Zen Karate Kiddies club drills Abuja teens

The kids who are within the ages of three and eight are being drilled in the art of self defence and self discipline which the senior instructor, Sensei Sado Japhet said is a thing of priority for the participants. Speaking to Trustsports, Sado said the need to set up the kiddies club became necessary when […]

The kids who are within the ages of three and eight are being drilled in the art of self defence and self discipline which the senior instructor, Sensei Sado Japhet said is a thing of priority for the participants.

Speaking to Trustsports, Sado said the need to set up the kiddies club became necessary when it dawned on some of them that a time will surely come when they would leave the stage for the younger ones to take over.

He said the club has encouraged some schools in the FCT to include the sport in their curricula and karate instructors are attached to such institutions for training of the pupils at least once in a week.

However, Sado said when it became apparent that the training in school alone would not be enough for the kids, it was decided that they should be coming out every Saturday for more training.

He said the kids’ parents have been most supportive as they have demonstrated high commitment to the activities of the club.

Sado said going by the commitment on the part of the kids and their parents, the future of the sport in the FCT is very bright as he maintained that most of the young athletes have shown that they have potentials for greatness.

“We hope that by the time the senior ones fade out, these young ones would take over from them. And going by the performance of these kids, I have no doubt in my mind that in few years time, FCT would be the Mecca of karate in the country. Our labour will not be in vain”.

In addition, he said the club also trains even adults who are interested in learning the art of self defence.

He said the club is autonomous and self sponsored just as he disclosed that it depends on the modest fee charged per participant to run its programmes.

Sado said it is not money making venture: “The club is self sponsored and autonomous. What we do is to take a token in form of fee from the participants which enables the instructors to come and train them. In addition, we provide uniforms for the participants.

A parent, Mr. Paul Danjuma said he has enrolled his three year old son, Daniel because he wants him to acquire the art of self discipline.

In addition, he said he wants his child to understand the need to persevere in the face of any difficult task.

“I have brought him here to learn more about self discipline and the need to endure unpleasant situations he may encounter in life. I want him to learn how to put in efforts in anything he is doing”, he stated.