Karate classes for Teens 16-19 years
Karate is a great sport for teenagers!
Our karate classes for teens are the highest quality, and are delivered five days a week in our full-time private Dojo.
Teenagers who take up karate as a sport at OKUKAN with Sensei Sandra learn quickly. Unlimited training is on offer, so teens can train up to five nights a week to fast-track their progress. We offer flexible training for teens, so they can train around their school and work commitments as needed.
Sport for Teenagers is Incredibly Important…
Sport keeps teens focused, away from the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, and builds physically fit and mentally healthy people. Karate helps keeps teenagers motivated to learn, grow and to constantly improve. Being physically active as a teenager is pivotal in setting up a lifelong discipline of being physically fit and active, and karate is a sport that can be practiced and improved upon for one’s whole life: karate is a life-long sport.
Teens learn to defend themselves, gain resilience and self confidence, get physically fit, and become obsessed with something awesome (and healthy!) at OKUKAN Dojo.
Karate is more than just a sport for teens…
Karate builds character, teaches practical self-defence skills and develops a keen sense of awareness and focus. Karate is particularly good at helping teens gain resilience, confidence and strength of character. Teens gain a genuine understanding of what discipline is, and through the practice of karate, become disciplined individuals.
OKUKAN dojo also offers opportunities to teens in competitive sport, through competition karate.
Karate is an athletic sport.
Karate kicks, punches, jumps, strikes, endurance, aerobic exercise, strength and flexibility training -all lead to a balanced, strong and flexible physique.
Karate Curriculum:
Shitoryu Karate (one of the four main styles of Karate in Japan)
- Kata (pattern)
- Bunkai (self defence application)
- KIhon (form) practice
- Kumite (sparring) practice
Karate as a Sport: Health benefits
Participating in martial arts as a sport offers many advantages to teenagers:
- Karate is excellent for the heart, creates resilience
- Karate helps to reduce body fat and enhances agility, and fine and gross motor skills
- Karate improves peripheral vision and sharpens the reflexes
- Karate increases core strength, stamina and suppleness
Karate helps to develop positive character attributes, that will help teens grow up to live their best lives:
- Karate develops clear thinking and decisiveness, resilience and discipline
- Karate improves concentration, focus and mental alertness
- Karate promotes non-violence and respect
- Karate increases ones capacity to learn, be challenged and perform under pressure
- Karate fosters a good school-life or work-life balance
- Karate builds patience, mutual respect and team building skills
- Karate encourages hard work and stamina
Karate as a sport for teens continues uninterrupted throughout the year. Classes are delivered every week, including school terms and school holidays (excluding our end of year break for Christmas holiday). That’s right folks, training continues every week until our end of year break! 💪🏻
Karate classes for teenagers (16-19 years):
| Monday | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | 16-19 years (+adults) |
| Tuesday | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | 16-19 years (+adults) |
| Wednesday | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | 16-19 years (+adults) |
| Thursday | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | 16-19 years (+adults) |
| Friday | 7:00pm to 8:00pm | 16-19 years (+adults) |
| Friday | 6:00pm to 7:00pm | 🥊 Kumite Program! (8-17 years, blue belt+) |
Something to look forward to…
Teens in our karate classes look forward to our annual tournament at MSAC, so they compete in sparring and /or kata with their peers and under Sensei’s guidance, in an international sporting venue. We LOVE our tournament at MSAC
