In the north of Montreal, there's a coach by the name of François Persico, who trains high-level athletes and can also pass on his knowledge to your children. At his martial arts school, the only single-sport karate center in Canada recognized by the Institut national du sport (INS), everyone is welcome. Named Karaté Métropolis, it is also known as the Centre d'Excellence en Karaté du Québec. With 4 tatamis, the founder has succeeded in creating an alchemy between sport and excellence.
A school with great values, open to all.
"We want to offer karate to everyone," François Persico, owner of the school and also a member of the Karaté Québec high performance committee, told us. "Our mandate is excellence, but we also have a traditional Shotokan karate mandate through classes we offer in the evenings."
Discipline, confidence-building and mastery of movement are all skills that can be learned in karate. It's a complete sport, developing cardio, endurance and strength. Children, teenagers and even adults are all invited to evening classes taught by certified coaches. All levels are accepted, so that everyone can learn at their own pace.
If you want your child to develop through great values, Karaté
Métropolis is the solution. "I'm not an entertainer. If I ask a child if he had fun today, he has to answer: no, but I learned," says Mr. Persico, head coach of the sport-study group at the Quebec Karate Center of Excellence.
"I'm not a motivator, I'm here to support the athletes' motivation," he adds.
Having grown up in Montréal-Nord, François Persico, also head coach of the Canadian
team, wants to help this neighborhood develop and propel itself towards excellence.
"We have a social role, a community mission. We want to help young athletes who wouldn't initially be able to come to us but who have physical aptitude and a desire to develop in karate!
and a desire to develop their karate skills! By joining the Du sport en plus program initiated by the Conseil du Sport, he is making karate accessible to as many people as possible. It's a real opportunity to learn from the best!
A sports-study component for the most passionate!
For every child who has karate in his or her blood, the club also offers a Centre
d'Excellence en karaté, a unique opportunity to combine academic and sporting success through a sport-study curriculum. The karate school is a partner of seven schools.
"We have a very strong mandate, which is to provide our members with an elite development environment.
elite development. We want to place as many people as possible on the Quebec team, and then on the Canadian team. If anyone's looking for a performance karate club in Montreal, we're the reference," says Mr. Persico convincingly.
Support is also guaranteed: qualified coaches, physical trainers,
mental coach and medical follow-up at the INS center in the Olympic Park are all included in the package. The infrastructure has been designed with the athletes' development in mind.
Perseverance and self-transcendence are key to reaching the highest level and developing your child's potential. The key word at Karaté Métropolis is "development". "We're here to develop athletes so sometimes training is long but that's what it takes to develop their potential, it's repetition and volume."
More than just a karate club, the Centre d'Excellence en Karaté du Québec also offers parallel activities to the sporting world, notably by organizing conferences with multiple athletes and speakers. This extracurricular aspect will also be developed following the company's membership of the Du sport en Plus program, initiated by the Sport du Québec.
Authentic, unique and multi-faceted, Montreal's northern karate club will be delighted to support you in your sporting endeavours. Don't hesitate to contact us and give karate a try!
