Karate training should be enjoyable for everyone (adults and children). To ensure we all have a good time and train in a safe way we have some simple rules for our Dojo.

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Remember, Karate is first and foremost about showing respect:

• Respect for yourself.

• Respect for your fellow students.

• Respect for your instructor.

• Respect for the place you train (Dojo).

 

All things in karate training begin with a bow, and end with a bow. Respect is shown through the student’s actions.

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Before Class

• Students should arrive 5 minutes before the start of class. If you are late you should enter the dojo and wait quietly inside the door for the instructor to ask you to join the class.

• Please bring drinking water to training. Sports/ sparkling drinks, sweets or biscuits are discouraged in the Dojo

• Please wear your Karate uniform/Gi correctly.

• If you wish to wear a t-shirt then wear a colour that matches your uniform colour (White with white).

• Students must always bow when entering and leaving the Dojo.

• If you have long hair, please tie it up.

• Remove all jewellery, rings, watches, earrings, necklaces etc. before training.

• Toenails and fingernails must be kept clean and short to avoid injury to others.

• All shoes and socks must be removed before class. Shoes should be left neatly.

• If required, please go to the bathroom before class. 

• If you have an injury tell the instructor before class starts.

 

 

During Class

• Don’t chat or mess around during class. This is disrespectful towards other students and your Instructor

• While in the Dojo the student should call the Instructor by their last name (Mr Travers etc.)

• Please concentrate and follow the instructions of the Instructor

• Don’t give up, even if it’s difficult. just try your personal best to do the exercises in the class. 

• If you have a question, please raise your hand during class and wait for the instructor to call on you

• Students must always be respectful to fellow students and the Instructor. 

• If you need to use the bathroom during class, please ask the Instructor for permission. Do not just leave the class.

 

 

After Class

• Don’t forget your belongings (coat, water bottle etc).

• Please wait for your parents to pick you up from inside the Dojo. This is to ensure we know where you are at all times for safeguarding and welfare / hand over of duty of care.

• Students remember karate is about respect both inside and outside the Dojo.

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Children should undertake to: 

• Participate fairly, do their best and have fun.

• Shake hands before and after the event.

• Respect officials and accept their decisions with grace.

• Respect fellow team members; give them full support both when they do well and during challenging times.

• Respect opponents, they are not enemies, they are partners in a sporting event.

• Give opponents a hand if they are injured or have problems with equipment.

• Accept apologies from opponents when they are offered.

• Exercise self-control and tolerance for others, even if others do not.

• Be modest in victory and be gracious in defeat.

• Show appropriate loyalty to their sport and all its participants.

• Make high standards of fair play and show integrity - set the example others want to follow.

 

 

Children should not:

• Cheat 

• Use violence, using physical contact only when it is allowed within the rules.

• Shout at, or argue with, the referee, officials, teammates or opponents. 

• Take banned substances to improve performance.

• Bully or use bullying tactics inside or outside the Dojo. 

• Use unfair or bullying tactics to gain advantage. 

• Harm teammates, opponents or their property. 

• Tell lies about adults or other children. 

• Spread rumours. 

• Keep secrets about any person who may have caused them harm.

 

 

Children in sport are entitled to:

• Be listened to.

• Be believed. 

• Be safe and to feel safe. 

• Participate in sporting activities on an equal basis, appropriate to their ability and stage of development. 

 

 

Parents/Guardians

Parents/guardians are welcomed and encouraged to take an active interest in the club. We hope that parents encourage their children to participate fully in class through positive reinforcement of their child’s efforts. We welcome and encourage parents to observe the class at any time but request that they do not interfere or distract the class. Ideally, we would like to have at least one parent sit in the hall during class purely to observe the class, however we understand that this is not always possible. This helps to ensure protection for the children and allows the parent’s to regularly see the child’s progression in training.

If you are not watching your child/children in the dojo then please arrive before the end of the class and pick your child/children up from the Dojo, Not from the car park. This is to ensure we know where the child/children are always for safeguarding and welfare / hand over of duty of care.