Diary of Movement-Karate at Pinnacle High Mumbai

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Diary of Movement-Karate at Pinnacle High Mumbai

by prashantbhatt @ 2009-08-08 – 10:55:34

Last evening I sat and saw some movements of the Shotokan Karate class.

My sons are learning Karate at their school. They are beginners, but one of them
has already surpassed whatever little I learnt of Shotokan –way back in the late eighties.

The more advanced students and instructors show dedicated resolve and practice.

Here is an instructor with his advanced students showing how to fend off a hand attack and then retaliate by a knee level kick.

Later in the day, we added the next chapter of our food diary-a lovely dinner..
Sahil (my younger son) thinks and lives through food. Chicken Masala, Pinneaple custard, Chilly Chanas, Mutton Soup with Naan.

Sagar is planning to add to his Tortoise diary of Tripoli by adding two turtles to his collection in Mumbai and also planning a trip to Galapagos (some time in future).

How many lovely angles and forms a diary can take.
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17 Comments to Diary of Movement-Karate at Pinnacle High Mumbai

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- Bushka ^Pro
- Bushka
- 2009-08-08 @ 12:54:14
Self defence...including its attendant characteristic of self-discipline...is very goo for youngsters to learn...
- - prashantbhatt
  - 2009-08-09 @ 04:38:36
  Requires dedication, but the results are good.
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- avenscent
- 2009-08-08 @ 14:54:37
My son is world champion at kick boxing strange really because i took him to learn judo as i did years ago when he was younger and it never took of with him, then years later he takes up kick boxing and ends up a world champion.
- - prashantbhatt
  - 2009-08-09 @ 04:39:34
  Maybe as you grew older, he got into the groove.
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- jenray ^Pro
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 2009-08-08 @ 18:15:10
Wow, that's some achievement...well done to him... Took our son down to learn judo when he was about nine and the teacher suggested we take him out of the classes because he had no aggression in him...HLOL...he hated fighting but he got beaten up so many times we thought it would him good to learn some self-defence...didn't work at all...hmmm...grieved me profoundly how he was bullied...he had a very dignified attitude to conflict...you talked it out...trouble was, he could also cut you to the quick with his tongue so wasn't defenceless by any means...LOL...GBHs...XXX
- - jollyweez
  - 2009-08-08 @ 22:22:03
  What a clever little boy you had as a son, Jen. Thank you for sharing that with us. JW xx
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- - prashantbhatt
  - 2009-08-09 @ 04:41:17
  Talking is more intelligent.Probably he was ahead by many years compared to his class-mates.
  After all the conflicts, they have to sit and talk.
  - - jenray ^Pro
    - http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
    - 2009-08-09 @ 13:56:19
    Yes, it is...but, at some points, we feared he'd never make it to his teens...the local kids were brutal to him...did terrible things to my heart and head and still does when I think about it too deeply...something I've put away and try not to let surface again...GBHs...XXX
    - - prashantbhatt
      - 2009-08-09 @ 14:22:35
      It is disturbing when something happens to one's child.
      School systems sometimes tend to overlook this aspect,
      just concentrating on finishing the curriculum.
      
      I remember one friend in school who was particularly singled
      out, teased and though a brilliant student he broke down
      psychologically. The teachers knew about it, but no one
      took a stand..and hence failed as teachers. I too lost the
      sense of fairness and that people in authority will try to maintain order. That lesson has stayed with me and over the decades i have realized that many people in positions of authority only exercise it with "Their-own-selves-as-focus"
      and not for the broader good of the organization or the people they serve.
      
      One has to fend for oneself in the "Big-Bad-World"..in school, college, jobs and beyond
      - jenray ^Pro
        
        http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
        
        2009-08-09 @ 14:52:43
        
        what happened to our son was nearly always done to him in his local area...what happened at school he kept from me and didn't get on there at all, which was another source of real pain to me as I considered education to be very important...fortunately, he was a very talented artist which has stood him in good stead for all his working life...the teachers and Head Master were absolutely useless...did nothing for my faith in schools at all...GBHs...XXX
        
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- dennypoos
- 2009-08-08 @ 20:35:43
'Chilly chanas', what are they@
?
- - prashantbhatt
  - 2009-08-09 @ 04:42:44
  Spicy Peas=Chilly Chanas.
  If you go to any Indian restaurant
  Chana Masala/Pindi Chana...will be on the menu
  it is an interesting meal
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- deleted user (Visitor)
- 2009-08-09 @ 12:13:05
I'd love to be able to kick arse
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- prashantbhatt
- 2009-08-09 @ 14:37:26
requires lot of training..otherwise one
can end up hurting oneself.
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- jollyweez
- 2009-08-09 @ 19:37:07
It is a very good thing that you make sure your boys learn how to defend themselves while still young. It behoves their coordination, their balance, self-confidence and, hopefully, their safety.
It is an excellent exercise for the entire body, and the mind, and I do expect this will continue until they both earn the Black Belt. After that, this practice should become a habit with them. And they will always be fit and strong.
You are a good, loving father.
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- prashantbhatt
- 2009-08-10 @ 04:12:06
maybe one day they will go to higher levels which I did not/could not achieve
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- jollyweez
- 2009-08-11 @ 00:23:33
I hope they will too. Very much.
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