He's 10 and likes other sports but doesn't really love any outside of cheer/tumbling. I see a lot of pros but no cons. Mrs. Jelly isn't so sure. Thoughts?
My son wants to start martial arts
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Do NOT join the Cobra Kai dojo. Those guys are dicks.
Go for it. Most kids find it exciting and fun. Good source of discipline and it's a good workout designed for their age group.
By the way, what kind of martial arts are you considering?
By the way, what kind of martial arts are you considering?
Get him into wrestling. Practices are more fun and it leads to a HS varsity sport.
I'd let him do it. At the first class ask when they'll learn nunchuks and throwing stars.
Take him to a place that emphasizes a more mma. It's much more technical and versatile, better workout and real skills will come from it.
Real skills to do what? Bash some other 10 year old's head in?
Hop Ki Do is an AWESOME workout and very useful for self-defense. It's also more practical when it comes to ground fighting and submission holds.
NTTAWWT.
HROT is slipping. That should have been the first post after the cheer reference.
I would recommend Taekwondo. Combines Karate with some of the Chinese martial arts. When I was younger, I started out in Karate and then began Taekwondo and was very glad I made the move. Just my two cents.
Have a relative that when he was younger he was a book worm. He wasn't interest in sports but both he and his parents were aware he really needed to get into some type of physical activity. He took up swimming (which built his upper body without spending time in the weight room) and Taekwondo.
He is still a book worm but has the confidence and physique that he doesn't have to worry too much about getting picked on.
Really we are in the exploratory phase hence the thread. He is already a flexible kid and cheer is helping develop strength and tumbling. I appreciate the insight though fellas.
Without completely derailing the thread, we have the ridiculousness of youth sports to thank in part for worrying about getting picked on. My son really likes baseball but doesn't want to do it year round. Same with hoops. And football. But anymore, especially with basketball and baseball, if you don't participate year round, by 4th grade most kids have fallen so far behind that they lose interest. I don't worry about which activities he chooses, as long as it isn't sitting in front of a PS4 and turning into a tub of shit.
I have. We have wrestled since he was a little tyke. I think he prefers wrestling with his dad in the living room and seems to have his mind made up on some form or MA.
For what? The only person(s) that should feel bad are the ones suggesting a 10 year old take MMA lessons like some douchebag-in-training. Maybe his dad should buy him a pit bull and give his first pack of Camel Non-Filters while he is at it.
I suppose it depends on the school and kids as to whether anyone gets picked on, but being good at something never hurts whatever it is. What I would say is that if he enjoys baseball, he should play. Little League at least in Ankeny has a pretty wide range of talent. My son was 10 last year and his team had players of every skill level and they had a blast. He also played in a competitive organization where they have teams of like talent pretty well clumped together into four different classes (A, AA, AAA, Majors). If you venture outside of your class you will likely get destroyed, but if you stay in your class, games are usually competitive. And even with Majors teams, only some practice "year round." At the AAA level, most kids are just really talented and many kids I know of play multiple sports. A little league season usually spans from the beginning of April through mid June for the regular season, and into July if there are all-stars. Those teams do not practice year round. For tournament teams, practices for most teams usually start up in January and the season goes through June (July if they do little league all stars), but I don't really think of that as "year round" either. Like I said if he likes the sport he should just play in a league that fits him at this particular point in his life.
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Have the kid wax your cars. Next day have him sand your floors. Day three have him paint the fence.
Bam, black belt!
Bam, black belt!
Karate is good along with Tae Kwon Do (both teach forms, skills and usually incorporate a lot of fun). big factor to take into consideration is NOT how many belts or how many trophies the place has but rather how the instructor instills character into the students. My instructor expelled a black belt for not getting out of a fight. He had the black belt come in front of the class, explain what had happened and at the end the head Master simply held out his hand, the buy gave him his belt and walked out shamed. Taught the class a lot that day.
Please explain to me why one discipline is better than the other? I'm sure you'll have no problem as zero bias exsist.
