help please?

Question

what benefit do you get from karate

Answer 1

you might actually lose weight and gain flexibility. also tightening of muscles. it will help as a good leisure and its nice to have the self defence techniques that come with it.

Answer 2

Honestly, nothing if not done right. I've been teaching and practicing for over 20 years. I'm not downing on any arts. They all have benefit and practical approaches to self defense for the most part. In today's society however, there is rarely a need for physical self defense. The time spent training far outweighs the occurence. Your money and time would be better suited somewhere else. I'm sure a lot of instructors would disagree but this is a way of life for a lot of people (me as well.) However, I'm just being honest. You should get something more out of martial arts than physical disciplines or you have wasted your time. Traditional Japanese arts can practice San-Iku (education of the mind, hand, and heart equally.) A good instructor will challenge your mind and heart as well as your body. Martial arts is about learning how to navigate conflict. All forms of conflict, not just physical. A good mind that has been trained to stand for what you believe in and know why you believe it. A good heart that has been healed from all wounds without scars and is liberated and light. A healthy body and spirit that are not weighed down by the angst of the world. That's the real goal of a martial artist. To be a complete person without hesitation or reservation, and to be ready to serve fellow men with humility.

Answer 3

You will often find a great deal of variety on the answers you hear to this question, depending on what each individual has received from his or her own martial arts experience. There are several reasons for this. Depending on your instructor's focus, and more importantly, on your focus in martial arts, you will recieve different benefits. For example, both James Coburn and Steve Mcqueen studied under Bruce Lee. Where Coburn learned to better understand his philosophical outlooks, McQueen became a better athlete.

This example is a simplification of the idea that it differs for everyone. The real bottom line is that Martial Arts, no matter what style, WILL benefit you. How it benefits you is mostly up to you. If you are looking to learn how to better defend yourself, there is no denying that it will be easily obtained. If you are looking to learn a philosophy, health consciousness, discipline, confidence, or better spirit, these also can be obtained.

By taking Martial arts, be it Karate, Kung Fu, Tae kwon do, Judo, or any other style, you are realizing the potential for personal development. By taking Martial Arts, you are creating a discipline for yourself, in which the instructor is guiding you using the Martial Art as a tool to do so. This is why it is so important to understand up front what YOU want out of your martial arts experience, so that you can find the instructor and school you feel is best equipped to provide you with these things.

Answer 4

Students can benefit from Karate Training with Increased Fitness, Confidence and an Improvement in the Ability to Defend themselves

Answer 5

It depends how good the training is.

If the training is good, you learn how to fight and will be able to protect yourself in realistic situations where you can. You will also (if you spar) get a realistic gague of your abilities and what you can and can't do.

It will smash your fantasies about taking on a 360 lb football player (you will not be able to fight off bob sapp in the parking lot) but give you the realistic view of what your options are in certain situations AND the confidence in your abilities to handle them.

It should not in and of itself get you fit, if you are serious your fitness regimen should be more intense than your training for a hobbist (obviously a pro or amateur fighter is going to be training more intensely and not only going to a few classes a week).

It won't "give" you discipline, this is something that your parents instill in you. If you aren't inclined to be devoted and disciplined, you will not be. It may provide an outlet for this, just like any activity or sport. Guitar lessons can make you disciplined as well.

flexability? No more than a fitness regimen.

You want to make sure you get proper training. cooperative training is dancing, resistance training is martial arts.

You need to make sure you find a class that teaches you how to actually fight. You can only do this through resistance training (people don't just let you do the move). Of course initially you need to get the technique and will train easy, but at some point you need to be able to train against someone who is not compliant.

Answer 6

ive done shotokan karate and its good if you like discipline and format for defending yourself. i found a lot of it to be wasted energy, try kung fu with a chinese master, ive been doing it for about 25 years and swear by it. its that broad you'll never stop learning, so many different styles and weaponry. karate is a good contact sport though. go to a class and check it out before you join. sit back and watch how the sensei treats his pupils, whether they get individual treatment or they all do something different without him/her correcting them. they wont mind you going to watch. martial arts was originated as yoga then taken to china by bhodidarma then the rest of asia and finally the west. most martial arts like taekwando karate and jujitsu are modern variations on a 4000 year old martial art, kung fu

Answer 7

normal stuff, you know..like basic self defence and stuff that people and said before me..but discipline..i really dont think so, i have seen a lot of karate students behaving "BADLY"..

my favorite martial art is" Wing Chun", it is found by a buddism nun about 300 years ago. Bruce Lee's " Ji Kwun Do" is mostly base on the basic concept of "Wing Chun".

when you learn "Wing Chun", reflex and speed are the most important thing, to train these two things, sticky hand, wooden puppet, are always used.

apart from hand to hand combat, WingChun also includes, staff and double blades.

Wing Chun style is really simple, but it takes time to pratice.

one of the most famous move of Wing Chun is the "One Inch Punch" create a massive force by high speed in a short distance.

"F=ma"

Answer 8

Mostly fitness. It may give you the edge in a fight against an otherwise equal opponent actually unless you take it to a very high level won't make you that much mightier.
There is the social benefit of doing a new hobby and meeting new people too. And you get to wear a cool outfit and go to shows and competitions.
Don't think martial arts make you unbeatable though, usually a really big strong man will beat a martial artist in a fight even though he will be less skillful.

Answer 9

Discipline ,physical fitness ,self esteem , self defense , personal growth ; any and all of these can come from learning karate . Personally along with all those other things it gives me a sense of peace .

Answer 10

Fitness; I especially like the club spirit myself; learning something new to me; and I have just reached the level were I am more and more expected to pass on what I have learnt - like the teaching side though not great at it 'yet'. See a whole answer and not a mention of kicking or punching someones head all over the place

Answer 11

Much less than that gained from almost any other martial art. Karate has been completely westernised, destroying all of the original motives and real purposes to the art. It is now just the mindless repeat of endless katas that do little to benefit someone after the twentieth loop.