How is this Leaside Martial Arts School different from
the average Toronto Martial Arts Schools?

Our core purpose reflects what is truly important to us:
To evoke the human spirit and unleash the potential to impact our world.

Why choose us?

We are committed to serving the community and creating an inclusive environment that inspires people to better themselves.

Martial arts offers amazing life changing benefits, and we would love to share some of those benefits with you.

We offer industry-leading fitness kickboxing classes, age-appropriate kids martial arts programs, adult martial arts and self defence classes, as well as March Break and Summer Camp programs for children.

Everything about our Leaside Martial Arts school- from the design of our facility, to the top-of-the-line training equipment, to our class structure and amazing staff – is geared towards making your experience an amazing one.

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What else makes Evoke Martial Arts Different?

Great Customer Service.

Our community means a great deal to us. We commit ourselves to offering well-structured classes, with result-driven teaching methods in all our programs. You will find our facility to be clean and inspiring, with topline training equipment.

We also have a team of highly skilled, charismatic, and professional staff available to assist you in your classes at all times.

As a team, we are passionate about helping our members achieve their goals – from our youngest Lil’ Dragon, to our Hapkido adults or Kickboxers – we are committed to making everyone’s experience the best.

kids martial arts north yorkTeam of Professional Instructors.

Evoke has a roaster of well-trained staff who are accomplished martial artists, internationally certified in their respective disciplines, and have years of teaching experience.

We also believe what makes a good martial arts school is the positive and supportive atmosphere induced by the staff, and not just their martial arts abilities or accomplishments.

Their experience, knowledge, charisma, professionalism and commitment to helping members reach their potential, is one of the many things that separates us from the average martial arts club in our city – and it’s why we feel our level of service is unmatched elsewhere.

Quality. We care about that.

We hold ourselves to the highest standards of comprehensive Martial Arts instruction. We are humbled to be part of a progressive network of innovative schools within the international martial arts community.

Our career instructors are mostly home-grown, actively train in the martial arts, and participate in regular continuing education initiatives.

They are extremely passionate about what they do.

What sets us apart is not so much of the types or “styles” of martial arts we teach, but “how” we teach them.

Though we are rooted in traditional Hapkido and Muay Thai, we are innovative in our teaching methods, and continually seek new and progressive ways to share the benefits of our programs.

teen martial arts torontoStructure. Everything is well thought out.

Kids train with kids, and adults train with adults. Evoke Martial Arts is one of the few Toronto Martial Arts schools with seperate classes for kids, teenagers, and adults. Our Kids martial arts classes are even separated by age and kept small to ensure intimate personalized instruction for every child.

We believe in other to effectively teach at an age-appropriate level that kids and teens should be in seperate classes. Each group is taught using a well organized curriculum that uniquely targets that age.

Our adult classes are also well staffed and beginner friendly allowing new members to fit in with ease and grow at their own pace.

family martial arts torontoFamily. That is what we are.

It is our members who often tell us, among other things, that the environment at the school and our amazing team distinguishes us from the average martial arts school. We also believe it takes the right people to make an amazing community.

Our school attracts like-minded individuals and families who are really friendly, open-minded, caring, and supportive. It’s like a family here, and we’d love for you to become a part of it.

Toronto Hapkido Academy embraces contemporary training methods and techniques, but we also believe in traditional Martial Arts values such as respect, discipline, and hard work.

We balance our teachings with progressive methods to help you gain practical skills using functional result-driven workouts, as well as tools to help enjoy success outside of your Martial Arts training.

martial arts school torontoLineage. Keeping the flame burning.

In martial arts, lineage is important, and we are part of much bigger martial arts family.

Evoke Martial Arts is an affiliate of the Korea Hapkido Federation (KHF) – the largest and perhaps most recognized international governing body for the martial art – and a branch school of the Kyung Mu Kwan Hapkido system.

The lineage of Kyung Mu dates back to the late 50s, and one of the orginal Kwans (martial arts family) of the old Korea Hapkido Association. Our head instructor, Dayo Odesanya (5th Dan), is one of the few certified KHF Hapkido masters outside of Korea.

We are also a licensed affiliate of the Kru Muay Thai Association – an intimate family of professional North American Muay Thai schools based out of New Jersey, US.

T.H.A blends the old and the new with cutting edge training systems and teaching styles come to life in high energy classes designed with time tested methods that make the Toronto Hapkido Academy the premiere Leaside martial arts school.

Got Questions?

Give us a call: (416)440-2828

We are happy to assist with your questions and help get you started with one of our awesome classes.