Many young athletes from Aude were present for this large gathering.
Young karatekas from Ferrals and the Narbo-Cuxanaise School of karate do (ENCK), an association bringing together several karate clubs (MJC Narbonne, Cuxac, Ferrals, and Marcorignan), under the leadership of their teacher Stéphane Brousse, who directs and animates this structure of shotokan karate, met at the departmental dojo of Carcassonne for a competition.
The local club has had followers for several years now, but wishes to expand further. Like its master Gichin Funakochi, the Enck /Ferrals club favors educational karate do as a second chance for shy or nervous children. For senior women and men, karate do is a shield against attacks, illness, good gymnastics for balance and strengthening the body, if not an art of living.
The Mille club dojo in Ferrals offers technical karate with katas (choreographies of all defenses and attacks, in a progressive form); preparation for competitions for young people on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; according to their possibilities, everyone trains according to their form and their research (health, core strength, self-defense, art of living, competition); self-defense karate without wanting to take the belt exams, by learning the katas and putting them into practice in a real situation. Any karateka with a few years of practice and perseverance realizes that liking to fight for pleasure is a sign of mental imbalance that must be treated with a few doses of karate, and that in the case of self-defense, the defense must be proportional to the seriousness of the attack.
A second on-site registration for lessons is possible after the holidays: Friday from 5:40 p.m. to 7 p.m., children, price €90; from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., young people and adults, €100; teenagers under 18, €90; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., children’s and youth competition. From the second person in the same family, €60.
Contacts: Séphane Brousse, professor, on 07 81 94 32 71; Maho Mellal, president, at 06 63 29 93 80, treasurer, 06 12 49 89 13.
