Saturday, 27 June 2009

The karate kids

Spent the day with Richard, Archery and Hugh. Every Friday they teach karate to a group of kids (aged 4 - 10). The class is done in English to create a fun environment for the kids to learn the language it (you'll notice in the video the sensei always says "Ready?" and the kids shout back "Okay"). As the resident Zimbabwean in Osaka I went along to meet the kids, answer questions about myself, Africa and animals. Also taught some new words and severely injure myself trying to keep up with them (don't ever try the backwards spider as a warm up...).

All in all a fun day with some cute (but hyperactive) Japanese youngsters. Hope you enjoy the video.


2 comments:

Hisashi Okuhira said...

Arleady book marked☆

I hope that you write down about Okinawa someday.

Unknown said...

Hi Shone,
jeez, bin tryna add sumin to this blog for ages but iv jus been closed by technology really. Anyway, Im also thinking about coming to Japan next year, to do the whole english thingy. Jus need a bit of advice on that if u dont mind..who i should go through and anything else that could help me.. iv been considering asia for a while but it took me a while to finally fall in love with the idea of Japan..plus i think i kno u, did u go to Peterhouse Boys by any chance??