Martial Arts Planet, Kingston Ontario

3 Month Student Membership

Ken Thompson — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:13:05 +0000

Our three month student membership is intended for our local students, looking to get some training in before they head home for the summer. Call us for more details!

UBfit™ Fitness Kickboxing

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:59:27 +0000

UB=Ultimate Body, and that’s exactly what you can get by participating in our kick-@ss classes! Although our UBfit™ Kickboxing program is done to music like an aerobics class, that’s where the similarity stops. There are no aerobics bunnies in our gym. Real Martial Artists lead you through easy-to-learn kickboxing skills which provide the workout while [...]

Mixed Martial Arts / No Gi

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:35:49 +0000

Is your goal to get in better shape? Do you want to relieve stress or maybe feel more confident? Perhaps you would like to learn a skill that is fun and interesting and that you won’t appear awkward doing? If any or all of these are true then our Teen and Adult Mixed Martial Arts [...]

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:34:13 +0000

At the crux and core of our grappling system is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (aka Gracie Jiu-jitsu). Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a grappling art that was popularized in America by the legendary Gracie family. BJJ concentrates on dominating your opponent by using angles, leverage, and superior body positioning to control an opponent’s body movement. A person that [...]

Muay Thai Kickboxing

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:32:36 +0000

This 1000 year old martial arts system is world-renowned for its simplicity and effectiveness. This art has been dubbed “the science of eight limbs” for its amazing use of hands, legs, knees and elbows. Our Muay Thai program should not be mistaken with traditional Muay Thai Kicboxing, as our kickboxing classes focus mostly on the [...]

Strength Plus

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:31:21 +0000

Everyone knows that the ideal fitness program combines both aerobic conditioning and strength training. Our newest class, Strength PLUS™, is designed to give you that missing link. Based upon the super-effective TRX® Suspension Trainer, this new class will have you speeding towards your fitness goals! Benefits of Suspension Training with the TRX TRX® Suspension Training® [...]

UBfit™ Fitness Kickboxing

Ken Thompson — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:30 +0000

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 13: And So This is Christmas…………

Chris — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:00:37 +0000

I loaned my canoe and kayak to Chris a few years ago so he could go camping with his MAP buddies. When he returned I asked how the weekend went, expecting to hear tales of wild drunken cavorting in the bush. Turned out nobody had brought any beer, and the nearest thing to a decent [...]

Lusciously Nutty Holiday Logs

Chris — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:00:25 +0000

2 dozen cookies Active Time: 30 minutes Total Time: 1 1/4 hours Nutrition Profile Diabetes appropriate | Low carbohydrate | Ingredients Lusciously Nutty Holiday Logs 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 1/3 cup plus 5 teaspoons sugar, divided 1 tablespoon freshly grated orange zest 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 8 sheets phyllo dough, [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 12: ……And Who Do You Think You Are?

Chris — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:26:34 +0000

For those of you who haven’t been keeping up, MAPdad was supposed to record the thoughts of a undeniably middle-aged father as his young sons take up the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Things got derailed when DAD, confined with his laptop to the front lobby of MAP, realised that more fun, not to mention [...]

Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup

Chris — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:24:49 +0000

1 large onion, diced 1 tbsp olive oil 2 cloves garles, minced 2 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped 3 to 4 carrots, peeled and chopped 6 to 7 cups of broth or water (depends on your taste and how thick you like your soup) sour cream Saute the onion and garlic in the olive [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 11: So Long Geoff……and Thanks for all the Pain.

Chris — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:05:22 +0000

It’s been a few months now since I started UBfit classes at Martial Arts Planet, and I’ve come to know, at least to some extent, the personalities of each of the coaches. There have been five of them so far, rotating the shifts so that on a given evening I’ve never been sure who might [...]

Beef Barley Stew

Chris — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:00:01 +0000

This is a hearty and delicious stew. The perfect comfort food for a cool fall day! Ingredients 1 pound beef stew meat, cut into 1/2 inch pieces 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 cups sliced carrots 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup sliced celery 2 cloves garlic cloves, minced 2 cups sliced baby portobello mushrooms 1 [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 10: Paying Off the Debt

Chris — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:26:45 +0000

So, it’s the morning after your first UBfit session and you find that life after exercise is less comfortable than before. In fact, when you first wake up you think that death might be an attractive alternative. But why? You busted your butt, kept up with the game, swung and sweated like Joe Frazier in [...]

Wagnney Fabiano Highlight Video

Chris — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:51:57 +0000

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 9: The Morning After

Chris — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:00:22 +0000

The alarm goes off at 7.00 am and I awake from a paralysed slumber. I reach over to hit snooze, but somehow my arm doesn’t want to obey my brain and I fumble about before giving up, eyes still glued shut, as blather from the K-Rock morning morons invades the bedroom. I’ve chosen K-Rock deliberately. [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 8: Not Cool at All…

Chris — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:00:08 +0000

There’s this thing in UBfit called the “Cool Down”, but don’t be fooled by the name. If you are like me, you’ve just spent the last 40 minutes or so trying to keep your lungs from exploding, and your innards from becoming your outtards, but then there’s the glorious, and you think final, directive “Gloves [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 7: Not Exactly Ali

Chris — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:15:48 +0000

“Everyone grab a partner!” I look around. There’s an obvious shuffle away from the sweaty guy with the blood-bespattered feet, the girls relieved at finding they’re present as an even number. The kid on the cement bag teams up straight away with someone who might as well be his great-granddad. That leaves me as the [...]

Sweet Potato and Cranberry Couscous

Chris — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:16:37 +0000

Here is another recipe I came up with when stuck with what to make for supper and needing to use up some ingredients in my fridge! I love couscous because it literally takes minutes to make and it’s so versatile – you can add anything to it. This seems like a sparse dish; however, the [...]

MAPdad REFLECTIONS PART 6: First Blood

Chris — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:01:10 +0000

“Back on the bag. Jab, Cross, Rear Leg Roundhouse Kick.” Thirty seconds has made all the difference. The muscles that were screaming for oxygen have had time to take a long slug of 20% O2, and I’m ready to go again. (Yeah, I know that 20.9% is dry ambient, and 20.5% is sweat-saturated ambient, but [...]