SKR Beginners Guide
10 pages
Given to all our new beginners, this comprehensive guide demystifies karate lessons.
Includes:
- Introduction to SKR and the instructors
- History of Karate
- What is a Sensei?
- What is a Dojo? and Dojo etiquette
- What happens in a karate class?
- Common Japanese Terms
- The Belt System
- Looking after your Karate Gi (suit) and tying your Obi (belt)
- 5 basic stances
SKR Syllabus
36 pages
New version for 2005
Includes:
- Adult & Junior Grading Syllabus
- Grading Katas
- Dojo Etiquette
- Terminology Section
- The Skeletal System
- The Muscular System
- Kihon Ippon Sets 1 -5
- Jiyu Ippon Kumite Sets 1-3
- Parts of the body used for striking in Shotokan Karate
SKR Kihon Ippon Kumite Guide
Sets 1-5
14 pages
This easy to follow photographic guide illustrates all the key moves in the Kihon Ippon Kumite Sets required as part of the SKR Syllabus and through the background text aims to give students a greater awareness of the Japanese philosophies behind the formal Kihon Ippon exercises.
Includes:
- Introduction to Kihon Ippon Kumite
- The meaning of Rei and Oss
- An introduction to Setsu (respect), Saho (etiqette), Zanshin (focus of mind) and Maai (distance)
- Photographic illustration of Kihon Ippon Sets 1 -5
- Description of Kihon Ippon Sets 1-5
SKR Jiyu Ippon Kumite Guide
Sets 1-3
14 pages
This easy to follow photographic guide illustrates all the key moves in the Jiyu Ippon Kumite Sets required as part of the SKR Syllabus and through the background text aims to give students a greater awareness of the Japanese philosophies behind the formal Jiyu Ippon exercises. This guide compliments the Kihon Ippon Kumite Guide.
Includes:
- Introduction to Jiyu Ippon Kumite
- The meaning of Rei and Oss
- An introduction to Tai Sabaki (body shifting) and Ikken Hissatsu (one deadly strike),
- An introduction to Setsu (respect), Saho (etiqette), Zanshin (focus of mind) and Maai (distance)
- Photographic illustration of Jiyu Ippon Sets 1 -3
- Description of Kihon Ippon Sets 1-3
