【UGANDA】Gashuku in Mukono district.
It was Saturday 19/July/2025 when sensei Tiima Rony of shoo-in Karate dojo in conjunction with Uganda Cristian university UCU in mukono district organized a beautiful gashuku for their students. The training which was supposed to take 4hours due to love for JKA Karate was extended for another 4hours, in total the event took 8hours. The students being new to the art the techniques where kept within the circle of kihon, how to block properly, how to punch and kick in the right way. The students were told at this initial stage of training all the techniques you are performing should be done in a proper way correctly so that as you advance to upper stage you would have less mistakes to correct, but if you don’t concentrate and do the techniques improperly, you have problem in passing your exam to next level. The chief instructor sensei asana told participants that JKA Karate is an art which students should not only practice in dojo but should also apply it into their daily life because it is an art which has excellent physical culture which strengthen and tones up the body which create mental alertness. As a result, you become aware of any situation you may encounter. It also develop co-ordination and speed up reflexes in the body which leads to zanchi (awareness) which is good for you student. Participants were told their two issues in Karate, one is training and the other one is bad politics. They were advised to choose training and leave out the bad politics because it hinders progress in developing your Karate. The theme of the day was Karate ni sente nashi (There is no first attack in Karate but there is first block.) It means in Karate you don’t provoke but you defend yourself against attack, but if you block properly the block itself can be very effective. Combining this with dojo kun of being sincere and respect this can make them wonderful Karate practitioner. Participants thanked sensei asana for good training and parental advice. At the end the student applauded in chorus JKA one way, one way JKA. Reported by sensei asana mahmood, Domo arigato gozaimas Oss.