06Personal benefits · With other people
Better social skills
Karate is practised with other people from the very first class. Good manners, listening, partner work, leading and following are part of every class, and they are trained like any other skill.
01In class
A class, in six words
- Please
- Thank you
- Listen
- Partner
- Lead
- Follow
- Please and thank you
- Good manners start here. They are social skills, and like any skill they need training and guidance. See good manners.
- Listening
- To your instructor, your training partners and your opponents. See develop listening.
- Partner work
- Students learn to work with a partner at speed and with control, and to stay aware of everyone around them. See awareness of others.
- Leading and following
- Students learn to lead when it is their turn, and to follow when it is not.
02Off the mat
Partners in class. Friends outside it.
Not everyone in class will be your age, but many will be, and training partners become friends. WSKF Australia also works hard at fundraising throughout the year for its competition team members, and members are invited to special events and seminars.
Beyond Australia, WSKF Japan is like a big family of people from all over the world, coming together every year or two to compete, socialise and train together.
03Enquire
Meet your training partners
Tell us who is training and where, and the club will confirm a suitable class.
Find your first class
Better social skills

