KARATE & MARTIAL ARTS

Karate & Martial Arts

Objective

To support children and youth programs of MAS Katy Center achieving its objectives by instilling values of self control, discipline, confidence, respect, and achievement through karate training and tournaments.

Karate Style

Japanese Traditional shotokan karate for physical forms and techniques.
Indonesian Silat for breathing techniques.

Location

MAS Katy Center 1800 Baker Road Houston, TX 77094

Schedule

Trimester 1: Jan – Apr
Trimester 2: May – Aug
Trimester 3: Sep – Dec

Exact starting and ending date will be adjusted to accommodate students’ academic exams and school breaks.

Class Time

Spring, summer, & fall

Tuesday, 6.00 – 7.45 PM

Sunday, 8.00 – 9.45 AM

Class time may be adjusted.

Tuition

$30 one time registration fee

$50 per month

Instructor

Br. Bisma Dewabrata Black belt (1st Dan / shodan) Organization / Federation affiliation: Independent (none) Advanced rank affiliation: International Society of Okinawan/Japanese Karate (ISOK; www.isok.org)

Contact

Bisma Dewabrata
wd.shotokan@gmail.com

Tournaments

Every student will be strongly encouraged to participate in tournaments. The program will join tournaments mainly in Houston area, that are sanctioned by USA National Karate-do Federation/USA-NKF (www.usankf.org) as the official US Olympic karate and other tournaments that are suited to traditional shotokan karate. Other tournaments will be considered on case by case basis.

Curriculum

The technical objective of the karate program is to create well rounded martial artists that have excellent techniques, fast reflex, and strong fighting instinct. This will be achieved only if students have plenty of opportunities to apply what they have learned in classes. That is therefore, the karate program will have strong emphasis in application, sparing, and tournaments.
The karate program is based on traditional shotokan as the major framework and style. However, the program will not be rigidly practicing shotokan techniques. Basic, hands, stances, and body techniques are of shotokan. The use of breathing techniques is from Indonesian silat. Minor incorporations are kicking techniques that will be a combination of karate and taekwondo techniques.
As a student progresses to advance levels, he/she will also learn throw down and ground fighting techniques that will be adopted from judo and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
Year 1: Basic Foundation Stances, Punching, Blocking, Kicking, Footwork, Kata (Forms), Breathing Techniques
Year 2: Tactical Enrichment and Strategy Ducking, Sweeping, Advance Blocking, Advance Kicking, Speed Development, Distancing, Trick and Decoy, Year 1 materials, Kata (Forms), Breathing exercise Techniques
Year 3: Close Quarter and Ground Fighting, Close Quarter Techniques, Throwing Techniques, Submission Techniques, Year 1 and 2 materials, Kata (Forms), Breathing exercise Techniques
Year 4: From Long Range to Close Quarter to Ground Fighting and Multi Attacks Cumulative and Combination Techniques, Fighting Multiple Attackers, Year 1, 2, and 3 materials, Kata (Forms), Breathing exercise Techniques
Year 5: Applying Breathing Techniques and Black Belt Preparation Using Breathing Techniques in Karate Fighting, Year 1, 2, 3, and 4 materials, Preparing for Black Belt Exam, Kata (Forms), Breathing Techniques

Exam and Rank Levels

Rank exam will be held every trimester (4 months) in the end of each trimester. Belt levels are as followS (assuming a student passes each trimester test)

Year 1