I Advocate Karate

I chose to write about karate for this project because it’s very important to me, karate helps me concentrate and focus on my assignments. I also have experience with the subject matter and I find it easy to explain. I currently am a black belt although for medical reasons right now I am not in any karate classes. But in May I hope to return to help teach.

I hope to convince people to think about taking up a karate class. Classes include but are not limited to: self defense, cardio kickboxing, or Little Ninjas. Self defense would of course be a class that teaches only self defense moves, cardio is a class that focuses on exercise, little ninjas are classes designed for kids that teach discipline. All of these are classes that anyone who has no experience with karate can join, you are not expected to test or move up levels, simply to learn while enjoying yourself. I’m not advocating that everyone join karate classes because they aren’t for everyone, what I’m advocating is to join a class that’s right for you.

I hope to share this interesting world with you in hopes that you may, if time allows, walk into a school and join a class. The classes I described above are not classes that are limited to karate students because they require no previous knowledge of karate. Self defense I especially recommend for anyone with no knowledge. I helped teach a class where the students were middle-aged and could not be expected to run or punch or kick.