TRAINING IN GOJU-RYU KARATE-DO.

Karate classes enhance calmness, focus and fitness. They provide positive life skills and assist with the goal setting for everything that karate students do. They lay the foundations of self-discipline, providing a positive outlook for home and school.

Practicing karate often aid one to apply themselves more conscientiously at school and home and are less likely to be bullied or become bullies, as they develop greater self-confidence and respect for others. They will learn the importance of learning from their mistakes, responsible, legal and safe behavior, the ability to avoid negative peer pressure and self-defense while reinforcing the virtues of hard work, concentration, planning, and self-discipline and family values. Accomplishments in Karate are often seen in a positive light by prospective employers who rightly attach images of strength, trust and good character to those who study it.

I offer martial arts classes at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Families can train together in any of the classes. The adult martial art classes are aimed at increasing confidence, flexibility, co-ordination, people skills, self-defense, strength, stamina and improved general fitness. Karate Training is a life changing decision. Classes are energetic, positive, fun and versatile. Those interested can contact us via my blog handle subscriptions.

Game Changer - Karate.

Kumite training is usually an intense practice that trains athlete’s to endure, test their mental strength in and out of the training area (Dojo). Speed, timing, focus and execution of techniques are one of the most important elements that students have to master in the art of K. The grueling tournament training trains men and women to be the best in the art. Only the strong volunteer to take part in the competition, watching Kenya prison/Kenya police in their small precision team of Kata, Kumite training, challenging karate by practicing hard and attempting to grasp its concepts.

A game changer, turning men into sharp razor “worrier” karateka’s with zeal to excel in the upcoming Kenya Open Karate tournament. The first step is forty minutes of warm up exercise just a check-up for them to prove they want to be part of the team representing them in the prestigious Kenya Open tournament. As exhaustion sets in, the demand gets harder yet forty minutes isn’t over, the class form a circle and begin to spar, no one escape the agony of muscle fatigue each athlete is expected to complete two rounds of Kumite. You got to have the Brain, Focus and a great Heart, to turn opponent’s weakness into one’s strength. The essence of mastering a technique that can deliver this stun lies in “Bushido” a union of body and mind, conditioning the two to break barriers of human achievement lie in the power of the mind, The two must connect mind and body so that the mind does not function in isolation and there can be a physical reaction in unison with the order given by the mind.  

In an often quoted passage Gichin Funakoshi (founder) described the state of the mind to which the Karate-ka should aspire. He used the image of a mirror: “As a mirror’s polished surface reflects whatever stands before it, and a quiet valley carries even small sounds, so must the student of karate renders their mind empty of selfishness and wickedness in an effort to appropriately react to anything they might encounter. This is the meaning of Kara in Karate.” 

No athlete accept to be winded in sparring as this will prove they need to work on their body conditioning,  After two hours of vigorous workout, training cames to an end. A reflection of this, will be tested in the upcoming championship.

How it feels!

Yes, I miss old era of letters, an old fashioned letter is a treasure trove for the future, much more than expressing it verbally, it’s a way to express one’s deeper thoughts on the subject, a way to make our readers understand our views on the subject.i recognize letter writing as an art, something that goes beyond the ordinary, oooh yes! The art of “letters”, each one of us as his/her own episode of letter, there are days when i miss our traditional way of communicating our feelings to other. Much has been written in the modern era of email,text, and phone calls about loss of future bibliography of the epistolary evidence of a famous life that we live. But what will come of our very own modest live?

The archives of memory, emotions and ideas we chose once to commit to paper, to fold and dispatch. Emails are informal because talking is informal, letters, most agreed, are more subtle, deferred, and thought-out and require a sustained effort. It’s the opposite end of confession culture “where it’s good to talk” and to keep on talking to one another. “One can never overestimate the pleasure of an envelope and its content” wrote novelist Rachel Billington, letters have one surprise lurking amid the elegant love words to it, we all look forward to it, I remember reading this script that I’ve kept for age’s now, this vivid energetic account written by “she”, and seeing the flames and the smoke and the dark, stray night in my mind’s eye.

University Teams Set Their Eyes On The Prize

It was on a sunny afternoon at United States International University in Nairobi and the Kenya University Sport Association games were ongoing, of interest is karate. The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Morwins champions are warming up. Not even the scorching sun can stop this outdoor "tatami " game and hinder universities karate players ambition. This are Kenya finest karate team, One of Kenya top teams formed by their “sensei’s” cum coach the likes of Sensei Andrew (JKUAT), Nelson (M.K.U) have quickly moved their teams up in university performance, not forgetting the host States karate team led by one of the most experienced Kenya’s veteran coach Jokyo Maurice Aloo– (4^th Dan)who have shown resilience performance over the latter year. 
Quickly, they have mastered the art of karate-do, they too are in contention for the top spot recognition in the universities karate games. Distinct from the predominant Shotokan style they do Goju-ryu style of karate, I bet one of the ancient style still practiced from the olden days in Okinawa Island. Of interest, is the amount of effort that young upcoming karate players are putting just to ensure their respective universities carry the bragging rights of this event?Even thou Mount Kenya University carried the day but it was a day worth of seeing young energetic karate student in action both in “kumite” and “kata” categories, supported by their coaches.

We missed to see the likes of few individual whose presence always ignites the audience. Susan Odera, Dan Auru, Ann Kabare, Henry among others.They have everything to play for and all their fans have a big role to play in improving their performance. Their performance is always awesome, very tactical and with speed. K.U.S.A team must now shift their attention to Kenya open and the remaining fixture of the season, after all the Kenya karate federation body must do everything in its power to make this 2015 a happier season, a unique opportunity for K.K.F to not only self–audit players performance over the preceding year, but also to rouse the new generation of champions to aspire even higher in the pursuit of a greater karate nation.

Why The Beautiful Game Swears by The Beastlines

If you want to get "a head" get a hate, that is not a piece of homespan philosophy recently coined in the heat of war for the annual tournament, inter-schools but a phase that kept floating over a decade ago while watching our Hero's in action. I can't quite remember who coined it, but it wasn't all that cleaver. Karate is a sport that resembles Chase game or any other mind game. for you to get a win you need to win your mind over. the phrase isn't just a play on advertising slogan prominent in the sixties and nineties "if you want to get a head, get a hate", but one that always made a lasting impression.

If you find the reason in the sport-page wag and Karate Managers picked them up as a handy encapsulation of the sort of commitment Karateka's need in order to perform at their maximum. since the competition began, it has been regarded as a healthy to consider any one blocking the way to your win as an 'enemy' and you are unable to raise to this level then your best technique is weak as a result you can end up losing. Into what categories are our plutocrat karateka's are we! in instances where you cannot blame the coaches when they demand their players to get their fangs out for the judges not their fans. if hate is a valuable motivating weapon then hating sports managers is fine to.
We have to prepare for May 6th Kenya open and Great - rift Championship in June this year. a test of character measures on ability to prevail in the face of all consuming challenges and to deal with the often far reaching consequence of difficult circumstances. I shall be happy if you understand that the essence of Martial Arts is not the strength, not the Art but that which is hidden deep within yourself.- Gogen Yamaguchi (Founder Gojukai)

The K Attitude.

KARA (empty) TE (hand) DO (the way) Karate is taught in a training hall called a “dojo.” A dojo can take many physical forms, from a school gym to a converted bowling alley or a basement. It is not the physical shape or size of the dojo that is important but rather the attitude and the spirit of the students towards the place of learning. The dojo is almost a sacred place. Most dojo’s allot some time for the practice of meditation. In some, it begins and ends the training session and may last anywhere from a minute to half an hour. At the end of meditation, and upon entering or leaving the dojo, each student must bow to the front of the dojo to show a sign of respect. 
Respect is an integral part of Karate-do and it is shown at all levels. The lower belts show respect to those of higher ranking, with the ultimate respect being shown to the “Sensei.” These gestures comprise a formalized ritual that is part of Karate-do etiquette which determines how one behaves in the dojo, during a sparring match and at tournaments. Etiquette will only be an empty shell of physical movement until made to come alive by a student’s positive attitude. In developing student’s positive attitudes we will stress both the virtues of respect, kindness, courtesy, patience, humility and the drive to develop personal skills to the maximum possible.