NEW 1 STEP SPARRING DURING KIDS KARATE CLASS

Ippon kumite or 1 step sparring is part of every belt testing up to brown belt in our kids karate program. For black belt and above, generally we switch to free sparring or Jui ippon kumite. The advantage of 1 step sparring is to learn precision and control for offense and defense. Kids karate students are not wearing any protection and must focus and controlling their technique. For the lower rank, the attack and defense are only to the mid section. During ippon kumite, only 1 attack is made and the defense know the type and the level of the strike. 1 step sparring is also a good frills for all the kids in our karate lesson to learn about distance. Only 1 type of footwork is used and allow kids karate students to managed their distance better. Karate kids who practice a lot of ipon kumite will later on have a good control when they spare.