I take Taekwondo, plus a friend is teaching me wrestling.. i love it alot. anybody else?
I think the starting age is 5 years old. I'm 21 and I'm a purple belt, i wish I started when i was 5. As for styles, it all depends on what he or she likes. I love Taekwondo because I am good with my legs and 80% of TKD use legs. I mean theres hundreds of different kidns of martial arts.. so if i were you i would research on some of them. I'm thinking about taking Jeet Kune Do which is Karate, Kung Fu and taekwondo Combined.quote:
Originally posted by SteelheadGuide:
Is there a certain age you need to be to start? I ask because my 3 year old son has become interested in the martial arts. My friends 6 year old son has started taking lessons and now my son wants to take them as well. Is there a certain style that works better for young kids?
Two fall sports...how did you pull that one off?quote:
Originally posted by Amkeer:
I wasn't able to stick with it since it conflicted with running cross country and playing football.
Didn't have any varsity meets on Saturday?quote:
Originally posted by Amkeer:
The games were Saturday so no conflict there.
Krav Maga- the ISraeli Martial art.. i heard its very combat effective.quote:
Originally posted by ALS:
I spent 4 years in Tae Kwon Do and two years in Judo. I liked both but it became a time problem with work and school. I felt if I couldn't give it 100% I was wasting my money and time. I never felt my size was a detriment in either art. At 6'4" 220 lbs I had a large advantage over most of the instructors and students. At a green belt in Tae Kwon Do I was a handful for my instructors to spar with. Being I came from a swimming back ground I was already flexible which helped a lot.
In Judo which I really liked I was killing my opponents due to my quickness. They always had me going up against students 2 or 3 belts ahead of me. Everyone misjudged just how fast I could move because of my size. The only one that never did was my head instructor a 6th degree black belt. He was just as big, a lot stronger, and a lot quicker than me. You get religion very quickly when at 220 lbs a man picks you up and body slams you into the mat. I was told by a Jr. instructor that he was bench pressing 350 lbs.
I was looking at going back into it but the Martial art I wanted to take up is not offered by me. That Art is Krav Maga a defensive fighting art.