Covid-19 on NVSKC

The pictures you see here are pictures from the past. This community of Karatéka (karate practitioners), no longer train together. They no longer have the opportunity to see each other face to face, to learn together and feel the community around them. Instead, they are stuck inside whilst the physical distancing measures around Coronavirus are in place.

The photos you just saw where photos of a group member training alone. Near the end, you even see this group member no longer training, his uniform put away and no longer being used. This is a community that can only be maintained by training and communicating with each other, and when they are cut off, the community stops functioning.

Gido is a traditional karate uniform. This one is folded up and put away, no longer in use.

The community banded together and started sharing content. An article in the Georgia straight mentioned my instructor, Michael Doherty. They also started zoom classes and a platform called karate at home was founded. Karate at home is done on Facebook live, and is a good way to meet other instructors in the community.

North Vancouver karate club instructor creates one-minute videos to keep students engaged

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