Shotokan Karate Japan Karate Association JKA-Karate
The Japan Karate Association (JKA), is still the home of shotokan karate, still the one place in the world, all shotokan karateka turn to for guidence.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Saturday, 5 June 2010
Karate For Beginners - Learn Karate The Old Way?
Karate teaching currently is made up of kihon (basics), kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) and although the common karate moves were very much the same, the way karate was studied in the early 19th century, bears minor similarity to the karate that is taught these days. They simply practiced kata and kata applications. The karateka on Okinawa would attack with very strong techniques that would test their partner to the limits and test their kata defences.
Saying that, there are karate dojo, that still practice the 'old way', taking karate moves from the kata and putting them into a self defence application, with the karateka attacking and defending, as if their lives depend on the outcome.
Many people struggle when learning a new karate kata, but if it is taken slowly and one technique at a time, it really can be a painless experience. Try not to over analyze early on, get the order of each move in the kata. so at this stage try and understand where each step, jump, spin, angle and karate technique is and in what order.
So first, try and get the pattern of the kata and everything in the right place. By the way, this is where people who do not understand kata, say 'OK, I know that kata, show me another!'
Once you understand the order of the karate techniques within the kata, start putting groups of techniques together. If you have a kick, kick, grab, punch, it is probably a kata sequence. Take these four karate moves and practice them slowly, start trying to get the moves to flow, then start to speed things up, it is at this time you should start to learn the kata applications of each technique.
Every kata has it's own timing and rhythm, so check to make sure you have the combination of karate techniques right.
So now you should have the sequences down and understand the applications of each karate move, so speed up and really go for it!
When putting all the kata sequences together, try and get them to flow, start slowly then gradually speed up, remembering the timing of each sequence.
Make your karate kata strong, but try not to move in a robotic way and on the opposite side of things, try not to make your kata a floppy soft dance! Many karateka fall into one or the other to strong or to weak.
Attitude is everything in the martial arts, be sure to have a strong fighting spirit when practicing your kata.
I feel kata is the number one reason anyone should practice karate, if it isn't, then another martial art should be the order of the day.
Saying that, there are karate dojo, that still practice the 'old way', taking karate moves from the kata and putting them into a self defence application, with the karateka attacking and defending, as if their lives depend on the outcome.
Many people struggle when learning a new karate kata, but if it is taken slowly and one technique at a time, it really can be a painless experience. Try not to over analyze early on, get the order of each move in the kata. so at this stage try and understand where each step, jump, spin, angle and karate technique is and in what order.
So first, try and get the pattern of the kata and everything in the right place. By the way, this is where people who do not understand kata, say 'OK, I know that kata, show me another!'
Once you understand the order of the karate techniques within the kata, start putting groups of techniques together. If you have a kick, kick, grab, punch, it is probably a kata sequence. Take these four karate moves and practice them slowly, start trying to get the moves to flow, then start to speed things up, it is at this time you should start to learn the kata applications of each technique.
Every kata has it's own timing and rhythm, so check to make sure you have the combination of karate techniques right.
So now you should have the sequences down and understand the applications of each karate move, so speed up and really go for it!
When putting all the kata sequences together, try and get them to flow, start slowly then gradually speed up, remembering the timing of each sequence.
Make your karate kata strong, but try not to move in a robotic way and on the opposite side of things, try not to make your kata a floppy soft dance! Many karateka fall into one or the other to strong or to weak.
Attitude is everything in the martial arts, be sure to have a strong fighting spirit when practicing your kata.
I feel kata is the number one reason anyone should practice karate, if it isn't, then another martial art should be the order of the day.
Linden has been training and teaching karate for over 30 years and loves to share his knowledge and experiences from the karate dojo. Supplement your karate training with these free online videos, karate lessons for beginners.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
The Japan Karate Association Promotional Video
The JKA is the most authoritative and by far the largest karate organization in the world, the Keeper of Karate's Highest Tradition.
No other organizations approaches karate with greater intensity of purpose, or maintains such a large and dedicated professional staff of highly-trained, highly paid full-time instructors.
At the JKA, karate is not merely a sport, it's a martial art whose aim is the harmonizing of mind and body for balance, strengh, perseverance, patience - for total confidence and self-mastery.
No other organizations approaches karate with greater intensity of purpose, or maintains such a large and dedicated professional staff of highly-trained, highly paid full-time instructors.
At the JKA, karate is not merely a sport, it's a martial art whose aim is the harmonizing of mind and body for balance, strengh, perseverance, patience - for total confidence and self-mastery.
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
learn karate at home Heian kata karate bunkai video
Kata bunkai sample video below. learning karate kata bunkai or applications, is an important part of shotokan karate kata. This video sample below, shows clips taken from the heian kata series. heian shodan,heian nidan,heian sandan,heian yondan,heian godan.
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Karate Classes Online Promo
The martial arts have been around for thousands of years, used for fighting and health, depending where on the planet you live! People have less and less time, we are rush, rush, rushing around, so finding time to learn the martial arts is difficult, the video below gives an alternative to attending a karate dojo.
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Learning Karate The karate Front Kick
Video clip taken from the Karate For Beginners video series. Access some free karate videos today!
Mae geri or front snap kick is one of the first karate moves a new karateka will practice when they first attend a karate class.
Mae geri or front snap kick is one of the first karate moves a new karateka will practice when they first attend a karate class.
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan
Master Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan is a true karate master and gentleman. To me Master Kanazawa is what the martial arts are all about. Do not get me wrong, the fighting side of the martial arts is important, but now I am getting older, I look to the old masters for guidance and many of them steer away from fighting and move towards the health side of karate.
Health is everything, and there is nothing better than karate classes for a healthy mind and body. Where I live it is very quiet, if I lived somewhere more dangerous, my days would definitely be spent practicing kumite, however old I was.
Health is everything, and there is nothing better than karate classes for a healthy mind and body. Where I live it is very quiet, if I lived somewhere more dangerous, my days would definitely be spent practicing kumite, however old I was.
Below, the great master performs Bassai Dai beautifully!
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