The Benefits of Karate
Self
Confidence
Karate
is great for improving self confidence, this happens through two areas, as students progress through the belt ranks their
belief and confidence grows, competency breeds confidence. Also by learning to defend themselves they feel more secure which
greatly improves self-confidence.
Fitness
Karate
is a great way to improve your fitness, working every muscle in your body, punching is great for your arms backs and Shoulders,
kicking is great for toning and strengthening the backs and fronts of your legs, and your bum too.
Lose
Weight
Karate
can burn up to 800 calories per hour that’s double most other types of exercise, this is why people choose Karate to
lose weight.
Focus/Concentration
We
start by teaching the 3 rules of concentration focus your eyes, focus your mind, and focus your body this will greatly improve
your focus and concentration.
Respect
students
learn to get respect by giving respect and treating other people the way we want to be treated, and to respect Parents and
teachers most of all.
Self
Control
we
teach students to develop control over their bodies through exercises in class, once they learn to control their body the
mind follows, so when they get angry and want to react self control will stop them.
Improve
other Sports
we
work a lot on developing speed, power, timing, flexibility and co-ordination in our classes these skills are obviously important
in any sport.
Self-Defence
we
don’t just teach the physical techniques of self-defence, we also teach the attitude of self-defence, awareness and
being able to spot potentially dangerous situations before they occur.
Prevent Bullying
lots of parents have enrolled their children
for the this reason, we teach children how to give out the right signals to the bully, we teach them the correct body
language to enable them to express themselves in a confident way, as well as lots of physical and mental tactics.
