Lower Lonsdale · North Vancouver
Stillness,
then motion.
Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and kickboxing for families — taught the way a heron hunts: patient, precise, and never louder than it needs to be. Ages four to grandparents.
- $0 belt-testing fees, ever
- No contracts — month to month
- Parents watch every class
Bowing in — the first and quietest drill of every class.
- arts under one roof
- 3
- classes every week
- 31
- belt-testing fees, ever
- $0
- on the North Shore since
- 2016
Who trains here
Find your room
Kids · ages 4–13
Three age bands, one calm room
Little Herons (4–6), Young Herons (7–9), and Juniors (10–13) — coordination, focus, and kindness, taught through karate and jiu-jitsu. Explore the programs
Adults & teens 14+
Foundations first, then choose your art
A zero-assumptions Foundations program, then Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and kickboxing — with sparring always optional and rolls split by experience. Explore the programs
Women & girls 14+
Self-defence without the fear pitch
A rolling six-week cycle taught by our women coaches: awareness and voice first, then escapes that work under stress. Explore the programsThe Grey Heron way
Three promises, kept in writing
01
Stillness before motion
Every class begins and ends kneeling in quiet. Composure is the first technique we teach — four-year-olds hold it for three breaths, black belts for as long as it takes.
02
Technique over toughness
Nobody here needs you to be tough. Kids never take head contact, adults never spar without consent, and the fittest person in the room is not the point of the room.
03
Honesty in money
Every price is on the website, belts cost $0 to earn at every rank, and there is no contract anywhere in the building. If that changes, hold us to this page.
Published pricing
The number on the website is the number
Kids from $99 a month, adults from $139, a family cap of $429 — tax included, first uniform included, gradings included. Martial arts has a hidden-fee reputation; we'd rather have the opposite one.
See every price- Enrolment fee
- $0
- Belt-testing fees, any rank
- $0
- Contract length
- None
- Whole-family monthly cap
- $429
From the parent bench
Quiet rooms, loud reviews
★★★★★
“Both my kids train here and the difference in their focus at home is real. What sold me: the coach spent our whole trial explaining what they DON'T do — no testing fees, no contracts, no yelling. Six months in, all still true.”
★★★★★
“38 years old, zero athletic background, terrified of gyms. Foundations was exactly what it promises — nobody sparred me, nobody sized me up. Eight months later I'm rolling in the all-levels gi class and it's the best part of my week.”
★★★★★
“Started with the six-week cycle after a scary encounter downtown. It rebuilt something. Stayed for kickboxing. The women-coach, women-only room for the cycle mattered more than I can say.”
The only offer we run
Try a class. Pay nothing. Decide slowly.
Any program, any trial-marked class on the schedule — no card, no contract, and an honest chat with the coach afterwards about whether this is your right room.