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Skateboarding with KARATE KOMMENTS

Jacob Brouillet

By Victoria Klassen By Jim Riddell,
Seaway Karate Club
n 2017, when Jacob Brouillet’s
Ifamily went to Lamoureux Park
to check out the World’s Slalom
Championship, he became fascinated ith the vast majority of karate dojos remaining closed due
with the sport. Slalom skateboarding Wto the COVID19 pandemic, we have been doing a train-at-
is a downhill skateboard race where home series in Karate Komments. We first looked at low-intensity
racers aim to get through the course kata, where things are done in slow motion to be able to identify
with the fastest time while knocking and correct those small technical errors that had been committed
down the fewest cones. to muscle memory and were not noticeable at full speed. In the last
issue of Sports Energy, we focused on high-intensity kata, which
“Claude Regnier told me then that
he puts on bi-weekly practice and is one of the very best methods of developing power and building
cardio. We then combined the two methods to provide a solid
lends out youth boards for those want
to try it out. I loved it immediately. My 10-minute home training session good for any kata.
dad and sister also slalom skateboard When training either in a dojo or outdoors, there is normally
with me. My mom helps by setting a lot of space to maneuver for whatever techniques you may be
up the course for the racers, keeping working on. Here we are in January of 2021 and training outside
time, and resetting it after each run,” is no longer a reasonable option and not everyone has sufficient
said Jacob. indoor space for all katas. Some katas require more and different

Claude Regnier, Jacob’s coach, amounts of space than others since some are linear, some are box-
like, and others are rectangular.
has won Canadian skateboarding
championships and is passionate Photo Submitted Not enough space? No problem! All that needs to be done is to
about getting youth involved in the alter the training to suit the environment. At a karate seminar in the
sport. early 1990’s, we were taught how to deal with the issue of space
Homoki, and CJ Collins.
Jacob practices twice a week from “I recently posted to Instagram a using a method called small-space kata, which requires only one
May to the end of September, and also video of me landing a ‘shove it body square meter of space. Using this method, it is possible to perform
goes to the local skatepark to practice any kata in the designated space regardless of shape, number of
varial’ and Tony Hawk and Aaron
his tricks. He began competing in Homoki both liked it and Aaron moves, or level of difficulty. All that is required is to move one
local competitions in 2018 and then foot forward and the other one back to assume the proper stance
actually commented on the video! I
travelling for competitions in 2019. for each move. It is easily learned but does require some thought
was so excited,” expressed Jacob. to get everything just right.
At 12 years old, Jacob is currently
When Jacob is not skateboarding,
the youngest first place ranking Small-space kata has been around for many years and is known
he can be found playing hockey
Canadian male junior under 14. He is with the Cornwall Minor Hockey by various names such as box kata, island kata, and others. At
also ranked number 17 for all juniors the time of the seminar I mentioned, I had recently attended an
Association and advancing through
in the world under 17 years old. his swimming courses so he can Industrial Accident Prevention Association workshop on confined
Jacob plans to compete in a Worlds space entry procedure and renamed it “confined-space kata”, a
eventually become a lifeguard.
competition in the U.S. in 2021-2022. name we have now used at Seaway Karate for more than twenty-
He can also be found trying new
five years. Many of our students have successfully used this method
“I also compete in Cyber Slalom skateboarding tricks at one friend’s over the years for home practice, but one in particular stands out.
competitions. It’s the same as indoor barn or on the half pipe in
One of our members, who travelled extensively for work, spent
slalom but on a flat, smooth surface another friend’s backyard. several nights per month in hotel rooms across Europe, the Middle
with specific rules and the scores
“I like the speed, the tricks, nailing East, Africa, and Australia using confined-space kata to train
are recorded online with other a trick, and trying new skateparks,” each evening. He made steady continuous progress, never falling
competitors from all around the said Jacob. “My fellow skateboarders behind the others in his belt rank, tested successfully for Shodan
world,” Jacob said.
are really great people who have (1st degree black belt) and he now instructs confined-space kata to
Some of the skateboarders Jacob turned into friends, supporters, and our coloured belts.
looks up to are Tony Hawk, Aaron mentors.”