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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