Your child is very much fascinated to
watch martial art movies, but have you ever wondered to enroll your child in a
good karate school. Well, you and your child are very much new to the Karate
world walking into a real karate school will make you feel different than
watching a small scene on the silver screen. There could be many unexpected
things, occurring for the first time to both of you.
Being a parent, it will be bit easy for
you to handle; however, your child’s adrenalin rush may be at the top on the
first day in a karate school. What to do?
There are many things going into your
mind like whether it is a good school or not, how good the instructors, will
the martial art mates will be good to train with you and etc. These are some of
the few questions that will be lurking in your mind on the first day to martial
art class.
It is very evident that martial arts are
been practiced by thousands for many years. There are so many reasons that
people love to practice martial arts which have gradually taught them how to be
disciplined, honest and focused.
During the ancient era, karate was
learned by royal families in Japan that was brought by experts from Okinawa.
Soon, it evolved itself by getting into sports that pushed itself to the Olympics.
According to the founder of modern karate, the principle of bare hand fighting
is very deep and must be practiced on a regular basis or it won’t be fruitful.
At
present, modern day karate works for:
- Self Defense
- Health and fitness
- Competition
- And developing inner being
The self defense side of karate is not
simple as it seems; hours of dedicated practice will make you solid and proper
training will help in understanding and using the moves. The longer you train,
the more confident you will be in a street fight. However, I wish that you
never get involved in a street conflicts, as said, “A good karate should learn
how to evade a street conflict.
The health and fitness side of martial
art is always better than sweating in a gym. At least 2 hours of regular
training on a daily basis will keep the doctor away. Therefore, you should be
fit before practicing martial art.
Now, when you boost your health and
fitness, it comes the time to test your skill. Karate competition will help you
to judge your agility, skill, timing, balance and spirit. By getting into competition
(Shiai), you will learn the value of
winning and losing.
The development of your inner being
entirely depends on the way of practice karatedo and the type of dojo you pick
to learn karate. A good karate sensei will teach you all the basic,
intermediate and advance level of martial arts; hence, find a school that
focuses on kihon, kumite and kata training.
Remember, karate starts with ‘Osu’ and it ends with 'Ikken Hisatsu' (finishing with one
blow). Hence, practice properly so that you won’t lose in any battle. Get ready
to find a good karate dojo in your area that has the best instructors.