WHAT IS KARATE ?

SHOTOKAN KARATE ACADEMY , ROURKELA , ORISSA.

The World Shotokan Karate-Do Federation India was formed under guidance of The Chief Instructor of WSKF, INDIA, Sensei Sattrajit Chaudhury, a former National Champion and a Semi-Finalist in the 1997 & 2000 World Championship, is having experience of more than two decades in different facets of Karate. He started his training of Shotokan Karate in early seventies under Sensei Anil Sinha, who first introduced Shotokan Karate in India. WSKFI is the fastest growing Karate Organization in India with more than 7000 students practicing regularly. OBJECTIVES OF WSKFI The main objective of WSKFI is to create a consolidated movement for popularizing the true form of Shotokan Karate in India, where many instructors are teaching one or other form of karate and most of them in a diluted version. WSKFI is creating an awareness among these karate practitioners, so that, they can come in the main stream of authentic Shotokan karate. WSKFI also aims to raise the karate standard of Indian Karatekas to the International level so that in future they can bring laurels for the country. The steps towards achieving these goals are: 1. To organise Training Camps under foreign (Japanese) instructors. 2. Exposure in International Championship in India and abroad. As a first step towards achieving the objectives, the organization invites Sensei Hitoshi Kasuya, the Chief Instructor from Japan every year for advance training camp for the members of the federation so that they get authentic International Karate exposure. Members of WSKFI regularly take part in International Karate Championship / Seminars in different countries. WSKFI has got training centers in 18 states of India and is a recognized organization by ALL INDIA KARATE-DO FEDERATION (AIKF), which is the only karate organization recognized by GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

Thursday, May 20, 2010

WHAT IS KARATE ?

First of all let us understand what is Karate ? Karate may be defined as a unarmed combat, or weaponless means of self-defense. it consists of dynamic offensive and defensive techniques using all parts of the body to their maximum advantage. It is a very refined Japanese martial art that follows a scientifically studied and perfected technical system of training and enhancement of a human being's mental and physical capabilities. [Karate in Japanese means "Empty Handed". Kara, meaning 'empty' + te, meaning 'hand']Karate as self defense, is one of the most dynamic of all martial arts. The trained karateka is able to coordinate his mind and body perfectly, thereby allowing him to unleash tremendous physical power at will. Therefore it is not the possession of great physical strength that make a strong karateka but the ability to coordinate both mind and body. Upon developing this ability, even the smallest person finds that he has within himself the power to deliver a devastating blow to any would - be attacker. What is Shotokan Karate ? Shotokan Karate is one of the ancient and most Refined Style of Karate which was developed by Grand Master Gichin Funakoshi in Okinawa, Japan.Today Shotokan Karate is practiced in more than 90 countries all over the world .