussion of a children's book with Sensei Rob Bessler. After the reading and discussion, Sensei Rob will ask three questions pertaining to the book. Students can type the answers on our page. Storytime with Sensei will broadcast at 1pm daily next week. On behalf of our entire team, we thank you in advance for your participation in this program and look forward to seeing all the awesome pictures and videos! Warm Regards, Master John Yoo

In case anyone is wondering.... no this will not happen to you!

Don't forget to keep your sense of humour!

Dear Mudo Family Throughout these difficult times, we hope you are all doing well and in good health. All of the staff at Mudo are in good health and miss our students terribly. We thank you all very much as it is the support of awesome families like yours that keep us going and motivated to provide even better, innovative instruction for our students. As we follow the current climate of the Covid 19 virus and the advice of Canada's health authorities, the one thing that ...is clear is that the situation is changing almost daily. We have followed the advice to close for two weeks so that people may isolate and slow the spread of the virus. Despite being confident that our procedures and precautions were adequate, we followed the advice of the authorities because we felt it was our duty. Moving forward, we must think of our duty to our students and prepare for every possible scenario. The most likely scenario is that most businesses open while schools remain closed. In this case, we are prepared to offer full day camps and half day camps for those of our parents who will be in dire need of places for their children while they work. These day camps will include martial arts training, arts & crafts, reading/writing and games. Every precaution will be taken such as constant disinfecting/cleaning, hand sanitizing every 30 min, and children will be supplied with disposable masks to wear while at camp. Space will be limited and this service will only be available to student members not showing any symptoms. Evening classes will go on as normal and be posted on our fb members only page along with home training excerpts for those still in isolation. In the worst case scenario, schools and all nonessential businesses are forced to close. In this case, we are working on an interactive platform for virtual training at home. Yes, we will interact in real time over our laptops and train together as always. We can still make corrections and our students can still ask questions. We are currently working on our platform for this service and our special at home curriculum. We are very excited about this new platform. There will be a taekwondo belt test at the end of April. Hopefully we can do it at the Academy, but even if we have do it online in real time, we will proceed as planned. The next Judo belt test will be shortly after in May. We must all do our very best to minimize the negative affects we allow this virus to have over our lives; this is the only way forward. As a martial arts community, let us be the leaders. Let us show people what strength and resilience means. Warmly, Master John Yoo

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, we have been carefully monitoring the progression of the virus and closely following the advice of Canada’s public health authorities. We have followed their recommendations and have implemented numerous changes in our school to focus on our highest prioritythe health and safety of our members, club staff, and everyone in our community. Although health Canada still rates our risk here as low, we have heard that there is a narro...w window of opportunity to flatten the rate of infection curve. In this time people should try as much as possible to stay home and practice "social distancing." To do our part, we are writing to inform you that we have made the difficult but important decision to close our school effective immediately for the next two weeks. Our purpose has always been to give every student the skills to lead a healthy and confident lifestyle. There is no moment in our history where that purpose is more important than today. Like other businesses across the country, we are closing our doors to further limit the spread of this virus and to protect the most vulnerable in our community. It is the right thing to do. During these two weeks, membership fees will carry on as usual and students will get four free makeup classes when they return. If you are a prepaid member, your membership will be extended for an extra two weeks. We have made the decision that our wonderful instructors will still get paid during those two weeks as most of us depend on each paycheck for our livelihood. This way we are able to pay them while still providing top quality make up classes for our students. After two weeks on March 30, we will get back to doing what we love best; working with our students and teaching martial arts. We will continue with the vigorous cleaning regiment that we have implemented recently and also post classes on line on our FB members only page for those students who wish to self quarantine longer. We will post our regular classes, as well as special home training excerpts for each day. We would like to thank each and every one of you for your ongoing trust and support. As martial artists, we will face this challenge with courage and resilience, and as a business, we will do our very best to continue to provide the best services for our members. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and keep you posted as more information becomes available. We look forward to reopening our doors in two weeks and welcoming everyone back. Warm Regards, Master John Yoo

These are only few examples of active steps our staff are taking at our gym to mitigate the risk of exposure to the virus; 1) Surfaces are cleaned and sanitized multiple times throughout the day, including before and after each classes. 2) Washrooms (including door handles, etc) are sanitized and training equipments and other items with increased regularity. 3) Adequate amounts of soap, tissues, hand sanitizers and cleaners are available in our gym.

Tiny Tigers (ages from 3 to 5 year olds) are having fun and exercising at the same time!!

Judo vs wrestling?

If schools end up closing as a health and safety concern please understand some owners might actually go out of business if everyone cancels their dues. Respectfully

Dear Parents and students. Please be advised that all classes will be ending 10 minutes earlier than scheduled as we have decided to disinfect the mats in between each class! We will ensure the cleanest facilities for your safety. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Dear family members There is a real concern in our community with the corona virus being classified as a pandemic today by the W.H.O.. We at Mudo academy would like to share our concerns with all of our parents and ensure that we are doing the best we can to keep our facilities clean and safe. ... Canada is still considered a very low risk country but one can never be too safe. I would like our parents to know that we are disinfecting our mats at least two times a day and other common areas are disinfected multiple times during the day. We will also always provide hand sanitizer and encourage all of our parents and students to use it on a regular basis. Please be assured that we are all concerned and will do our very best. Our own children all train here including the instructor's and the Master's and we will not take this lightly. Thank you very much for your ongoing continued support Warm Regards

For adults contemplating starting martial arts.