Sensei Martin Gage is a 3rd degree black belt in Okinawan Goju Karate. He studied under Shihan George Picard of Glenridge Martial Arts in St. Catharines Ontario. He has been studying karate since the age of 7 as well as several other martial arts including Japanese and Brazillian Jujitsu, Kung Fu, and Tai Chi.

Sensei Gage is a firm believer in training the mind, body, and spirit. Aside from karate he has studied and taught mindfulness and meditation in various formats. He truly believes that if you are going to teach a student how to fight, you must also teach them how not to.

Goju means Hard/Soft. This is one of the fundamental concepts in many martial arts and is emphasized at Gage Martial Arts on many levels, including the emphasis on meditation (softening the body) and physical training (hardening the body).