Choosing The Right Karate School
When you or one of your family members are sick...Where do you go? To the doctor? or somebody that looks like doctor??
That's the question that you need to ask to yourself before enrolling your family in any sports activity!
When you want Karate for you or your kid, are you going to a real Karate school or to one that "looks" like Karate?
Also, because of the nature of the service, do you know that by law you are not obligated to sign any contract with any Karate school? Nor are they permitted to obtain your credit card number "to hold" your spot in the first try out or introductory class??
Please research!
Finding a karate school is a simple matter; however, finding a good one is not quite as easy as it may seem. A brief glance through the yellow pages will provide a lengthy list of schools claiming to teach karate and many will list the names and ranks of their instructors, as well as their qualifications while others will simply have the name of their school and their phone number. This is where you need to do some research in order to find an authentic karate school and a competent instructor who will guide your kid in their first steps of this complete discipline.
Master Gichin Funakoshi. Founder of Modern Karate
What is an authentic karate school?
When you are interested in practicing real karate, the matter to determine is whether or not the school teaches authentic karate. A few simple questions should reveal if the lineage of the school and the instructor can be traced. Where did the instructor train, and who was his teacher? What organization are they affiliated with? Can the roots of the school or organization be linked to Japan or Okinawa,? This is part of the process of finding a good karate school.
There are three categories of karate.
Traditional, semitraditional and new art or "MMA". If you truly wish to learn karate, then a traditional school is the preferred pathway. However, since the traditional schools normally set high standards for earning their belts and require their students actually become experts at karate in order to earn rank, they have, unfortunately, not grown as those who have lower standards and pass out belts in return for continued tuition payments.
A simple suggestion to you: Be very careful with those academies that offer you 36 or any certain number of months "Black Belt Programs" or "Extravaganza Black Belt Programs" to where you simply pay a lot of money to an individual who will teach you little, since he had little knowledge himself and is playing with your mind's desire or you kid's illusion to be a black belt.
If you truly wish to learn karate, then a traditional school is the preferred pathway.However, since the traditional schools normally set for earning their belts and require their students actually become experts at karate in order to earn rank, they have, unfortunately, not grown as those who have . Be very careful with those academies that offer you 36 or any certain number of months or "Extravaganza Black Belt Programs" to where you simply pay a lot of money to an individual who will teach you little, since he had little knowledge himself and is playing with your mind's desire or you kid's illusion to be a black belt.
THAT'S NOT FAIR TO YOU as a new member in the art!
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http://www.sptimes.com/2008/03/13/Pasco/Wesley_Chapel_karate_.shtml
http://www.pascobiz.com/8139949253.htm
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) or Karate-Do (Way of life)
Which one for your child....?
Making the right choice it's up to you...!
Authentic Traditional Shotokan Karate-Do
Keiko Shin Karate Academy
26312 Wesley Chapel Blvd.
"Grand Oaks Square Plaza"
(Across the street from Grand Oaks Subdivision)
Call us to find out more about our prestigious program
(813) 994-9253 (English)
(727) 688-7519 (Spanish)
