The great richness of technical program includes, besides the functional
preparatory gymnastics, individual exercises (Kihon and Kata) and exercises with
a partner (Kumite).
Kihon and Kata teach children how to take the maximum advantage from the
potentialities of their own bodies. Moreover this training allows children to
gain self-confidence, thanks to the continuous overcoming of limits they
considered insurmountable.
Studying Kumite, children learn to manage interpersonal relations, to recognize
the partner as a different and, at the same time, equal person and also to
create, with a combination of solidarity and co-operation, an atmosphere of
friendship and deeply-rooted respect.
In the course of time the mentality, acquired during training sessions, is
strongly interiorized till becoming rule of life.
It is easy to understand how values emphasized in the practice of this
discipline can be used in each moment of life to face study, interpersonal
relations and every kind of obstacle with the serenity originated from the
confidence in their own means and with respect for themselves and for others,
sure indication of a deep inner maturity.