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6th Dan Japanese Karate Association – A Instructor B Examiner B Judge – Australia Karate Federation Accredited Coach – AKF State Level Referee

Heian Yondan – Important Points and Bunkai by Karin Prinsloo

Heian Yondan – Important Points and Bunkai by Karin Prinsloo

Heian Yondan

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The fourth level Heian has 27 counts and has many similarities to Heian Nidan. The kata’s primary stance is kokutsu-dachi (back stance), but students first learning this kata must also contend with the new kosa-dachi, a cross stance that is quite awkward for most karateka. H4 introduces the student to many new techniques such as kosa-uke, shuto-uchi, kakiwake-uke, mae-empi, and hiza-tsuchi. To perform Heian Yondan also has more kicks (5) than the other Heian kata. Slow moves must also be mastered in this kata. Much of Heian Yondan involves double-hand techniques, with morote-uke (double-hand block) occurring more than any other technique. Obviously, morote-uke was held in high regard during this kata’s creation. #jka #sajka #pinetownjka #kznjka #karinprinsloo #kata #bunkai #shotokan#stacyurger #greenbelt #karate
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Children Karate Warm Ups – Karrinyup Karate – Stirling Karate

Children Karate Warm Ups – Karrinyup Karate – Stirling Karate

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Karate warmup  for children aiding in development.

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To be able to teach young children karate, the instructors will need to understand something about child development and structure the classes in such a way as to accommodate, compliment and reinforce this.

A good warm up can be used to address a lot of these important aspects.

The following needs to be taken into consideration:

Physical Development Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 7

Design warm ups for children not only for preparing the body for karate, but to improve skills such as coordination, agility, speed, power, core strength and flexibility.

Intellectual DevelopmentKarin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 8

The young child’s mind is like sponge when it comes to soaking up information. They love learning new things. Remembering sequences, patterns and following instructions stimulates intellectual development. E.g. Performing the ladder drills while the line is moving fast, enhances focus and concentration.

Emotional Development Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 5

Young children relates better to “feel” rather than “reason”.  Exercises must “feel” like fun to do. They still will be developing their understanding of feelings. This is a vitally important skill which will aid them in eventually becoming well-balanced adults. Instructors should show constant support and offer plenty of reassurance to the children, helping them to develop their confidence and sense of self.

Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 6

Social Development

Any form of group learning or exercise is a “social experience”, wherein the young child will not only be learning the subject being taught, but also certain aspects of interpersonal skills and teamwork. This is where they learn about responsibility, discipline and good manners. To ”wait their turn” and use “please” and “thank you” (and “Oss”) etc. They will also learn about the appreciation of law and order.

In conclusion: Young children has energy, a short attention span, learn quickly and love games. This means train in a safe environment, short (30/45min), focus on “doing”, plenty variety and must be fun. Design and pre-plan your warm-ups around these aspects and great results will show..

References:

Prof. J R Lee-Barron PhD FIMAS

President, Institute of Martial Arts and Sciences

Dean, Faculty of Martial Arts

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Why we bow in karate and what it means….

Why we bow in karate and what it means….

Why we bow in karate and what it means….

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Karate Bow - Karin Prinsloo - Karate BlogBowing is probably the feature of Japanese etiquette that is best known outside Japan, especially present in Japanese Martial Arts such as Karate.

Bowing is considered extremely important in Japan, so much so that, although children normally begin learning how to bow from a very young age, companies commonly provide training to their employees in how to execute bows correctly.

Basic bows are performed with the back straight and the hands at the sides (boys and men) or clasped in the lap (girls and women), and with the eyes down. Bows originate at the waist. Generally, the longer and deeper the bow, the stronger the emotion and the respect expressed.

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To Teach Is To Learn..

To Teach Is To Learn..

To teach is to learn.. Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 4

Its true. Ask anyone that teaches karate.

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Like well known karate blogger, Jessie said, “To teach is to learn twice. When you teach something to others you are forced to rethink your understanding of it.”

  • Einstein said: “If you can’t explain it to a 5 year old, you don’t understand it well enough”

Karate provides a lot of mental and intellectual stimulation over and above the physical benefits. To have a deeper understanding of karate technique will most certainly add to your enjoyment of the art. Teaching karate will force you to explain why and how techniques were designed to work, especially when a 6 year old puts you on the spot!

  • I have seen the benefits of seniors teaching in our dojo over the last 20 years. It is part of our dojo culture to Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 2teach at least once a Karin Prinsloo Karate Teaching Student 1week when you receive your shodan.

This is what it’s achieving:

  1. Young adults (and older ones) learning to take responsibility, build self esteem, become leaders and give back.
  2. Learning twice, re think karate. Remembering and executing karate better and become better karate-ka.
  3. Establishing a culture of friendship and caring for fellow dojo members which builds camaraderie and spirit.

I would love to know what you learn from teaching karate in the comments section below. What do you learn from teaching karate?

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Transport to Target – Kumite Techniques – Karin Prinsloo

Transport to Target – Kumite Techniques – Karin Prinsloo

Transport to Target

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How quickly you can get to the target to deliver your technique is an important part of karate. Isolating “transport to target” will help you to improve this aspect of your karate. You want to focus and overload getting to the target faster. This video gives some ideas (which is most certainly nothing new) on how we can emphasise training to get to target faster! Go for it! ‪#‎karinprinsloo‬ ‪#‎kumite‬ ‪#‎training‬ ‪#‎karate‬ ‪#‎jka‬ ‪#‎sajka‬ ‪#‎wkf‬