Through consistent and holistic karate training, which takes into account both physical and mental aspects, practitioners gain far more than it appears to outsiders.
From my personal perspective, the martial art of karate is a tool, an instrument that has guided my outlook on life in a certain direction over many years.
Through the clear teachings of karate, based on determination and discipline, I have received precise guidance for years to structure my daily life both coherently and flexibly, freeing myself from mental blocks. Essential elements from this martial art have taught me to experience each day consciously and to take responsibility with strong determination.
Today, this mental attitude is natural to me and part of my personality, as I regularly train and strengthen my body and mind through exercise.
My many years of karate practice have proven to me that karate never considers these two components in isolation, but rather they exist in a symbiotic relationship. Learning karate develops both the body and the mind. What's important is your openness to this holistic teaching.
I not only live these teachings consistently in my daily life, but also share them in my dojo and at my technical meetings. It fills me with joy to see how karateka embrace the karate teachings with equal enthusiasm and appreciate them as an enrichment for their own lives, even outside of training.
In my everyday life, numerous small gestures and actions are based on the principles of karate: be it picking up an object, the way I gesture, walking, getting up in the morning, getting dressed, working, breathing or even controlling my thoughts at certain times.
Karate is always present for me and has a positive influence on my daily life.
