KARATE CLASSES

LEARN AND PRACTICE THE UNIQUE BUDOKAN STYLE OF KARATE UNDER THE BANNER OF INSTITUTE OF KARATE AND ALLIED ARTS & BUDOKAN KARATE-DO INTERNATIONAL

WE TRAIN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGE GROUPS.

OUR SYLLABUS INCLUDES NOT ONLY TRADITIONAL AND SPORTS KARATE, BUT ALSO OTHER CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF MARTIAL ARTS, PRACTICAL SELF DEFENSE TRAINING, FITNESS AND FLEXIBILITY WORKOUTS.

THE CLASS DURATION GENERALLY IS 2 TO 3 DAYS A WEEK, 60 TO 90 MINUTES PER SESSION.

IT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT 5 YEARS OF ACTIVE TRAINING AND PRACTICE FOR A STUDENT TO BE AWARDED A BLACK BELT.

GRADING AND BELT RANKING

THE LEVEL OF SKILL OR THE PERIOD THROUGH WHICH A KARATE STUDENT HAS UNDERGONE TRAINING IS INDICATED BY THE COLOUR OF THE BELT THAT THE PERSON WEARS.

AFTER COMPLETION OF THE PRESCRIBED TRAINING PERIOD, ONE HAS TO UNDERGO A GRADING TEST FOR PROMOTION TO A HIGHER BELT AND DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE STANDARD TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE INSTRUCTOR & THE EXAMINER.

THERE ARE 10 LEVELS (KYU) TO ACHIEVE A BLACK BELT. THE DURATION FOR EACH BELT IS AROUND 4 TO 6 MONTHS.

THERE ARE 10 DEGREES IN BLACK BELT. THE 10^TH DEGREE BLACK BELT IS EQUIVALENT TO RED BELT WHICH IS ONLY WORN BY THE THE GRANDMASTER OR THE HEAD OF A KARATE STYLE.

OUR STYLE - BUDOKAN KARATE

WE TEACH BUDOKAN KARATE WHICH IS A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STYLE HAVING GLOBAL PRESENCE. THE WORD BUDO-KAN MEANS MARTIAL ARTS-SCHOOL. THIS UNIQUE STYLE OF KARATE WAS CONCEIVED BY ITS FOUNDER MR. CHEW CHOO SOOT OF MALAYSIA. HAVING UNDERGONE TRAINING FOR DECADES IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES OF MARTIAL ARTS AS WELL AS ORIENTAL WEAPONS OF CHINA, MR. SOOT WANTED TO INCORPORATE HIS KNOWLEDGE IN A UNIQUE KARATE STYLE. HE STARTED TEACHING A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS IN PETALING JAYA, MALAYSIA IN 1967 UNDER THE NAME OF BUDOKAN. SOON, THIS STYLE ATTRACTED MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND MR. CHEW TRAVELLED CONTINUOUSLY AROUND THE WORLD TO IMPART TRAINING TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO EMBRACE THIS NEW STYLE OF KARATE. IN A VERY SHORT TIME, THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BODY " KARATE BUDOKAN INTERNATIONAL " WHICH HE FORMED BECAME SO FAMOUS, IT HAD MORE THAN 2000 AFFILIATED CENTRES ALL AROUND THE WORLD WITH THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS GETTING TRAINED IN KARATE UNDER THE NAME OF BUDOKAN. BUDOKAN KARATE ENTERED INDIA IN 1978 AND DUE TO GRAND MASTER'S EFFORTS AND HIS APPROACH OF IMPARTING PERSONAL TRAINING TO ALL THE MEMBERS, THIS STYLE SPREAD LIKE WILD FIRE AND SOON LAKHS OF KARATEKAS WERE PRACTISING BUDOKAN KARATE ALL OVER INDIA AND ACROSS THE GLOBE.

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