Movement school · Ghent, Coupure
Strength and mobility in the heart of Ghent.
A small movement school where you get strong, move well and keep progressing, in groups of max 8. Every level welcome, in Dutch and English.
Drop in €16 · no membership needed
- Max 8 per class
- 60 minutes
- NL / EN
- Raas van Gaverestraat 18A
The studio
Move together. Get strong together.
BURAKABI is a small movement school at Coupure. Not a gym where you train alone with headphones in, but a room where people learn, sweat and laugh together.
Come as you are
No level, no ego. You start where your body is today, and we build from there.
A practice, not a workout
You learn skills you keep: how to squat, hang, crawl, breathe and lift. Things you take into daily life.
Small groups, real attention
Max 8 people. Your coach knows your name, your story and what you need today.
Most of us sit alone at a desk, scroll alone on a phone and train alone with headphones in. The body pays for it, and so does the mood. What keeps people coming back is rarely the program. It's the people next to them: someone who notices when you skip a week, who cheers when you finally hold that handstand, who laughs with you when the balance drill goes wrong. That's what I want this studio to be. A place where you belong, not just a place where you train.
Burak, founder
Who comes here
Made for people who sit too much.
No level needed. Start where you are, we take it from there.
You sit all day
Desk, car, sofa. Your hips and back feel it. We build strength and range back into the body you use every day.
You're back after injury
Physio is done, but you don't trust your body yet. We load it step by step until you do.
You train, but you're stiff
Strong in the gym, tight everywhere else. Mobility that makes your lifts and your days feel better.
You're 60 or over
Sterk & Soepel 60+: calm, friendly and playful classes to stay strong and steady.
You're new in Ghent
Every coach speaks English, and there is a WhatsApp group and people to train with from day one.
The practice
Strength and mobility at the core.
One practice, taught in small groups of max 8. Every class is 60 minutes.
Strength & Mobility
The heart of the school. Strength, mobility and movement skills in one hour.
Sterk & Soepel 60+
For 55 and over. Stay strong, steady and mobile, at your own pace and with a smile.
Outdoor sessions are announced in the studio WhatsApp group. More classes on the timetable.
What's on
This month at the studio.
Sterk & Soepel 60+ New
New since November. Bring a friend.
Shadowbox Cardio & Conditioning New
A new class with Wolf. First class on Thursday 19 November, see the timetable for the time.
Primordial Move workshop
With guest coach Tati Craveiro. Hips, pelvis and core. Time to be announced.
The community
Come for the training. Stay for the people.
Locals and expats, beginners and people who have trained for years, side by side in small groups. The studio WhatsApp group keeps everyone in the loop: outdoor spots, workshops and news.
Join the WhatsApp group →What people say
After the sessions.
I used to go to a typical gym, but quickly realized it just was not for me. Burak’s approach is something completely different, and exactly what I needed.Stephanie
Burak gave two workshops during our Continuing Education weekend on Fasciatherapy and Elite Sports in Leuven. The sessions were a real added value for our group of 20 participants.Dominique
My experience with Burak Balci was extremely positive. His out of the box approach pushed me to go beyond my limits in ways I never expected.Pascal
Your first class
Before you come.
Do I need to be fit?
No. Every class is scaled to where you are today. With max 8 people, the coach sees you.
I have an injury. Can I join?
Tell the coach before class and we adapt the exercises. Coming straight out of rehab? A private session first can help.
What should I bring?
Clothes you can move in and a bottle of water.
Which language is the class in?
Dutch and English. Every coach speaks English, and Burak also speaks French and Turkish.
How do I book?
Through Eversports. Drop in for €16, or take a monthly plan from €50.
Private coaching
Prefer one to one?
Sixty minutes with Burak, strength and mobility in one session, built around your body. Here is how it works.
Founder and head coach
I am Burak.
A personal trainer in movement, strength and mobility, born and raised in Ghent. I have worked as an actor in film and TV, and I play flamenco guitar. Both taught me the same thing: your body is your instrument. When it gets stiff, your mind follows. Movement, strength and mobility are what keep me sharp, on set, on stage and in everyday life.
That is what I coach now, at my studio at Coupure in Ghent. Most people I work with sit all day and want their body back. Some come in after physio, some after years of stop start gym. They tend to stay.
My method is simple: I read your body before I load it. Then we build movement, strength and mobility that lasts.
Sessions in English, Dutch, French or Turkish, whichever you think in.
The difference
Strength on its own gets stiff. Mobility on its own gets weak.
Trained together, in the same hour, they hold. Sessions are built on how you actually move, breathe and recover, not on a template. Slower where your body needs slow. Heavier where it can take load.
This is coaching and education, not medical or physiotherapy treatment, and I will tell you when you need one.
How a session works
Four steps, every time.
Read
A full assessment. Where you hold, where you avoid, what your day is doing to you.
Release
Tension comes off before strength goes on. Breath, posture, decompression.
Rebuild
Strength and mobility in the same session. Control you keep, not conditioning you lose in three weeks.
Own it
You leave with a short practice you can run without me. That is the point.
The offer
Session by session, at your pace.
Nothing to sign, nothing to lock into. You book when you want to work, and we build from where your body is now.
Private, 1:1
One to one session
The core of the gym. Sixty minutes, strength and mobility in the same hour.
- A full strength and mobility read in the first session
- Work built around your body, not a template
- A home practice that takes ten minutes, not an hour
€75 per session
Three months
The Reset
Twelve sessions over three months, built as one arc rather than twelve separate hours.
- A full read in session one, then a plan built on it
- Progression tracked across the whole block
- Roughly one session a week, spaced around your life
On request, ask on the call
2:1 and groups
Duo and corporate
Train with a partner, a friend or a colleague. Same session, two people. Workshops for companies in Ghent.
- Duo sessions, two people one hour
- Corporate workshops in Ghent
- Online sessions, wherever you are
Duo €95 for two (€47.50 each) · corporate on request
At your place
Coaching at home
I come to you. Same session, your living room or your garden, no gym needed. Good when your day does not leave room for the trip to Coupure.
- Sixty minutes at your address, in and around Ghent
- Built around your space and what you have, no equipment needed
- The same read, the same practice you keep
On request, ask on the call
Ask me
The rest, I tell you myself.
What we would do, how often, what it costs, whether it is even the right work for you. That is a conversation, not a price list.
One message is enough. I answer these myself, and if it is not a fit I will tell you.
