The practicing some sport has become an increasingly important need in the lives of a growing number of adult and young citizens. and there are activities that are also considered effective at the time of improve behavioral patternssociability and relationships juvenile with their families, in their educational centers and with other children their age.
One of those practices is Judo.as explained by monitor David Carrasco Álvarez, author of the book Judo conquers fearsettled in Tenerife and that staunchly defends the values that this martial art provides.
Marco’s father (not his real name) remembers that his son began practicing in 2015. He started when he was four years old and today he is 13. He comments that, when he arrived in Tenerife, the boy did not speak Spanish. Sometimes, he did not understand what some of his classmates were telling him. He thought they were offensive and, faced with this supposed “verbal violence that he received”, he decided to react in a “physical” way. That is, he had behavior that could be considered aggressive.
As the years, training and competitions went by, Marco evolved. He points out his parent who is now capable of self-control, of defending friends and other minors who have problems, while preferring to introduce dialogue in those situations. Marco has become champion of the Canary Islands and has participated in the Spanish championship. For his father, it is important to highlight that Judo has helped her son learn to concentrate and understand that it takes a lot of effort to achieve any success.
“The medal is earned in training,” according to this Italian citizen. Furthermore, he points out that you have to apply “brain, soul, heart, technique and physical effort.” But, in addition, competing requires that you must also control your weight and diet.
Carlos is Xian’s father. He also started going to the gym when he was four years old. At that time, the boy did not consider it a sport, but a game. He remembers that his son had trouble coordinating. However, so far, Xian has been a two-time champion of Tenerife, while he understands and likes this martial art.
Carlos speaks from full knowledge of this sporting discipline. He has also been practicing it for a long time. He states that it is “a very sacrificed sport, which only brings you satisfaction on a personal level, since there is no professional outlet, not even for the best, as can be seen in football or basketball.” In fact, in most cases, traveling to competitions costs them money.
At the Halcón Judo Club he points out that a group of boys has been created that helps each other, but, above all, that “they have learned the values of respect for the teacher, for their classmates, for their rivals and, above all, for yourself.” .
Carlos had held the brown belt for 40 years. And in October of last year he achieved his black belt. That step was an exercise in self-improvement for him, but it was also an example of effort for his son.
The fights last three minutes. Sometimes, the preparation of a year or six months disappears, because the concentration or strategy has not been enough, or, simply, because the rival was better.
Alberto now has more confidence with other children and appears more secure. His parent says that “before he was more withdrawn.” Furthermore, he remembers that “this sport allows him to fall asleep straight away, without even watching television at night, which makes him more relaxed.” He explains to his father that, with judo, he pours out his energy and that allows him to live more peacefully. He is still in the process of overcoming a pending subject, such as reading in public, but he is also making progress in that aspect. The changes in Alberto began to be visible when he had been in Judo for a year or a year and a half. And progress can also be seen in the competition, “because not only do they shoot at him, but he also shoots.” Furthermore, his father highlights that, when he loses, he also stands up with pride, with the acceptance that “I have done something wrong or the other person was better.” He points out that Alberto “is good at winning, but also good at losing; And I think that he is also highly valued by his coach.
Rosa (not her real name) was a girl who felt insecure with her friends and when it came to playing sports. Her mother says that her evolution has been “incredible”, since she has gone from always wanting to go unnoticed to being the first to initiate greetings when entering the tatami (surface on which martial arts are performed). . But she has also become a kind of “guide” for shy boys and girls who “join” the classes. David Carrasco Álvarez, Eva García and Julio Delgado have been developing the Club Halcón project for a year and a half. Eva is in charge of teaching the little ones (from four to eight years old); David, the children from nine to fourteen years old, while Julio trains the youth and adults.
Physical and mental preparation
Carrasco explains that “the values that are intended to be transmitted are that children have more confidence and security in themselves; There is a physical preparation, but also a mental one, of sports strategy to apply it as the ultimate goal to competition and life.
For this staunch defender of this sport, with its practice “an adaptation to reality is achieved, both on the part of the parents, who are unaware of the real abilities of their children, and on the children themselves, who, sometimes, keep within themselves an extraordinary talent, while we take care of it going abroad.
David Carrasco Álvarez with his students / María Pisaca
“Judo, as a martial art, implies maximum respect for anyone who enters the Dojo (martial art school),” says David. He points out that, “from day one, everyone has to consider themselves equal to everyone else.” “It is very surprising that those children with some particularity (hyperactivity, aggressiveness, shyness or lack of respect for their family) in most cases experience a change in record time,” he says. He indicates that “there is one idea that overlaps the rest: work in harmony.” After years of experience with minors, he says that “no child gives me problems, but some parents do, who have no confidence in their children’s abilities; and we strive to prove them wrong.
About 1,000 licenses and 16 clubs
In the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife there are around a thousand federative licenses for Judo practitioners. This group includes athletes of various ages and weights. And a selection of them takes part in the competitions representing their clubs. These judokas train in about sixteen clubs or schools of different characteristics. Some of these Dojos are Club Deportivo Shisei, Tento Waza, Añaterve Vilar, Kanachined, Escuela Municipal Judo Adeje, Club Judo Halcón, Roje Shudokan, Joko Wakare, Atis Tirma, Kashikoi, Judo Granadilla, Escuela Municipal de Tacoronte, Judo Santa Úrsula, Círculo of Friendship XII of January, Dojo Kimura and Chikara Judo. |
2024-03-24 07:04:57
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