A MISFORTUNE FULL OF OPORTUNITIES... SBN Javier Acosta

A MISFORTUNE FULL OF OPORTUNITIES...

SBN Javier Acosta

A misfortune full of opportunities... Unfortunately, the methodology and didactics traditionally followed by children is very different from the teaching system that is developed with adults, yes, half portions, without taking into account that it is not about teaching karate to short men, but to use it. . of the pull that discipline exerts on young children at a time of maximum receptivity and impossibility of making us participants and coresponsible for their education. A controversial aspect is the one that tries to find and define the role of karate in childhood. If we start from the need to define what karate is, we discover that each of us has developed his own understanding of what karate is for him: a spiritual path, a sport, a martial art, a lifestyle, a discipline. , a sense of self. defense system, cultural expression, physical training method,... Zen in movement, etc. On closer analysis, most of these terms contain qualities that exclude others. It is possible that all these understandings prevail in a certain historical moment or environmental situation. Currently, the majority agrees with the idea of karate, which tries to unite all the previous definitions, considering that these and others are nothing more than attributes of the same reality, far from being mutually exclusive, but rather complementary, for which very different. people can find appropriate channels in Karate to satisfy their concerns. From this point of view, it can be concluded that Children's Karate is essentially a series of exercises based on the gestures of traditional and sports Karate, which have applications in childhood and whose purpose is to help the child to know his qualities. , using body skills and the ability to move through play, motor skills and dynamic expression as a way to promote your full development as a person. Finally, the present ends with a saying that says: the three great doctors are: "NATURE, TIME AND PATIENCE" and in karate at the child level, we must dedicate the available time with the greatest patience, so that the child is well. it runs naturally because there it is shown as it is, not as we want it to be, revealing its own unique personality. Limits of Karate for Children. Under this name we expect a group of karate fighters under 15 years of age, who represent the most important nucleus of our sport in the entire republic, both in number and in social importance. As in other fields of education, teachers of martial arts have for too long lacked the professional training necessary to achieve the lofty goals they have achieved, and have merely repeated the teaching models to which they themselves have come. been subjected, models to which they were subjected. on whom were many cases based. to clear