Rachel S.- Karate    Back

My favorite sport is karate.  Karate is usually a sport you do by yourself.  So it’s really hard to be a team.  Karate is originally from Japan.  That’s why it takes awhile because you have to learn things in Japan.  There is white which is the first belt, then yellow, orange, blue, green, 2 purples, 3 browns, and the black belt.  It took me 6 years to get my black-belt.  There are three things that the main three “topics.”  One is kata, a kata is a series of moves put together.  There are a lot 15 plus katas we have to learn.  The next thing is called keors that’s one or two moves is a strance, and you do those.  The final thing is sparring.  Sparring is controlled, which means you have to wear a helmet, mouthpiece, shin/foot guards and hand guards. So its pretty safe but still.   The karate school I go to is located in Newaygo.

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