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BENEFITS OF KARATE

Practitioner of Karate will all agree that their everyday lives they have become more patient, happy, and contented.

Karate is a marvellous sport and from it's practice one will gain stamina, agility, suppleness, increased vitality, self-confidence and self-control. However, unlike other sports, karate techniques act upon and stimulate the many vital points of the body and thereby promote health to the internal organs in the process, in a similar
way that Acupuncture or Siatsu (finger massage) would.

Karate techniques are artistic and fun to perform and can be practised by men and women of all ages and build.

The self-defence aspects of training are two-fold. Firstly, the techniques are of a defence and attack nature, and one will automatically become adept at defending oneself by applying these techniques in the various forms of sparring. Secondly, and just as importantly, the self-confidence and self-respect that one attains through
training will stand out dramatically, making any would-be assailant think twice.


"You are one of my best and most
trusted students. Even if we part company, i will have the same
opinion of you."


Above: Extract taken from letter writen
to Nick Adamou 8th November 1988.

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Hirokazu Kanazawa 10thDan
Chairman and Chief Instructor
Shotokan Karate International