Parallel 50 Training Centre
1890A Meredith Road V9W 4R7 Campbell River, BC, Canada

Kids can now join most regularly scheduled, socially-distanced martial arts classes virtually via Zoom! Weekly Zoom Schedule (excluding holidays): Kids Martial Arts (4-6): Monday 5pm, Wednesday 5pm & Saturday 10am Kids Kickboxing (7-13): Tuesday 5pm, Thursday 5pm & Saturday 10:45am Access to Zoom classes is included in all membership fees, including hold fees. Email/message us for the Meeting ID and passcode. Hope to e-see you soon!

Good news for our members 19 years old and under! In-person classes are permitted to resume under ViaSports Return to Sport Phase 2 Guidance. This means that Kids BJJ (7-13), Kids Martial Arts (4-6), Kids Kickboxing (7-13) and Muay Thai Kickboxing for those ages 14-19 (Pod C class times) will all resume next week with updated guidelines that can be found on our website at parallel50.ca/covid-19.html. Please check your inbox for further details on protocols, cohorts, online options and billing. Adult group classes are still temporarily suspended. Email or message us to book private lessons or mat time.

Fortunately, we did get in more promotions than we ever have in one month before we were ordered to close, including one well-deserved belt promotion! Congratulations to Evan on his promotion to a grey/white belt and to Harper, Lilly, Sophia, Carter, Archer, Noah, Caelen, Kaleb, Koen, Nate, Erik, Tom, Charlie and Callum on their stripes last month! We look forward to seeing you back on the mats soon! Remember, we are still available for private and semi-private lessons and are extending monthly billing dates for the duration of mandated lockdown days.

Zoom instructors for the day

This is an excerpt from a recent email we sent to our members, updating them on enhanced Covid-19 safety protocols at the gym: When we are open and running, we get to enjoy and watch wonderful stories of kids who came in anxious and bullied evolve into confident leaders, of new friendships and relationships unfold, of adults overcoming addictions and mental health problems and taking control of their physical health as well as watch all our students learn and improve upon ne...Continue reading

We will be closed on Monday Nov. 9 for maintenance work. Because of this, we will stay open for evening classes on Remembrance DayWe will be closed on Monday Nov. 9 for maintenance work. Because of this, we will stay open for evening classes on Remembrance Day

It was a busy couple months of progress and well-deserved promotions across our kids and adult jiu jitsu programs. Congratulations to Reed, Zach, Caelen, Koen, Nate, Alex, Ryan, Ramzy and Lauren!

First official Parallel 50 staff meeting with our existing and upcoming coaches! Stay tuned for exciting changes in November including more class types and times!

We will be closed on Monday October 12 and will not have noon classes on Tuesday October 13 for Thanksgiving. The normal schedule will resume at 4:15pm on Tuesday. Happy Thanksgiving and have a great long weekend everyone!

Hitting pads with Coach Brooklyn Bull!

Only a couple days left to vote in the 2020 Reader's Choice! Don't forget to vote for us under "Martial Arts Centre"!

Attention! We will be closed on Monday September 7 and will not have noon classes on Tuesday September 8 for Labour Day. The normal schedule will resume at 4:15pm on Tuesday. Have a great long weekend everyone!

It's been a long time since I have been able to do a post honoring the progress of our members. While some of these were before the shut down, we are grateful that assigned cohort and same household training has enabled us to get back on track, make the best of this challenging situation and apply one of the ever-present themes of jiu jitsu: to persevere in spite of adversity. So congratulations to all these members for their perseverance and dedications during a time that making excuses has never been easier!

Attention Parents! Our Kids Martial Arts (4-7 y/o) and our Kids Kickboxing (7-12 y/o) programs are now both waitlisted and our Kids BJJ (7-12 y/o) program has only two spots remaining! As such, for existing memberships that are on hold, if you do not return on your pre-arranged date or have not contacted us to arrange a return date by AUGUST 28, your membership will be forfeited to someone on the waitlist. Thank you all for your interest!

Kids Martial Arts | Ages 4-7 | Monday, Wednesday 5pm & Saturday 10am

Happy kids back in training, staying safe with social distancing!

Full capacity Saturday Kickboxing class! Evening socially distanced classes for adults start Monday June 8, remember to register, can't wait to keep seeing more of you!

Reminder: You have to register for classes 1 calendar day beforehand. Some of you were having problems seeing the active classes for the week, that should all be fixed now! And upon logging in, if you see any amounts owing, don't worry about it for now, we will sort out bills and credits as you return. Hope to see you this week!

The time has come! We will be starting to open on Tuesday June 2nd for lunchtime and kids solo classes! We will open up to evening adult solo classes the following week. As you can imagine, there will be many changes upon your return. A detailed description of these changes can be found (and must be signed) on your Zen Planner account, which is accessible via desktop (link in comments) or the Zen Planner mobile app. Upon logging in, there will be four documents to read and si...gn, two of which you have already seen (please sign anyway) and two that are new. These are: (1) Covid-19 Risk Mitigation Procedures and (2) Contract Pricing and Info. You must sign these documents before you can register for any classes, which is now mandatory. After you have done this, if you have any problems registering, please contact Jensen; we are sure there will be lots of bugs to sort out as we adjust to this new system. We are really looking forward to seeing everyone back on the mats! See more

In light of the recent announcements about the upcoming phased reopening in BC, we have had several inquiries about a potential reopening date for the gym. As it stands, Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) has issued a Class Order to "Owners, Occupiers and Operators of Gyms, Fitness Centres, Personal Training, Yoga and Exercise Rooms (Class)" to remain closed until May 30th, 2020, subject to revision, cancellation or extension. Not all regional Health Authorities issued ...the same directives to their fitness facilities (Northern Heath Authority, for example, did not). It is these facilities (in those regions) that may incorporate themselves into the more immediate reopening announced by the Provincial Government. As a "regulated facility", we have been in contact with our local Health Protection and Environmental Services office, located in the Tyee Plaza. Our local representative informed us that we must remain closed but she is expecting more information in the coming days and assured us that she will be in contact if there is any new information. Additionally, it is likely we will have to submit a "return to work" protocol to the Provincial Health Organization that will have to be approved prior to any opening date, pending their satisfaction with our alignment to any mandates issued by WorkSafe BC. Looking to businesses in other sectors that have already begun this process, a part of their reopening requirements has been gathering input and suggestions from staff. As such, we will be sending out a survey in the coming days to our existing members asking for their input, suggestions and plans regarding reopening. Please take the time to fill out this survey; it will be instrumental in moving forward. As always, thank you so much to the members who continue to offer their support. You are the reason we will have a gym to come back to, we look forward to training with you again soon!

Dear Parallel 50 Members: Regarding the CoronaVirus situation: The BC CDC is recommending recreational facilities provide extra space for clients and employees to have a distance of at least 1-2 metres between one another. Due to the nature of our business, we feel an obligation to our members and to the community to suspend classes on a weekly basis until further information becomes available. As of Tuesday March 17, classes will be CANCELLED and our facility will be CLOSED.... We will provide our next update March 24 as to how we will proceed. Our decision will be based primarily on information that relates to the burden and capacity of our healthcare system. In regard to dues during this time, we will be contacting each of you individually to determine your preferred course of action. As all of you are aware, we are a new business that is by no means in a position to absorb this kind of unforeseen situation. Consequently, we will be providing the following options: (1) Pausing your membership for the duration of our class suspension, (2) Continuing your membership and reimbursing time lost on a rolling basis so we can spread the financial hit across a few months and (3) Continuing your membership and receiving a personal lesson valued proportionate to the dollar amount lost. Nevertheless, particularly as this situation has coincided with Spring Break and several pre-existing travel plans, the above options will not be available to those who will be gone during this time regardless (individual cases will be reassessed upon your return and in relation to our updated status). These options will also not apply in situations that take into account the mandatory 2 week self-quarantine period that applies to those exhibiting cold/flu symptoms or to those who proceeded with their travel plans after March 10 in spite of the widespread knowledge that such a quarantine would be mandatory upon their return. All members are encouraged to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have; we hope to speak with each of you individually over the coming days to devise plans for your memberships. Please be advised that if enough of you pause your memberships during this time, it will put us in a position we may not be able to recover from. We really hope the silver lining in all of this is that we demonstrate our ability to come together as a community to overcome these problems during such hardships. Finally, we will be providing updates in the comments section of this post about online resources that become available so that you may continue your training and studies at home. Stay healthy and safe everyone! All our best, Spence and Jensen

And the first Muay Thai Kickboxing Competition Class down, too!

First BJJ Competition Class in the books! Thanks for the great rolls everyone!

Promotions across the little guys, the youth and the adults this month! Congratulations to everyone on your new stripes!

Find the sign! Thank you Like New Car Care Campbell river for this awesome deal and beautiful sign!

Getting after it on Monday night!

Minor schedule updates starting March 1! Competition season is here! Tuesday and Wednesday we will be cancelling 5:30pm Youth Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and replacing it with BJJ Competition Class on Tuesday and Muay Thai Kickboxing Competition Class on Wednesday (at 5:30pm). The regularly scheduled Youth are encouraged to attend the 6:20pm No Gi BJJ to supplement their training. Please note these newly added competition classes are only for adult students who are planning to compete or have previous competition experience.

We will be CLOSED Monday February 17 for Family Day. Regular schedule will resume on Tuesday, have a great day off!

Thanks so much Van Isle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for inviting us to your annual belt ceremony; it was a joy to be a part of the celebration of your members hard work and achievements! We are honoured to be a part of your family and look forward to all the visits to come!

10 week ALC post-op check in with Evan Somerville at Active Living Physiotherapy! Thanks for the updates and new exercises! Stay tuned for announcements on upcoming workshops with Evan to help us stay healthy and strong in our martial arts training!

Ladies BJJ | Tuesday & Thursday 7:10-8:00pm

A busy month of promotions for many overdue and deserving members! Congratulations on your stripes and progress toward your next belt!

Congratulations to our contest winners Lauren Bull and Adam Judd, who tied for first place with 36 classes in 1 month! And thank you to everyone who came out for our team celebration dinner!

Great seminar with @dysonbjj!

Parallel 50 Kids 4-6 Monday|Wednesday|Saturday

Hey everyone! As the water on the roads will likely freeze over tonight, we are going to cancel all the evening classes. Regular schedule will resume again tomorrow!

Noon classes are cancelled as they continue to clear the roads; stay tuned for an update on evening classes!Noon classes are cancelled as they continue to clear the roads; stay tuned for an update on evening classes!

Holidays and knee surgery pushed us back, but time for some overdue recognition on the accomplishments of our members from October to December of 2019!

We would like to welcome and introduce our new Ladies Muay Thai Kickboxing coach, Brooklyn Bull! From Brooklyn: I have been training Muay Thai since I was 12 years old, when I started with Spence Shaw as my first coach. I never really got into or enjoyed team sports so after stepping onto the mats, I immediately fell in love. I am currently working in an optometry office, being trained and taking courses to be a Certified Eye Care Professional. I love the great outdoors and especially being out on the water. I’m excited to share my Muay Thai experience with others and embark on this learning venture so that I can trade knowledge with my teammates and hopefully make a difference in someone’s life!

This year, challenge yourself and achieve more! At Parallel 50 Training Centre, we offer both Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai Kickboxing to help you reach your fitness and competitive goals! The Facility: Our 3500 sq. ft. facility includes over 1000 sq. ft. of mat space, heavy bags, a full service gym with cardio and weight lifting equipment, a children’s playroom as well as loaner fight gear and uniforms for children and adults.... The Classes: Adults: Lunchtime and evening classes for BJJ and Muay Thai Kickboxing Monday-Saturday Ladies: Ladies Only BJJ and Muay Thai Kickboxing Tuesday and Thursday evenings taught by female instructors Youth: Separate Youth (11-16) program for BJJ and Muay Thai Kickboxing Monday-Friday Kids: Kids classes beginning at 4 years old with scheduling options 5 days/week The Owner: Our owner and head coach, Spence Shaw teaches all our co-ed and child/youth programs. He is an active competitor and black belt in BJJ under Professor Filip Matos and he has 15 years experience in both BJJ and Muay Thai Kickboxing. Contact us to start your 1 week free trial today!

Hey everyone! Monday December 23rd is the LAST DAY to place pre-orders for our new custom gis, rash guards and other martial arts accessories (spats, boxing gloves, shin guards, etc.). If you have not yet contacted Jensen or Spence about your order, please do so ASAP. Payments will be processed December 23rd, we can issue GIFT CERTIFICATES as needed. Remember, after this order is received, rash guards and spats will be required for Youth and Adult No Gi classes and your own gi is required after 1 month of training.

First day of physio at Active Living Physiotherapy with Evan Somerville! Thanks so much for the help, the exercises and the confidence/security to keep pushing and making gains safely!

Another tournament in the books! Congratulations to Owen Olney for earning double gold in the gi and no gi again!

Attention: Spence has been booked for knee surgery this Friday November 29! Over the next 7-10 days, please routinely check the online schedule to see if your class has been cancelled or covered. If the class is still on the schedule the day before, it has been COVERED. If you are confused, please feel free to contact Jensen Burghardt with questions as Spence will be unable to respond.

More pictures from our seminar this past weekend! Thank you again to everyone who attended and helped to make it such a special day!

I haven't even begun to process this surreal, special and amazing day, but I know it's one I will remember and look back on with joy and gratitude for the rest of my life! I started jiu jitsu in 2005 and today, November 16, 2019, I received my black belt from Professor Filip Matos at my own martial arts academy and finally realized Part 2 of my childhood dream. It meant so much to be able to do this in front of so many of my students as well as the new family of Jean-Marc De ...Groot and Matthew De Groot and some of their Van Isle Brazilian Jiu Jitsu team. I have so many people to thank for pushing me and supporting me along this journey. First, I would like to thank Professor Jodey Ingalls and Professor Fraser Jordan. You were my first coaches and without your guidance I never would have made it to where I am today. Thank you to my best friend Chase Ingalls, you were and are always there for me, helping me work through the battles both on and off the mats. Thank you to my mom, Diane Shaw for putting me in martial arts in the first place and always getting me to classes; I can now appreciate how hard that commitment can be, but also how absolutely essential it is. Thank you to my friend, business partner and fiance, Jensen Burghardt, without you, none of this would be possible. And finally, I want to acknowledge and thank my newfound coach, mentor and brother Professor Filip Matos. It's a very rare and special thing to meet someone and just know instantly that person is meant to be an important part of your life. I really feel like my family grew today, Filip is such a wonderful person with a magnetic energy and I'm so grateful to have someone so positive and so unbelievably talented in my life and as an ally in my jiu jitsu journey, I can't wait to keep learning from him! Once again, thank you so much to everyone for all your support, it's been instrumental in making it to this day. I feel like I am starting a whole new jiu jitsu journey from the beginning again!

A clip from Coach Owen's match this weekend! Check the link below for the four full-length matches!

We are so proud of our two competitors at the Be First Championships last night! At 5 years old, Liam was the youngest competitor at the tournament, and in spite of being nervous, he overcame his fears and completed all his matches. After only four months of BJJ training, and at his first BJJ competition, Owen won every one of his matches by submission to earn the double gold in both gi and no gi. We couldn't have asked for a better one year anniversary, we are so honoured to coach these kids who are so talented and so brave!

Youth (11-16) BJJ Monday - Thursday 5:30-6:20pm

Remembrance Day Hours and Class Cancellations: We are cancelling ADULT classes Saturday November 9 (11:30am BJJ & 12:15pm Muay Thai Kickboxing) and all scheduled classes Monday November 11.

Thank you so much Campbell River for voting us the best local Martial Arts Centre and nominating us for Health & Wellness Shop! It is our 1 year anniversary of business next week and we look forward to so many more with the wonderful people who have joined our gym. We get to do what we love everyday and we feel truly blessed! Remember, we offer Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai Kickboxing for adults, children, beginners, competitors, you name it! Come in and see what Campbell River voted for, first week is free to try! Campbell River Mirror

Building confidence, having fun and getting active with some games and kickboxing basics with the Head Start program from Laichwiltach Family Life Society! Thanks so much for coming in, we can't wait till next time!

The results from the first week of our contest are in! For our adults teams: Team A: 42 classes; Team B: 35 classes! Adam is in first place with 10 classes and Tom and Ramzy are tied for second with 8! For our kids teams: "The McNuggets": 26 classes; "The Snakes": 30 classes! Our frontrunners are Owen and Liam with 7 classes!... Remember, every active member has a team regardless of whether you signed up for the dinner! Ask us to find out your team and good luck! Contest closes November 8! See more

Reminder that we will be CLOSED Monday October 14. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

With new stripes and new belts across all our programs, September was our busiest promotion month yet! Congratulations to everyone on all the progress they've made!

It's happening again, my friends! Check out Parallel 50 Training Centre tonight at 7:10, it's Ladies Kickboxing time! This class is meant to be fun, informative... and a great sweat. Bonus: First class is free! "I've never done it before, I'm intimidated AF." No need to feel this way with me. As an ACE certified personal trainer (6 years strong now, whoop!) I plan to coach you through a safe workout, and show you the ropes. FUN FACT: Participating in activities you've never done before builds new neurons in the brain, diminishing the risk of developing dementia later in life. Let's get uncomfortable together! See more

Thank you Filip Matos for letting me be a part of your kids classes today! It was a great experience, lots of information to take home and pass on to our little ones! Always an honor to be a part of this supportive Jiu Jitsu network!

Awesome night at Roll Academy with instructor Hayden Francis! Such a privilege to train at this technical, high level gym!

ATTENTION! Spence and Jensen will be away from Thursday September 19 to Monday September 23. Six classes have been cancelled but ALL OTHER classes have been covered! Please note, our online schedule is accurate and up to date! Cancelled Classes: BJJ Fundamentals: ... - 12pm Thursday (19th) - 1:15 pm Friday (20th) Youth (11-16) BJJ: - 5:30 pm Thursday (19th) - 5:30 pm Monday (23rd) Little Eaglets (4-6) BJJ: 4:30 pm Monday (23rd) Little Eagles (6-11) BJJ: 4:30 pm Thursday (19th)

Hey everyone, last day to cash in on these savings! Hope to see you today!

Touch Sparring in Kid's Kickboxing!

Congratulations to Emma, Luk and Owen on their stripes last month!

Youth (11-16) Gi BJJ Monday, Wednesday & Thursday at 5:30

Youth (11-16) No Gi BJJ Tuesdays at 5:30 pm

First day back after summer holidays!

September updates and announcements! We will be CLOSED Monday September 2 for Labour Day! No other classes will be affected. New class schedule begins Tuesday September 3 and will include: 1) Ladies only Cardio Kickboxing Classes! 2) Saturday Muay Thai Kickboxing!... 3) More Kid's Kickboxing! 4) Youth No Gi Class! 5) Newly designed lunch schedules to accommodate shorter AND longer training sessions! 6) BJJ all Positional Rolling Class! And finally, 7) Later child/youth class start times! See you all next week! See more