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Our Story

45+ years of building Burnaby's strongest families.

"The family that kicks together sticks together."

A family academy, by a family.

Master Gee's Black Belt Academy is the longest-running professional martial arts school in Burnaby, voted #1 by the community year after year and named Best of Burnaby eleven times. Over four decades, more than 3,000 students have walked through our doors — many of our instructors among them. They grew up in this program and earned the right to teach.

Our Philosophy

Multi-Style Martial Arts for Real Life and All Ages. We teach a blend of striking, blocking, self-defense, forms, and sparring — drawn from traditional arts and tested in the real world. Confidence, discipline, and strength, built together.

Safety First

Our safety record speaks for itself. Students learn to control their kicks and punches and how to block and roll safely before any contact is permitted. Our floors and equipment are cleaned daily, and class sizes are kept small enough for personal coaching.

The Curriculum

Belt Progression

Every rank is earned on belt testing week. However, Apprentice Belts and Black Belts are achieved after our six-month testing cycle.

  • What "High" means: a High belt is the same colour as the belt before it with a stripe added — it marks the halfway point to the next full rank.
  • Dan stripes: the gold stripes on the end of a black belt mark degrees of black belt — 1st, 2nd and 3rd Dan.

Juniors & Adults

19 ranks, from humble beginnings to absolute mastery.

  1. White1
  2. Orange2
  3. Yellow3
  4. High Yellow4
  5. Green5
  6. High Green6
  7. Purple7
  8. High Purple8
  9. Blue9
  10. High Blue10
  11. Red11
  12. High Red12
  13. Brown13
  14. High Brown14
  15. Apprentice15
  16. Black Belt16
  17. 1st Dan17
  18. 2nd Dan18
  19. 3rd Dan19

Tigers (Ages 4–7)

16 ranks built for our youngest students.

  1. White1
  2. Orange2
  3. Yellow3
  4. Green4
  5. Purple5
  6. Blue6
  7. Red7
  8. Brown8
  9. Camo9
  10. High Orange10
  11. High Yellow11
  12. High Green12
  13. High Purple13
  14. High Blue14
  15. High Red15
  16. High Brown16

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