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Kyokushin for kids

Straight answers to the questions parents ask, written from the published junior rules and what the dojo actually states — not from what a karate site usually promises.

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Guides

The three questions parents ask

Is it safe, what does the hour look like, and how young is too young. Each guide says what is documented, what is a dojo decision, and where the evidence stops.

Is Kyokushin safe for kids?What the KWU, IFK and WKO junior rules impose, why no organisation decides what happens in class, and why no injury number applies to children in knockdown karate.What a kids class is likeThe bow, the warm-up, basics, pads, partner work and where sparring sits in the hour — told as what each part asks of a child, not what it promises.What age can kids start?From 4 at KarateIDS in the Petit Samouraï programme, to 13 in the children's programme, and why the published Kyokushin minimum ages run from preschool to 12.Starting at 8, 10 or 12: is it too late?Why 8, 10 or 12 is not too late to start, which group a child begins in, the first belt, and what comes next at 14.

If you are weighing Kyokushin against taekwondo for a child, the parents’ section of Kyokushin vs taekwondo covers what to compare and what not to. For where, when and how much on Nuns’ Island and Verdun: Karate classes for kids in Montreal. And if the child already has a sport, Karate and other sports says what the dojo adds beside the team, sport by sport.

Come and see a class as a family

Ages 4 to 13, grouped by age and level, with the Saturday-morning Petit Samouraï class for ages 4 to 6. Whether you live on the island or in Verdun on the mainland, the first class is free, and parents are welcome to watch.

Book a free first class