KARATE DEVELOPMENT CAMP

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Time to switch sports to Karate...  Local Karatekas got some tips as two world-class karate athletes were in the country to impart their knowledge to athletes aiming to reach the Olympic level. They were given guidance on methods to improve their Katas and Kumite. The event was hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Karate Association. Serjio du Four has the details.

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00:00 The sport karate development camp took place at St. Mary's College in Port of

00:05 Spain and approximately 55 participants were engaged. US Committee champion Tom

00:10 Scott was one of the chief instructors. He captained the USA team and won

00:15 medals at the Pan Am and World level and also took part in the Olympics.

00:20 Organizers say the camp was open to all ranks. National kata athlete Dominic

00:25 Wilkes explained some of the benefits of taking part in the initiative. The main

00:29 things they got from the camp were how what goes into performing those kata's

00:34 for Olympic competitions. There's a lot more emphasis on athleticism, speed, power

00:40 and a certain amount of flair compared to traditional training which usually

00:47 just emphasizes you know strong basic foundations, application for self-defense

00:54 and those type of things. Chief instructor at the TNT Karate Association

00:58 Dr. Nicole Lambie says the aim is also to boost participation in the sport.

01:03 Primarily we were aiming to boost local or local level for the National

01:11 Federation so that would have we had sent invitations to all all schools even

01:19 those outside of karate like Taekwondo and so on. The participants got valuable

01:24 insight into what judges look for including focus, grace and power. Being

01:29 guided by the WKF competition rules they look for stances, techniques, transitions

01:42 your strength, speed, balance, they look at your what we call zanchin, your focus,

01:53 how you breathe right and your what we call kimi as well, your body connection

02:02 and things like that. There were international participants from

02:06 Suriname, Barbados and Grenada. They are all aiming to represent their

02:11 respective countries at the highest level. In addition to the World

02:14 Championships which is a WKF event, aside from the Olympics and the

02:21 Commonwealth Games, karate is part of all of the other multi-sport games that

02:27 the Olympic, the International Olympic Committee hosts. So the CAC games, the

02:32 Pan American Games, it's part of World Combat Games and also the World Games.

02:39 Participants also got advice from sports science presenters from sport

02:43 company and other private entities.

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