How karate classes can benefit your child

Karate has many amazing benefits for students.

Here are some thoughts on what your child will gain, will learn and what he/she will be encouraged to do as a Karate student.

Karate classes will

1.       Develop your child’s physical abilities
2.       Improve your child’s overall fitness
3.       Develop your child’s ability to focus and concentrate
4.       Instill a sense of belonging, as part of the karate family 
5.       Develop a sense of pride as goals are achieved 
6.       Empower your child, especially if they are bullied
7.       Assist children to increase attention span, decrease  distraction
8.       Develop motor and behavioural control
9.       Improve self-esteem and  build positive peer relationships.
8.       Build ability to communicate with others, work in a team 


Your child will gain

1.       self-respect
2.       Self-control
3.       Self-defense
4.       Focus
5.       Confidence
6.       courtesy

Your child will learn

1.       how to control aggressive behaviour (if applicable)
2.       discipline
3.       respect for others
4.       perseverance
5.       about setting and achieving goals
6.       how to improve his/her life
7.       mental and emotional lessons
8.       how to constantly improve upon basic karate techniques
9.       that karate is meant to be practiced for their entire lifetime

Children are encouraged to

1.       proceed at their own pace
2.       have fun
3.       advance steadily in rank through the karate belt system
4.       train regularly
5.       be committed to the training
6.       take part in a grading as soon as they are ready


The Karate Academy is a Karate school in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.  To find out more visit our website or Facebook page.