Karatekas perform at trials
Hajime. Tzuzukite. Yame. Are you unfamiliar with these words? It is common lingo for karate which means, starts, restart and stop.
These words were shouted by the karate marshals at this past weekend’s Mpumalanga Karate Trials held at the Oewersig Hall.
Karate means “empty hand”, and karate-do translates to “the way of Karate”. “It is a way for an individual to realise greater potential and
expand the limits of that individual’s physical and mental capabilities,” said the president of Mpumalanga Karate, Derek Sindane.
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A total of 52 karatekas attended the trials and most advanced to the provincial competitions.
Two types of karate, kumite and kata, was fought. Kumite, literally translated, means ‘grappling hands” and is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon.
Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary, using the techniques learnt from the kihon and kata. Kata is a Japanese word describing detailed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs.
Each is a complete fighting system, with the movements and postures of the kata being a living reference guide to the correct form and structure of the techniques used within that system.
