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The Journey to Karate - Selected in the Team GB

By now that my daughter has been to many competiton and each time she enter she always come back with a medal.  At this piont I finally accept that she is talented and in fact she enjoy it very much.

It ws another cold Winter month in Feb, same as usual driving mu daughter to the Karate Dojo in the evening and when she finished I couldn't wait to go home and have a warm bath then her Coach said to me that he will like my daughter to go for the selecting for Team GB squad, What??  I thought to myself, I know she has been winning medals in numbers of competition by now and I already accept she has talent but wasn't sure she was good enough to get  picked for the GB squard.

Anyway I decided to take my daughter along and see how she get on and no suprise she have got picked in the Team GB which I was over joyed considering at the time she is 6 years old.

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The Journey to Karate - The Annual Award Ceremony

As some of you might be following my blog on my daugher journey to Karate.  This is another little suprise that I have.  My daugher always give me suprise when I least expected.

It is month of freezing cold winter month in Nov 2015 and driving my daughter to her Karate Dojo isn't the greatest fun, at this time she was going to Karate once a week which I thought it is good for her to have a activity.  When I picked her up from the Dojo as normal her coach said to me if my daughter has enter the club annual award ceremony, at the time in my head I was thinking what is this abour and then she explain the club will nominate in 10 different catogory on appraise on the outstanding students in the club in all area such as best instructor of the year, best club of the year, best learner of the year etc

To be honest I didn't really know what this mean but all I know is start my daughter keep asking if she can attend but I know I won't to able to take her along as I have a conference to go on the day so I ask my mum to help me out.

When the day arrived I went to my conference and was very tired by the time I got home and as soon I walk through the door, my daughter run up to me and said "mummy I got another trophy" but I  wasn't sure what she mean until she show me the award she recieve from her Karate club and on the award it said "the best newcomer of the year" at this point it finally sink in to me that she is very good at Karate.

The Journey of Karake - First National Competition

If you have been reading my last blog in regards to my daughter "journey to karate" then you might know she has won herself a trophy after 3 months of one day a week training in Karate.  I was very impress of what she has achieve in such a short period of time.  I remember her first competiton was in Oct and after she won her first trophy, her coach said will like to enter her for the National which I was thrill at the time but worry it will be too soon for her to enter such a big competiton but her coach kept telling me this will give her a good experience even if she doesn't get any medal.  I thought about it for a week and decide to enter her.

 

Again I was still skeptical about the competition consider she has not a lot of experience, like the last competition I didn't really know what National competiton mean until I went on the day then I realise it was competiting with other European countries.  At first I couldn't figure out why her coach kept asking me to enter my daughter but soon I realise that her karate is very good, not that I know anything about Karate at the time it was people from  another country coaches come up to me and ask if she was my daughter and telling me how good she is, then it finally sinked in to me that she really have talent in this area.

This time my daughter did not get a gold medal but came second with a silver medal consider she only a yellow belt.  I was still very please with her consider she was very young but so confident on the mat and not shown any sign that of being afraid, in fact I was more nervous.  I think being a parent who enter their children to competiton will understand my feeling.

Again it has now prove to me once again that she has talent and also enjoy it very much.  In fact I realise that it not always the case that children learn from their parents but also can be the other way round.  I learnt from my daughter at her young age she already very committed with the time she spent in training, determination, discipline and focus on doing her best ability.
 

The Journey of Karate - First Trophy

I've been making a lot of posts in regard to Karate.   Now it's time for me to go further why I created this blog in the first place.
 
It all started when my daughter asked me if she can do Karate.  At the time she was 1 month away before she turn six years old.   To be honest, my first thought it was  just another activities for her to do after school but as the time progress I found out that she has taken this very seriously. I remembered after 3 sessions of training at the Dojo (training centre), her Sensai (meaning coach in Japanese) asked me if she done Karate before and my reply was "never" she was impressed with my daughter because she is very flexible and at the time I did not really understand what she meant but let her continue to learn Karate.

I still remembered the first time when her coach said she would like my daughter to enter the club competiton and at the time it was  in Oct 2015,  I was little skeptical as she only been training in Karate for 3 months and felt it was too soon for my daughter to enter, well was I wrong!

On the day of the competition she was competing with 25 other children from her category.  I did not understand how it is scored as I never been to a Karate competition but all I notice was my daughter kept going back up each time the referee called her name, she had to do her Kata again and again, she was on the mat around five or six times.  I was very confuse on what was happening but when they announce she came first in her category I was shocked and couldn't believe my eyes.

I could not believed what I seen as when they announce the gold winner no body went up on the podium, the referee announce 3 times and no body came up and my daughter coach came up and annouced my daughter name, it turn out that the referee couldn't pronouced her name properly.

I was so happy at the time because considered she was a white belt and has beaten some of the children in higher grade than her, at the time I know she is gifted and talented in this area.

Goju Kai Hungary International Karate Competition 2016

2nd International competition in Hungary and achieved Bronze in Kata

Hungary International Karate Competition

International Karate Competiton

Just come back from a weekend with my daughter International Karate competition in Hungary and be honest I was please with her that she got a Bronze medal but disappointed on how the judges score the points to each individuals.  I do believe now every country will favourite their own country, just looking at this competition, I do feel the fairness is on the fine line.   I am so glad that Karate is in the Olympic as now gradually the scoring system will be centralise and obey to one set of rules. I hope this game will become more fair as the years to come.

The Karate Kata 6 years old kid

Karate girl doing Kata

Double Gold in Karate competition

My Little girl been to a Karate tournament yesterday did not expect to get anything and she come home with Double Gold trophys.  She trains 3 times a week at a young age who just turn 7, the focus and deremination she has is increditable.  Well Done my baby!   Just to top this off this is the 3rd time she got a gold from this competition.

6 Years Old Little Focus Cutie Doing Team Keizen Kata Competition

6 Years old Karate girl at Kumite tournament

Seni O2 Karate International Competition

Little Cutie is entertaining herself while stuck in the traffic

Driving this little cutie to Karate lesson and stuck in traffic, instead of karate chopping she decide to do this instead. 

Popular Types Of Karate For Kids

If you and your child have been trying to find a fun after-school activity, you are probably faced with a wide range of options. Team sports programs are great, but can become crowded quickly. This can mean your child spends more time on the bench than on the field or court, which can be damaging to your child's self esteem, and defeating the purpose of an after-school activity in the first place. Karate for kids offers a great after-school alternative to team sports, allowing children to get exercise while contributing to a sense of pride and accomplishment in what they can achieve as individuals. Here's a closer look at some of the more popular forms of karate for kids:

1. Tae kwon do is a form of martial arts originating in Korea and translates to "the way of the foot and the fist." It has been steadily rising in popularity worldwide since the 1960s and since 2000 has been included in the Olympic Games, one of only two Asian martial arts so honored. It emphasizes hick kicks and fast punches, mostly thrown from a mobile stance. There are also systems of blocks, open-handed strikes, and various takedown maneuvers.

2. Judo is a form of marital art that was created in the 1880s in Japan by teacher Jigoro Kano. The word "judo" translates to "gentle way" and it's so named because of its emphasis on grounding one's opponent and holding him or her there as opposed to striking them. As such, it's similar in many respects to wrestling, and is very focused on the competitive aspect of the sport.

3. Kung fu is one of the oldest forms of martial arts, though nowadays the term is often used to describe almost any form of Chinese martial arts. The term "kung fu" is telling, in that it does not necessarily refer to a fighting style, but rather any skill that is achieved only through persistence and determination. Most kung fu is practiced standing up, and it emphasizes stances that differ based on foot position and weight distribution.

4. Jujitsu is a Japanese form of martial arts that focuses on techniques for smaller fighters to subdue a larger or stronger adversary. This involves less punching and striking (hence the meaning of jujitsu, "the art of softness") and more grappling and pinning moves. Its philosophy is based on yielding to an opponent's force and manipulating his or her attack such that he or she is put off-balance and is made vulnerable to counterattack.

5. Karate is a Japanese form of martial arts that means "empty hand." True to its name, it is practiced without weapons, and relies on quick strikes made with fists, feet, knees, and elbow. Some styles also teach throws, restraints, and vital point strikes as well. Karate for kids became popular in America after the Second World War, when servicemen returning from duty in Japan and Okinawa opened schools to teach the unique form of martial arts they had learned overseas.

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