Southern Karate Do Federation
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Starting Karate
The Benefits Of Karate-Do
Rules & Regulations Of The Karate Dojo (Club)
CHILD PROTECTION
Starting Karate top of page
You should be of reasonable health to begin training and tell the class instructors of any special circumstances regarding your health.
A typical session starts with a 10 minute warm-up and around 10 to 15 minutes of stretching.
This is essential to prepare your body for Karate training and prevent muscle strains and injury.
The rest of the session is dedicated to Karate training itself where you will learn techniques for :
Self Defense
Kumite (fighting)
Kata (Patterned Movements)
Syllabus work (structured course to build to your next Grading)
Competition Karate.
Impact \ pad work
Sessions will vary from week to week.
The Benefits Of Karate-Do top of page
Self-defence is the most valuable and obvious aspect of Karate practice.
People train for a lot of different reasons, namely:
self confidence
self discipline
fitness
balance
co-ordination skills
team work
stretching
flexibility
muscle strength
endurance.
The overall aim of our clubs is to provide students with discipline and respect.
Also to raise the levels of self-confidence, to teach focus, control, balance and determination, and self-defence skills for defending themselves in the event of unprovoked attack.
Whilst competition/self defence is important to the club, a great deal of emphasis is placed on traditional Karate with particular attention paid to Kata and to the perfection of technique, so as to make our students all round strong Karate-ka.
Rules & Regulations Of The Karate Dojo (Club) top of page
A White Karate suit (Gi) should be worn with a belt showing your current grade.
Every student should bow on entering and leaving the dojo and to their partner/opponent before and after any pair work.
Every student should show respect for their Sensei (Instructor) and fellow Karate-ka.
Never chew gum or wear any jewellery in the Dojo (training hall).
Never act in a way that may show a lack of respect for the Dojo, Sensei, or other Karate-ka.
Every student must have a valid licence registration which is registered with the National Governing Body through your association (K.D.F.) and renewed yearly. Any out of date licences will be back dated to the last expiry date unless a student has not been training, It will then start from their commencement of training.
Grading will be allowed at the discretion of the Instructors.
A minimum of three months training between grading will apply for lower Kyu grades and longer periods for senior grades, with a minimum of twice a week training, Attendance & attitude taken in to consideration. Remember, a grading is not a reward given by the Instructors, but rather an examination where, if you reach the necessary standard, you will be entitled to the grade.
Grading is only to help students develop and not the sole purpose of Karate training. People develop at different rates or have faults that may take a longer to rectify, so gradings are not necessarily regular.
Any student that has not trained once within the last 6 months will have to wear a white belt on their return (Instructor's Discretion) to the Dojo until such time as the Instructor/s believe he/she have reached their original grade standard, unless, he \she has been injured and unable to train. This may take weeks of regular training to bring you back up to the required standard and fitness.
Any student that has an out of date licence will be unable to train for insurance reasons until it has been renewed (no exceptions)
New students (Beginners) can train twice then they must have a valid K.D.F. \E.K.F. licence purchased through their club secretary.
The Instructors decisions regarding a grading or in respect of the needs of students is final.
CHILD PROTECTION top of page
The Southern Karate Do Federation ( SKDF ) is registered with the English Karate Federation ( EKF ) via our association , the Karate Do Federation ( KDF ).
We fully support and adhere to the Child Protection Policy of the EKF.
The EKF child protection policy can be found here.
If you have any issues you may directly contact the EKF Child Protection Officer.
Confidential direct link to EKF Child Protection Officer: safeguard@englishkaratefederation.com