Vision

CMATS will be a trusted Canadian home for Modern Arnis: a place where practical skill, character, and community grow together, and where martial arts are recognized as a lasting contribution to Canadian life.

Mission

Since January 2004, Canadian Modern Arnis Training Studios has provided a welcoming, disciplined, and enjoyable training environment for students of every background. Through conscientious practice, we develop physical ability, mental awareness, and personal integrity, so that students can live more capably and give more back to the communities around them.

What We Stand For

Canada is multicultural. Training at CMATS is meant to reflect that reality: people of different origins, ages, and circumstances learning side by side, becoming more capable, more considerate, and more useful to one another.

We train women and men together because shared practice builds respect, confidence, and a stronger school. Accessibility is not an afterthought; it is part of how CMATS is built.

Modern Arnis was created in the Philippines by Professor Remy A. Presas and carried worldwide through his teaching. We honour that history and those customs. We also train in a Canadian context—on the mats and off them—so the art remains rooted, relevant, and livable here.

The art itself is complete: long range, mid-range, close quarters, groundwork, grappling, and submissions. Students train both solo and with partners. Partner work sharpens instinct and awareness; solo work builds structure and self-command. Together they form the heart of the practice.

We expect to be judged by what we do, not only by what we say. Our aim is to raise the standing of martial arts in Canada so that future students inherit a stronger, clearer, more useful tradition.

Core Values

Respect through Consideration, Truth through Confidence, Honour through Dignity, Fortitude through Enlightenment