ABOUT

Your Local Gymnastics Center

Dakota Gymnastics has something for everyone. We offer a great variety of programs to best fit everyone's needs. We are passionate about gymnastics and strive to provide quality programs by focusing on teaching proper techniques in all of our programs in a fun and safe manner.

Mission & Values

OUR APPROACH

We Believe

In order for young individuals to effectively learn gymnastics, it is crucial to provide them with a secure and enjoyable atmosphere that fosters creativity, diversity, and consistency. This environment also plays a key role in developing essential life skills alongside their gymnastics abilities.

Train With The Best

Our dedicated coaching staff is passionate about gymnastics and enjoys working with individuals. All of our coaches are NCCP certified, ranging from Level 3 to Level 1. They have undergone child abuse checks and hold first aid certificates.

What sets our staff apart is their distinctive approach in engaging students, striking the perfect balance between maintaining high standards and ensuring class enjoyment.

OUR TEAM

Our Team

OUR MAIN COACHES

Arkadiy Isakov (Adik)
Head Coach and DGA Founder

Mr. Isakov is a Level 3 NCCP men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics coach and a member of the National coaches team in Canada. Arkadiy has over 30 years of experience coaching, which also includes the increasingly popular Acrobatics gymnastics. He is certified in First Aid and CPR/AED as well as Respect in Sport and Make Ethical Decisions through the Coaching Association of Canada.

As a former gymnast, Adik received the Soviet Master Sport and was a member of the Soviet National Team who had a devastating record of winning awards.

For a second straight year, Adik has been awarded the Sport Manitoba Order of Sport Excellence for his contributions to gymnastics in Manitoba!

Hilde Marsch
Recreational Coach

As a recreational coach, Hilde Marsch has always been passionate about Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline. Her Foundation training in these sports has made her an expert in coaching kids of all ages who share the same passion as hers. Having practiced gymnastics as a child herself, she understands the importance of providing a safe and fun environment for children to learn and grow while developing their skills. Hilde's love for working with kids of all ages is evident in the way she inspires them to push themselves beyond their limits and achieve their goals.

Anna Biscocho
Recreational Coach

Artistic Gymnastics and Trampoline are two of Anna Biscocho's specialties as a recreational coach. Having trained in both, she brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to her coaching sessions. Her love for working with kids stems from her own experience doing gymnastics as a child. To further enhance her skills in this area, Anna holds a child's psychology degree from the Philippines and has worked in daycares in her home country. Her holistic approach to coaching ensures that not only do children develop their physical abilities, but they also receive emotional support and encouragement.

Anastasia Nazarenko
Aerial Silks and Acro Coach

Anastasia, a professional circus performer hailing from Ukraine, has been immersed in the world of circus arts since the age of 5. Throughout her journey, she has mastered various forms of aerial gymnastics, juggling, contortion, hand balancing, group juggling, as well as pair and group circus acrobatics. Under the guidance of Svitlana Vorotniak, she completed a ten-year program of extracurricular education with the circus group "Fieria" in Zaporizhzhia. Anastasia has achieved great success, emerging as a winner in numerous all-Ukrainian and international circus festivals and competitions. Notably, she secured first place at the esteemed Olympus Rivera 2019 festival held in Greece. Additionally, she has been consistently recognized at the renowned international circus festival known as "Divocirk". Currently, Anastasia is in her fourth year of studying circus genres at Dnipro Art College, focusing on becoming a circus artist, a trainer for circus teams, and a director for circus performances. With her extensive experience working with both children and adults, she brings a wealth of expertise to her craft.

Sophie Peterson

Aerial Silks Coach

Sophie Peterson is a dedicated and talented aerial artist, with a passion for introducing new minds to the unique art form. Beginning her training journey at fourteen years old, her experience in performance and training provides essential knowledge to our aerial classes.

She understands the importance of safety and builds her programs around strength building, risk prevention, and student enjoyment. She has been CPR and AED certified, alongside taking a Canadian Red Cross certified babysitting course to adapt her training to younger individuals.

Having performed at the Centennial Concert Hall annually for over three years, her background brings rich experience and knowledge to her lessons. Her choreography is created to be both accessible and beautiful giving students of all ages and skill levels allow everyone to feel accomplished in themselves. Her goal is simple: To help every student regardless of age of ability feel confident and empowered.

Through her coaching, Sophie and her deep passion for the art commit to the growth, comfortability, safety, and enjoyment of each one of her students, making self-confidence and personal growth a priority in all of her lessons.

Our Gym

EVERYTHING YOU NEED

Our gym is now located at 1249- C Gateway Road, East Kildonan in Winnipeg. The gym is a wonderful space that allows us to offer a wide variety of programming. Including birthday parties, school PD day camps, school-break camps, and more!

Our training area includes a suitable gymnastics floor for tumbling and other maneuvers as well as space for training in vault, beams, bars, rings, parallel bars, and pommel horse. The space also includes a tumble air track, preschool-sized equipment, and a variety of teaching props.

Dakota Gymnastics Academy provides recreational and fully equipped gymnastics facility for the gymnastics disciplines of men’s and women’s artistic gymnastics and acrobatic gymnastics. We also provide auxiliary training for athletes from other sport disciplines (e.g., hockey, ringette, and figure skating).

WHY CHOOSE GYMNASTICS?

According to the International Olympic Committee as well as Sport Canada, gymnastics is recognized as one of the three foundation sports for all other sports. Universally, gymnastics is a popular sport.
Within Canada, it is one of the fastest-growing sports among children and youth. Currently, there are over 300,000 individual gymnasts in Canada, including 20,000 competitive gymnasts. Canada is also beginning to be recognized as a world contender in the sport, and for the first time in the nation’s history in 2017 it hosted the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Québec. Join us today and explore the incredible world of gymnastics.