Karate

There’s no question martial arts is a way to instill discipline and respect in an individual while also teaching some core self-defense skills. As such it makes perfect sense an art like karate would be implemented in law enforcement training, a viewpoint Somerset, New Jersey police academy director Richard Celeste would certainly agree with. Celeste, who has been training in karate since he stumbled across it as a teenager, was recently given a lifetime achievement award from the International Association of Martial Artists for his work both as a karate instructor and in carrying over techniques/fundamentals into training at the academy. ...

Karate is one of the first martial arts to show up on the scene with a history dating back to the 19th Century in Japan. It is a discipline focused primarily on striking by using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, as well as open-handed techniques such as knife-hands, grappling, locks, restraints, throws, and vital point-strikes being taught in certain styles. A person who does karate is known as a "karateka". Movies in the 60s/70s featuring stars like Bruce Lee helped popularize Karate in the West with a countless number of schools springing up as a result. As such, in many cases, it has been diluted into a means of educating young people who often offer public demonstrations as opposed to participate in actual combat-based situations. Karate is also known for the discipline and its spiritual/philosophical impact. ...

This is the new Karate Section! ...