Karate Scrapbooking Page Ideas

Karate Belt Testing

• In karate, students progress through a colored belt system which signifies their rank. New students are awarded a white belt and advance through additional colors before reaching the coveted black belt status.
  
  Create a scrapbook that documents the student's progress through the belt ranking process. Action photos of the student during the testing phase serve as reminders of the event. Photograph the belt ceremony when the student is promoted to the next level and awarded a new belt by the instructor. Take pictures of the student in her karate gi (uniform), wearing the new belt to commemorate the occasion. Use pieces of the old belts or from an extra belt as an embellishment on your scrapbook page.
  
  

Karate Tournaments

• Karate tournaments are held for those practicing the discipline for sport. Those practicing karate for self defense or to learn the art form rarely compete in such events.
  
  To document these special moments in a scrapbook, save memorabilia from the event. Items such as the program, tickets and patches can provide mixed media embellishments for your book. Take photographs of the venue, action photos of the tournament and photos of the awards ceremony to use throughout your karate scrapbooking layouts.
  
  

Karate Moves

• Karate includes many special techniques and positions that are used for defensive and offensive assaults. Document the progress of the student by taking posed photographs of the student demonstrating these positions. Action photos of the student demonstrating kicks and punches provide a sense of realism to the scrapbook layout. Include journaling on the pages from the student to document his thoughts in relation to the photographs. Students will enjoy looking back on the completed scrapbook album and remembering the journey as they progressed and achieved complicated disciplines.
  
  

Karate Classes and Instructors

• Dedicate several scrapbook layouts to documentating different karate classes and the instructors who taught them. Take posed pictures of the class, images of the student with the instructor and action photos of the class in session. Add embellishments such as the karate school logo and patches to your scrapbook page layouts to provide visual complexity. Many manufacturers offer scrapbooking page embellishments that feature martial arts themes to accent your karate layouts.