Offering Traditional Martial Arts … Non-Contact!
Welcome to the Orillia Academy of Karate, where we pride ourselves on being friendly, family-oriented, and the perfect choice whether you’re a complete beginner or have trained elsewhere in the past. Children over the age of ten are welcome.
Classes are highly disciplined, but fun, friendly, and supportive.
Karate is applicable in our everyday lives as it encompasses self-respect, respect toward others, responsibility, honesty, decisiveness, a positive self-image, developing the ability to speak and perform before a group, and, in time, compassion and gentleness.
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION:
Classes are now being held at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Hall, 99 Peter St. N, Orillia, ON. L3V 4Z3
Mondays & Wednesdays: 6 pm – 8:00 pm
SPRING 2026 ADULT SESSION:
April 8th – June 24th, 2026 (No class May 18th, Victoria Day)
COST: $330 for the session (22 classes)
Students must be 10 and up, or 8 and 9 if an adult trains with them.
Please contact Chief Instructor , Gerry Ramsay regarding registration. Payments accepted via e-transfer.
Email: rgerry0@gmail.com
Phone: (705)326-8259 (home) or (705) 323-3467 (cell)
KIDS CLASSES, INSTRUCTED BY BLACK BELT STACEY THEIS

Location: St Andrews Presbyterian Church Hall, 99 Peter St N, Orillia, ON L3V 4Z3
Equipment : Please wear comfortable clothing as we train barefoot.
* Socks with anti slip grips acceptable. Bring a water bottle
MONDAYS
#1 Kids Karate Ages 3-4 with parent/caregiver*
Day: Mondays Time: 4-430 pm Classes:10 Cost: $100
Date: April 13,20.27, May 4,11,25, June 1,8,15, 22
#2 Kids Kinder Karate Ages 5&6
Day: Mondays Time: 430-5 pm Classes:10 Cost: $100
Date: April 13,20.27 , May 4,11,25, June 1,8,15, 22
No class on Easter Monday ( April 6) , Victoria Day (May 18)
#3 Kids Karate Ages 7-10
Day: Mondays Time: 5-6 pm Classes:10 Cost: $150
Dates: April 13,20.27, May 4,11,25, June 1,8,15, 22
Equipment : At this level the formal attire for karate is required which is a white karate gi with our crest and handguards. See order form below.Cost is $80
No class on Easter Monday ( April 6) , Victoria Day (May 18)
WEDNESDAYS
#4 Kids karate Ages 3-4 with parent/caregiver*
Day: Wednesdays Time: 4-4:30 pm Classes:12 Cost: $120
Dates: April 8,15,22,29 May 6,13,20,27, June 3,10,17,24
#5 Kids Karate Ages 5&6
Day: Wednesdays Time: 4:30-5 pm Classes:12 Cost: $120
Dates: April 8,15,22,29 May 6,13,20,27, June 3,10,17,24
#6 Kids Karate Ages 7-10
Day: Wednesdays Time: 5-6 pm Classes:12 Cost: $180
Dates: April 8,15,22,29 May 6,13,20,27, June 3,10,17,24
Equipment : At this level the formal attire for karate is required which is a white karate gi with our crest and handguards. See order form below.Cost is $80
READY TO SIGN UP?
Please send the following info with your email
- Participant’s name & Age
- Class #
- Your phone number (cell), name, email
- Need to know info (medical/allergies, etc)
Payment via e-transfer stacietheis@gmail.com
KARATE EQUIPMENT:
In karate, students wear a white gi, it is our uniform. Although not required in the beginner classes, some students have requested to purchase one. The white gi includes top, bottom, white belt and dojo crest for $60. We sew our own crest on the left side of the gi over the heart. Please see the sizing details below..
Your child will be participating in self defense and sparring. For these activities we wear hand guards as a safety precaution. Our dojo is NON-CONTACT, no violence or aggression. This means that there are no strikes to the body; with control, students aim and practice control and respect. There will be light contact from blocking: on the arm of the defender, on the arm or leg of the attacker. Students are matched with a partner of a similar size. There have been no injuries at our dojo. Injuries from contact are a sign of a poorly run dojo with little or no respect.
Handguards will be provided for kinder and beginner classes.
You can purchase a pair for your child’s own use ( to keep) for $20
- Handguards $20
- Gi $60
- Gi+ handguards $80
Size height
- 0000 < 3’6”
- 000 3’6’ -3’8”
- 00 3’9” -4’2
- 0 4’3”:- 4’5”
- 1 4’6”-4’’8”
- 2 4’9”-5’4”
- 3 5’3”-5’5”
Please send an e-transfer to stacietheis@gmail.com
Stacie Theis, Black Belt Instructor; 705-238-3024; stacietheis@gmail.com
Orillia Academy of Karate,




Chief Instructor Gerry Ramsay (29 years)

Black belt instructors Jack Shell (16 years), Ian Munday (22 years), Stacy Theis (28 years), and Daniel Patriquin (11 years)
Learn more about who we are and where we originated as a dojo here.

