Sparring

KAMP KASON KARATE is a summer youth ‘Karate program that developed in 1991, when the author decided to take inner city kids off the hot (crime infested) streets for the summer and give them a chance to experience the Fun-the-Mental (Fundamentals), that NYC could offer outside their Neighborhood. The Karate program offered all the trimmings which are usually sponsored by big corporations, which urban parents cannot afford. Kamp Kason Karate gave free trips, breakfast, and lunch Monday through Friday

tested much earlier I decided to continue practicing my form and technique so that when I tested I did not feel under pressure to learn everything and felt comfortable with all of the material. Firstly, I became a full member of the high performance sparring program. Around the time that I tested I decided to step up my training, Increasing the number of classes I went to and raising the intensity of my training. I also, began going to more tournaments at the high

The community of Starke has little to no extracurricular activities for kids. After school, kids are left to do nothing but go home, watch television, and be tiny couch potatoes. Therefore, it is only right that the community offers a program to not only get kids moving but also, teach kids valuable life skills and lessons. The community will offer a martial arts program called Red Dragon Academy to the youth of Starke. Teaching kids martial arts after school will help prevent bullying, teach kids

He stared in awe at the intense scene. It was a sparring match between two of the U.S. team members. The sparring gear was very similar to the real match gear except it lacked all color. It was pure white and seemed to hum with energy. It was a normal pair of white shirt and pants, but it was the cape that made it special. Woven into

Fifteen minutes of pure agony. Only three sparring matches left and I’d be done with my Kung Fu black sash test. I already had finished the first part of my test: a demonstration of four forms I had worked on over the course of a year. Learning, memorizing, and performing forms is easier and more comfortable for me than the painful sparring for which I’ve always held a certain distaste. When I work on my forms I feel safe and in control; sparring hurts and is scary. After a short break, the time

Sparring It is your first time putting on your gear, with excitement running through your body. You go from sitting on the side lines watching, from finally getting to know what it is like to spar. You line up according to rank, and you turn and bow to your instructor, and then your fellow classmate who you will be sparring. You step back and giup, as everyone else does, and your instructor calls start. As you walk forward and start, you notice it is not as easy as it seems. As a white belt you

and to this very day, I still have mixed feelings about sparring in Taekwondo. Sparring is a sport for students to better prepare themselves in self-defense, but also for competition. Light contact was recommended, but at times the pressure gets the better of the fighter. Accidents frequently occur. I was just starting out in this lung-stopping sport, so neither my mind and body were ready to have the life sucked out of us. I didn’t mind sparring, but when I saw who I was paired with, I might of as

grandmaster notice that you work hard, you will probably get to a higher belt. You should never be lazy. When you are lazy when you do sparring or forms, you are the same quality as a low color belt if you do not work hard. You should not be sloppy in your form and keep your hand that you are not using to your waist. If you work hard when you do forms or sparring and not be lazy, you deserve that belt because you were not lazy and worked hard for your belt. The more darker color of your belt, the

Sweat glistened on my face and the uncomfortable sparring gear only made the searing heat even more unbearable. I was about to start my three-on-one sparring drill for my Taekwondo first degree black belt test where I had to defend myself against 3 opponents. I struggled to cope with their attacks and keep moving at the same time, and barely a minute in I was already exhausted. I had failed. I felt dejected and ashamed as I was one among the few who did not pass. Soon that feeling turned to anger

When I said yes my body did not want to stop shaking from being nerves. The first round into the sparring match, felt long. I didn’t know what do to in the ring, for the entire sparring match. Felt relieved when I finished the match, but I also felt achieved of meeting a goal of going in a ring and facing an opponent. Sparring helped me traumatically in my skill of boxing, for my first actual fight. On September 7 of this year I was still recovering from being