Learn Karate Online Is It Possible?
Is it possible to learn karate at home? Before starting karate, look online, read, watch karate videos and understand what type of karate you would like to practice. as always we recommend training with a qualified karate sensei, but good online karate lessons, will help you understand and feel more comfortable in a karate dojo.
Get some proffesional karate instruction in your area, before you try the more advanced karate classes online.
Karate is an incredible art form that has developed over thousands of years of evolution giving us the karate we have today. Karate for beginners classes are continually starting, and as they do, new people from all walks of life, are discovering the wonderful world of karatedo.
Karate classes usually start with a warm up, followed by a full body stretch. This alone is great for health and well being, keeping the body soft and supple is a fantastic thing, especially in your later years.
Next will come basic karate moves (kihon), blocking, punching, kicking, etc. These are practiced on the spot, or stepping forward, back and even at different angles in the many varied karate stances (dachi). It is these basic karate moves that will enable you to learn karate at home and help you on your karatedo journey.
So karate class training has the warm up and stretch, basics (kihon), next comes sparring (kumite). Sparring is a huge topic in karate classes, comprising of prearranged attack and counter combinations, right up to free fighting. an example would be, you are with your partner practicing diffusing an agressive situation, in most karate dojo, this would be reffered to as kumite or sparring. So try not to think that every time the word sparring (kumite) is used, you are going to partner up with a crazed black belt who is going to try and kill you!
when the warm up and stretch are over, karate kihon (basics), kata (forms) and kumite (sparring), is drilled. Kata is a sequence of karate moves including, punches, kicks, strikes, jumps, spins, etc, that are strung together in a particular order, to create a pattern of techniques, similar to the gymnastics floor display.
Kata is what karate is all about, a one person journey through karatedo, revolves around the karate kata. They say, kumite is the spirit of karate, but kata is the soul! And I agree.
So if you are practicing karate moves at home, trying to get a feel for karate, I wish you luck and urge you to attend a karate class as soon as possible. I wish you well with your karatedo journey! Ossu
Linden has been training and teaching karate for over 30 years and loves to share his knowledge and experiences in the martial arts. Supplement your dojo training with these free videos, karate lessons for beginners.
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