Karate black belt for Jared

Jared D (Year 5) recently achieved his 1st Dan black belt in Wado Ryu Karate. Jared has been training for 5 and half years, with 18 months out for COVID-19. 

Wadō-ryū (和道流) is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Otsuka (1892-1982).  Wado Ryu translates into ‘Way of Peace’ or ‘Way of Harmony', the key principles enable you to perform techniques by body management, and not relying on physical strength alone.

Wado Ryu is a traditional Japanese karate style, originating from the island of Okinawa. Its core principles are to move along rather than move against, so you do not require physical strength to perform the techniques. One of the key principles of Wado Ryu karate is ‘yielding is more effective than strength’. This is not a negative or passive gesture, it demonstrates that instead of relying on strength alone, by ‘yielding’ we can put ourselves in a stronger position.

Jared's parents are immensely proud of him, as are we - many congratulations to Jared on this significant achievement!