Personal view of Karate by Alban
Personal view of Karate complicated by Alban Brahimi as part of our junior Black Belts paperwork at our dojo in London, Paddington, W2 and the surrounding areas.
Albans
Personal
view of Karate
Here's what he has to say.
Why karate is important to me.
Karate is important because
it gives me a safe environment for me to express myself truly. It's important
because not only is it good for (self-defence) but for my health too,
it’s also fun and exciting.
It taught me discipline,
respect and duty, making me a better person. Because of this I cannot
thank my sensei enough for this opportunity; without him I could not have
pushed myself to my limits and beyond.
How karate benefits me.
Karate benefits me in many
ways; for example, by improving my physical health. The way karate does this is
through a variety of different techniques and exercises from cardio to muscle
training to many other things.
Karate also brings up my
mental health as (somehow) makes me a generally happier person outside of
karate.
(2) Karate also benefits me as it boosts my
communication and tactical skills, while training and engaging with other
karate-ka, (which I am grateful to have been training with so far - and would
like to thanks.)
Communications:
Thanks to the club
philosophy and style the karate-ka are always encouraged to communicate with
each other and to not corner ourselves or feel shy.
Regardless if you feel like
or not the people you training with, in the dojo is no like or dislike or
choosing with who you train. Respect is for everyone and I learn that by
communicating with people is the best way to show it, and start earning their
respects.
This way you are given the
opportunity to the other person / karate-ka to communicate with you. By
avoiding communication that opportunity can or will be lost.
Tactical skills:
Although long term planning
for a fight in karate isn't always used, - quick decisive movement in a short
time is used almost all the time, - so training like this can and will boost
the tactical skills. It does for me.
(3) It also improves my
leadership skills as I - (thanks to the sensei's believes allowing us to
express ourselves for a short time under supervision) - had the opportunity to
show my skills to the class. This method of training for me has been very
useful to my development so for. But more importantly has encouraged me to
train harder and be better in the future.
Following on, karate
benefits me by improving my overall morals and ethics. Karate does this by
teaching me respect and how to show it. By improving my morals, l have learnt
the skill of hard work and determination allowing me to always give my best.
I am aware that I am just a
junior Black Belt today and I have long way to go. But for me it also means
leaving but not forgetting one chapter behind - and moving on to the next one,
which I can't wait to begin.
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