Dojo Entheos - Winnipeg Kyokushin Karate is a non-profit martial arts school founded in 1982 with the purpose of serving the community and sharing Kyokushin Karate free of charge. Dojo Entheos - Winnipeg Kyokushin Karate is an internationally recognized non-profit martial arts school founded by 4th Dan International Black Belt Sensei Angel Carrasco in 1982 with the purpose of serving the community
and bringing Kyokushin Karate to Winnipeg, free of charge. Popularity in Karate is growing every day. More people are studying Karate, with more schools being opened every day, and more people becoming teachers. Today you can see two kinds of Karate, sport Karate and Karate-Do. In sport Karate, people put more emphasis on the physical aspect, rather than the mental and spiritual aspect of the art. They focus on competition and tournament, because this brings more students to their Dojos. As a consequence their training is about becoming physically strong, to be ready to win many tournaments and medals, so they can prove to others that their schools are better than others. However, not many teachers are qualified or willing to teach the mental or spiritual aspect to their students, because of the fear of losing them. More people are just taking Karate as a way of keeping themselves fit or for self-defense, or to defeat others in competitions and also as part of a program to lose weight and look good. However the Spiritual and Mental aspect is only mentioned sparsely in their programs and not being taught in a daily basis. Focus should be not only in the fighting skill of the student, but more importantly in giving them the skill they need to succeed in their life and become a positive influence to others. If you are interested only in the fighting aspect of Kyokushin, then this is not a place for you. The Dojo should be a place where we learn how to control our mind, a place were we learn discipline, and to control our temper. It should be a place where we learn to understand ourselves better, learn about courtesy, and respecting others. A place were the heat of our training burns out our ego. Karate-Do is a way of life meaning we should use whatever we learn in the Dojo and apply it to our daily life. People become great Karateka not because they have won many tournaments, but by how they live their lives, and how they carry on the teachings they are learning in the Dojo into their daily lives. Karate-Do is about perfecting our character and to defeat our own imperfections. Keeping this in mind we can develop our full potential as human beings, so we can become positive influences in society, by contributing in a more effective way to our family, communities, and to our countries. Classed are instructed by Sensei Angel Carrasco a 4th Dan International Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate, and also a Black belt in Taekwondo.
