World Top Martial Arts

Burnaby martial artstraining

Train with Shihan Navid: karate, kickboxing, MMA, grappling and self-defence

Train inside Fitness 2000 in Burnaby with Shihan/Sensei/Sifu Navid Ghorbanpour — a champion instructor with 35+ years of experience helping kids, adults, beginners, and serious students progress with confidence.

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Instructor depth35+ yrs

Champion-level experience translated into calm, structured coaching and visible progress.

Training paths5

Choose karate, kickboxing, grappling, MMA, or women’s self-defence without guessing where to start.

First stepTrial

Visit the dojo, meet the instructor, and get pointed toward the right class track.

Programs

Choose your training path.

WTMA keeps the choice simple: build discipline through karate, sharpen striking with kickboxing, learn ground control, or train a practical all-around system. Start where you are and progress with structure.

Karate

Shotokan karate for discipline, coordination, balance, focus, self-control, confidence, and visible belt-by-belt progress.

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Kickboxing

Muay Thai, traditional kickboxing, Western boxing, and karate through pad work, drills, light sparring, and optional competition.

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Grappling

Ground control, takedown defence, positional escapes, submission awareness, and calm pressure on the mat.

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MMA

Stand-up, ground transitions, full-contact karate, and reality-based self-defence for well-rounded martial artists.

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Woman's Self-defence

A women-only class for kickboxing fitness, street awareness, practical self-defence, stronger posture, and mindful energy.

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Inside WTMA

Our Dojo

See the training floor, class setting, and student culture before you visit. The space is practical, focused, and built for steady correction, repetition, and progress.

Our Instructors

Shihan / Sensei / Sifu

Navid Ghorbanpour

Shihan / Sensei / Sifu

Navid Ghorbanpour

Shihan Navid is a multi-time national and international martial arts champion and the head instructor of World Top Martial Arts in Burnaby, serving Vancouver, Coquitlam, and the Lower Mainland. His teaching blends precision, intensity, and a calm expectation that every student can improve.

His karate background includes a 6th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate, trained under Shihan Mohammad Bahrami, and a Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate, trained under Shihan Ali Nahrani, a direct student of Kyokushin founder Mas Oyama.

He is a certified full-instructor in the philosophy and science of Jeet Kune Do, with training under Jamen Zacharias and Dan Inosanto, a direct student of Bruce Lee’s the founder of JKD’.

He is also a certified instructor in Kickboxing and Edged & Impact Weapons, with deep experience in the Grappling Arts. Students learn how the disciplines connect: stand-up, ground work, weapons awareness, and practical self-defence taught as one system for sharper technique, stronger health, and better judgement.

Kids karate instructor

Mayumi Ghorbanpour

Kids karate instructor

Mayumi Ghorbanpour

Sensei Mayumi teaches kids karate with calm structure, clear expectations, and patient correction. Students build stance, movement, etiquette, focus, confidence, and respect one class at a time.

Her karate background includes a 4th Degree Black Belt in Shotokan Karate, trained under Shihan Mohammad Bahrami. She brings traditional standards into a children’s class environment that feels clear, supportive, and steady.

Mayumi’s classes support children who need clear instruction, repetition, and a positive path from first class to visible progress.

Philosophy

Jinsei Do — The Way of Life.

WTMA is built around Jinsei Do: the process of creating a well-rounded martial artist. Traditional martial arts are combined with modern fighting fundamentals — stand-up, ground work, weapons awareness, and the judgement to adapt. The aim is steady growth: sharper technique, stronger health, better judgement, and respect inside and outside the dojo. Osu.

Why WTMA

Why students keep showing up.

Parents want confidence and self-control. Adults want fitness, self-defence, and coaching that feels purposeful. WTMA gives both a clear place to train and improve.

WTMA martial artist meditating in a white gi on rocks — **Discipline in practice.**Focus, patience, and control are trained alongside the physical work.

Train under one of Canada’s top instructors

Shihan Navid brings 35+ years of combat and teaching experience.

Improve physical health

Regular evening classes help build workout habits that last.

Learn self-defence

Learn practical responses to aggressive situations in a safe, controlled environment.

Strengthen your mind

Improve focus, concentration, consistency, and mental discipline.

Develop life skills

Children grow confidence, self-control, problem-solving, and self-esteem.

Challenge yourself

Step beyond comfort and earn visible progress through practice.

Learn multiple disciplines

Karate, kickboxing, grappling, MMA, and weapons defence in one system.

No long-term contracts

Month-to-month payments keep training flexible and honest.

Training Schedule

Find the class that fits your goals and train with us.

Schedule subject to change. Please check back regularly for updates.

Training locationFitness 2000 Athletic Club · 9304 Salish Court, Burnaby, BC V3J 7C5Open in Google Maps →

Start training

Start with a trial class.

Tell us who the class is for and what you want to work on. WTMA can point you toward the right program, schedule, and next available trial class inside Fitness 2000 Athletic Club.

Try 1 day for freeRequest your free first day through the form, then confirm the best class track before you start.

Direct contactwtmanavid@gmail.com·(604) 351-3878