06Personal benefits · In the mind
Mental fitness
Karate is a long game. With each new belt comes a whole new set of challenges and skills to learn, and many of those skills cannot be learned overnight. They take many years to master.
Next belt. Next rank. New skills.
01The long game
Years, not overnight.
Students are continually learning new things. Staying with something difficult for long enough to get it right is the mental side of the training.
The belt system breaks a long journey into smaller goals. Each new belt brings new challenges, so there is always a next step, and students see the results of their own hard work as they reach each one.
- First classes: the basics
- Each new belt: new challenges and skills
- Many years: skills you keep mastering
02In class
What it asks of you
- 01
Remember
Kata are set patterns of movement, practised in order. With each new belt comes a new set of skills to learn and remember.
- 02
Keep up
Information is not given all at once. Students listen so they can keep up with demanding classes. See develop listening.
- 03
Keep going
Karate takes years to master and it will not happen overnight. It takes patience and perseverance. See perseverance.
03Enquire
Start the long game
Tell us who is training and where, and the club will confirm a suitable class.
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Mental fitness

