SUDBURY KICKBOXING
ACADEMY

Where baby steps turn into giant leaps.

Where baby steps turn into giant leaps

UPCOMING CLASSES:

Join us for the upcoming classes to kick start your unknown strength.

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IS KICKBOXING FOR ME?

YES! Kickboxing offers a high-energy workout combining Martial Arts techniques with cardio that will get your heart pumping. Benefits of Kickboxing include: Losing weight, building stronger muscles, Improving your flexibility, coordination, and many more.

A MESSAGE FROM DAWN

It all began in 2014 with Team Onna Bugeisha, a Women’s Only Kickboxing program. With the support of some important key mentors, our Head Coach Dawn “Coach D” took a leap and opened her own business with the main goal to empower women to train, increase the female presence on the mats, and to share her love for Martial Arts. What started out as a mighty group of 18 women has transformed into what Sudbury Kickboxing Academy is today, an inclusive environment where men & women of all levels of experience work together, encourage each other, and welcome all newcomers.

The experience on our mats is vast and our coaching team is stacked. Our coaches are specialists in their own disciplines; they work with everyone from fitness based to competitive level members. Our own Coach D has been a competitor, reaching the world stage on numerous occasions, and is now a coach. She has stood on the podium in 2015 at WAKO Worlds and coached our Canadian National Team at the 2022 WAKO Pan Ams.

As a strong and united team, we are always looking for opportunities to learn and grow. This approach is one of the reasons that Sudbury Kickboxing Academy continues to thrive.

LET’S START THIS JOURNEY

DAWN - A COACH, INSTRUCTOR AND MENTOR

Dawn works with everyone from newcomers entering the fitness world for their first time to competitors, training them to National Championships.

OUR CLASSES

Sudbury Kickboxing Academy offers several classes and membership options, take a look below for the current class list

ALL Member Kickboxing (14+)

Learn the fundamentals of Muaythai, Kickboxing, Boxing and some Traditional Karate

Team Onna Bugeisha

In this recreational ladies program you will punch, kick and battle shout your frustrations away

Intermediate Kickboxing & Boxing

This class will build on striking fundamentals covering offensive, defensive and countering punching drills

Power 45

Group Strength Training

Fitness Area Access

Free of charge for full-time kickboxing members

1-on-1 Private Kickboxing Sessions

DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTH

EVERY STEP COUNTS

Boost your confidence! Improve your flexibility, co-ordination, and balance, while reducing stress.

CONNECT WITH US

Get in touch and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. We look forward to hearing from you!

CONTACT INFO

Email: SudburySKA@gmail.com

Phone: (705) 507-4809

Address: 1204 St. Jerome Sudbury, ON P3E 4A4

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

Meeting Dawn and starting to train at SKA in 2018 proved to be a pivotal moment in my Martial Arts journey. After 20+ years in traditional Karate, I felt a call to action, a call to open my mind, challenge my assumptions, be a student and push the limits of my potential. Dawn helped me discover how to transition my karate skills to Kickboxing and lead me to victory in my first Muay Thai fight. She taught me a ton about exercise, nutrition and recovery. Dawn is a legitimate badass chick and has cultivated a fantastic community of noble warriors.

“My coach, Dawn Culgin is an amazing coach and mentor. She's kindhearted and has a passion for not just the sport of Kickboxing, but for Martial Arts in general. Being a world level fighter she has a lot of great insight for people aspiring to compete, as well as a 2rd degree black belt, she doesn't mess around! It's thanks to her that Sudbury Kickboxing Academy is the close family it is and it's a great easy-going place to train that pushes you to your limit. Thank you Dawn for making me who I am today!”

I recently moved back to Sudbury after a long time away. I was looking to get in some exercise and hopefully meet some new people in the process. I had been a boxer before, but kickboxing was something very new to me. The range of age and experience level of the members really helped me to feel comfortable as I began learning something that is very challenging, and can seem intimidating to the uninitiated. I've found the coaches here are quite open-minded, and I was even asked to offer my experience as a Boxer to help with the other members' development. It is for reasons like this that it feels more like a community than a gym. It's been a great experience for me and I would definitely recommend it to anyone willing to step out of their comfort zone!

My name is Anne and I am a 58 year old student. I have been studying with Dawn for about 8 years. She and my fellow students have taught me so much about taking time for myself. Sometimes I start to fail in the responsibility and Dawn or another student reaches out and reminds me to get myself back on track. As I have gotten older I realize more and more about the importance of keeping physically active. Our classes push us both physically and mentally, to be the best we can be. We have as a club also done several socially responsible drives to support our community which again cements us as a family. I have days like anyone else where I can bargain in my brain thousands of reasons why I can just skip that class but it never fails that when I get in my car after the class, I feel proud of myself. I would encourage everyone to look for that thing that keeps you active.

SUDBURY KICKBOXING ACADEMY