is the martial arts is always based on self defense and combative methods but the main focus of it really is on fostering peace and so learning how to fight and then not having to fight years ago i have been training with since a baker for about twenty seven years i started march st which is two thousand and nineteen and that was on a monday and i had come to a self defense class on saturday that t defense sufferance always been a big priority in my training i had actually been attacked and i took to self defense program with the sheriff's department a couple times for they only go so far so if you want to learn more you really need to go to a karate class and the jujitsu cost you can learn some of the different arm bars and you know way to get yourself up you know pin the other person so you can run away and karate you are in the same techniques but just a little bit different format you know basically  belts really i had to fight them from my end during my test how old were they when they started how they started when they were about i would say ten to love teaching the kids they're full of energy for life with laugh a lot it's a lot of some seminars where i could and i had seen sense a baker telling some of those some of our says well so i was very impressed that he kept going out and gaining knowledge and taking part in the community so that helped me  the moves very strong fast because of the strong fast guy but when you're working with him he makes you feel strong fast to so the focus is on on improvement and so we have a very positive school we're very encouraging but we also really honest with them so that the technique is not right it's not right that it wasn't good if they were trying we tell them that so we're encourage women to take get into this when i was coming up i was one of nine i was the only one and then every once in while we'd get one or two they would come in and they would drop out so you know and now we have a the other night we had eight women and seven guys which has never happened before is like awesome but it you know it women particularly i always kind of come from a women a woman's perspective it makes you more confident and in today's world i think women need to be more confident they need to be more aware and this teaches all those things and it teaches them how to defend themselves if necessary or to deflect it also  enjoy life more now that i'm coming here i have a good time and everyone is so nice and it's like a family and then i feel you know happier when i go out into the everyday world you're never too old to do this you know you may not be able to get out you know i don't let anybody throw me anymore i used to but there's certain things that i don't do because you know i can't do it anymore but you know for your body and for your build you know you train according to what you can do we have different levels we have different kids you know we have kids with problems we have kids you know people who have had brain injuries we've had all kinds of things but you know it works because you're doing what you can do not what somebody else can do and that's the that's the perfect thing about karate kid so we say the martial arts is like an analogy for life or like a microcosm of life so so what you're learning in here you should be able to transfer into your your daily life and  learning discipline here to make it more disciplined outside if you're learning more focused on hard work here that carries over into everything else you know without a doubt perseverance you know we all go through a lot of trials and tribulations you know karate teach you to keep going no matter