Riverdale Martial Arts

Honestly amazing instruction. Mike Zaniewski is clearly one of the greatest Jiu-Jitsu minds I have encountered in my nearly 20 years of training. Robert Currie is a hidden gem in teaching Judo concepts for BJJ.

I have enjoyed training with Riverdale Martial Arts for over a year now. Peter's comprehensive understanding of many different disciplines of the martial arts, combined with his endless patience and commitment to his students make this a top-notch dojo. I started out with a trial class and I've been coming ever since. Through my training I've gained confidence, skill, physical fitness, and it's been a lot of fun.

Riverdale Martial Arts is a family oriented gym that's close to the subway making it easily accessible if you're looking to add exercise to your daily routine, try something new, or just want to improve on your jiu jitsu or Judo skills. Both the adult and kids classes are run by highly skilled and knowledgeable coaches to help you on your way. The students and coaches are friendly and inviting making it a very tight knit community.

Riverdale Martial Arts is great place to exercise and practice martial arts. I've only come from PT with Dana Collis. Dana really understands the biomechanics of the human body, how it moves and how it works. She's also very knowledgeable and skilled with kettle-bells and her mobility exercises are very effective. She will help you work on anything fitness/exercise related. Great trainer.I've also met the owner Bobby who is very friendly (also the purple belt instructor whose name I forget).Great homey environment.

This is a solid gym with some great coaches running the show. If you want to learn some BJJ or judo, you should train here (no slight to Toronto BJJ, you should probably train there too).Mike Zaniewski is the best Brazilian Jiu Jitsu coach in the city of Toronto, bar none. He has the rare gift of being able to dumb down the most complex movements to their constituent parts and convey these on a basic level.I've never trained with Bobby Currie as he runs the standup section and this is drastically beyond my capacity to attempt, but he's got a stupendous pedigree and appears to know what he's talking about.

I started working out here after bidding on a three month membership at a local school fundraising event. Although I wasn't interested in the judo and jujitsu they are primarily known for, Bobby, the owner, accommodated my interest in getting fit and I ended up taking Dana's Strength and Conditioning classes and got hooked. I renewed my membership and then continued with private training sessions. I am the strongest I have ever been and feel and look pretty great (never thought I'd feel like this as a woman in my 40s with three kids).Dana is motivating and a fantastic teacher and trainer - she fine tunes and gives great prompts to assist with form and make sure the exercises are done properly and safely.In addition, my kids have trialed the jujitsu and gymnastics classes and loved them but couldn't continue due to their other activities, but from what I observed, Bobby is a knowledgeable, patient, and fun teacher. I highly recommend you or your kids try this dojo out for three months. Would be surprised if you or they aren't hooked like I was.

My 6 year old started at Riverdale BJJ about a year ago, and it's honestly everything I was looking for in a martial arts school. It runs like a traditional dojo and I love that. My son is more focused and mindful when he's there, and even in his daily life now. Bobby and Mike are both so good at teaching the kids not only jiu-jitsu but life skills too, they're thoughtful in their approach but stern. I appreciate that my son gets an experience that forces him to really focus, and one that's a little more strict than his day to day. I also enjoy that they don't go full out with the kids, they don't learn submissions and just practice control, body movements and positioning in the younger classes (5-8).I've enjoyed it so much that I've recently started as well, and even though my body doesn't enjoy the added wear and tear its currently going through. Adult classes, for white belts only introduce jiu-jitsu in an impactful but still traditional approach.I've looked into other clubs, but honestly, this is the best jiu-jistu dojo I've come across in the east end. For me, my son that's currently there, and my 2 year old that will start in a few years, there isn't a better club.

Great environment. Knowledgeable Senseis. Nicely structured beginners program that helps starting with BJJ.

Awesome martial arts school, very welcoming to new students and you can tell they are experts through their own experience in the art. Mike & Bobby are great coaches!

Bobby is a life long Martial Artist, Judoka and Grappler. As an instructor, he is excellent, technical and able to help one improve whether you are a beginner on your first day or an advanced grappler. Riverdale martial arts is a great place to train if you are in the Toronto/Danforth area.