Benefits Of Training in Traditional Okinawa Karate & kobudo

We have listed a few of these benefits.
1.   Karate Builds Character - There is a famous saying that “Karate Begins & Ends With Respect”. How true and how does that apply in everyday life. In many ways we have lost that element of respect for others. Karate enforces that.

2.   Karate Develops Courage - Through the develop of confidence peoples courage will increase. When you face challenges in training and find that YOU CAN achieve things that are difficult that helps develop confidence and indirectly courage.

3.   Karate Teaches Courtesy - Goes right with RESPECT

4.   Karate Develops Discipline - In a world of everyone wanting something quick and the instant gratification it is difficult to develop self discipline. That’s the DISCIPLINE that martial arts builds. The ability to WORK to ACHIEVE something that is difficult to achieve.

5.   Karate Develops Focus - To achieve anything in life you must be able to focus on the process to pave the path to your goal. Training in Karate and Kobudo can seriously help a individual gain or improve those mental skills.

6.   Karate Teaches Honesty / Integrity - In many ways we have lost this in our daily lives and true traditional martial arts focuses hard on these character traits. Our dojo literally is named the place of the honest heart way so you can imagine the importance of being honest and having integrity.

7.   Karate Teaches Humility - YES being humble is the way. Ego gets you in trouble in many ways.

8.   Karate Can Be Practiced For A Lifetime - There many great sports but normally you age out of many of them. Karate is an activity that you can practice for life and is designed to be practiced for a lifetime. An activity that not only helps keep the body strong and healthy but the mind as well.

9.   Karate Teaches Patience - In a world of “instant gratification” many have lost the ability to be patient in their pursuit of a goal. If it is worth getting it is worth working for and is worth being patient in the process.

10. Karate Is Great For Physical Fitness - 100% but you get out of it what you put into it. If you practice lazily you will not ever get the full benefit of the training.

11. Karate Teaches Perseverance - Things get hard in life and giving up is not a IDEAL answer. Karate training ENCOURAGES its practioners to push through the hard times and achieve their goal.

12. Karate Begins and Ends With Respect - ABSOLUTELY

13. Karate Develops Self-Confidence - Facing challenges in life and overcoming those challenges helps build that confidence.

14. Karate Develops Self-Control - More than just physical control but mental control

15. Karate Is A Very Effective Self-Defense Art - We teach karate in depth not just strike, kick & block. We teach it the old way where we include the traps, joint locks, throws, pressure points and more.

16. Karate Develops A Strong Body - Goes right back to the physical fitness.