What martial arts are You in?

[godwine]

Originally Posted by Amnell

Hm, interesting point.... But wouldn't that preclude Judo, also? I've never studied Judo personally*, but I know there are plenty of throws and falling involved.

So it's starting to look like Karate (or similar) would be the best bet for a small child? That's ignoring the simple fact that there are way more Karate schools that cater to children in the States than any other style. Then, within the Karate 'umbrella', what would be a good one? Karate, American Kenpo, Tae Kwon Do, etc? (I would say Kenpo, myself...)

*A bit of exposure to Jujitsu mixed with other styles over the years is about as close as I've come to doing Judo.

If its my own kid (and assuming if I wasn't a teacher myself), I will definitely start them in Tae Kwon Do and Karate first, only because when they go up against another kid, there is only a limited amount of damage children of the same age and size can do, yes, its definitely still "harmful" to a certain extent, but it is minimal when it come to a growing kid.

If I am to start training someone to do ground work, grappling, joint techniques and such, i probably will wait till they are around 12 and possibly 14, as the body is more developed by then, and yes I am looking solely from a more scientific perspective. One may argue that the younger you start, the stronger you get, but again, my worries is only how vulnerable kids' bone and muscular structures are up till age 10.

But, when I have my own kids, I definitely will train them hard in both Tae Kwon Do and Karate, and will introduce them to some early grappling/throw/joint stuff, but will keep it to the minimum

[izuni]

For me, I've been taking Kendo for about 8 months now. Our kendo club has organized a trip to Japan last March; it was really a good experience for us to be able to train with the top-ranking senseis and the Japanese kendokas.

[TokyoRain]

I have been taking Aikido know for about 2 years and love it. Since it's based on the samurai we get to work with swords and it rocks. I did Twea Kwon Do for a while but it was a little to militaristic for my personal taste. I have learned some Tai Chi from my friend who is in college to become an acupuncturist and the same about Ju Jitsu, it was probably the easiest to relate to since Aikido and Ju Jitsu are family.

[yuujirou]

anyone do any wushu here? o.o'

[Asakura]

I want to soooo bad.

But in fact I got to do a form in XMA class called Extreme Wushu. But I'd really like to do some Kung Fu at some point

[yuujirou]

Originally Posted by Asakura

I want to soooo bad.

But in fact I got to do a form in XMA class called Extreme Wushu. But I'd really like to do some Kung Fu at some point

lool~
kung fu isn't as flashy as wushu >.>''
and you don't realize the benefits of kung fu until a few years into your training >.>'

[pandalover]

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[JoshAussie]

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[Sakura123]

I used to be in karate. I quit when I turned green belt. ;P

[kaelazors]

used to do muay thai, boxing, and escrima but not so much anymore =[ kinda miss it...