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kids and martial arts?
shmokes:
The lack of playing kickball.
Grasshopper:
Shmokes, I don't know where you're getting this idea that learning martial arts somehow prevents a kid from learning and potentially being good at football, basketball etc. Why not just introduce the kid to a range of sports (including the aforementioned) and let him (or her) decide which sport (if any) he wishes to pursue. If you refuse to allow your kid to try martial arts just because it doesn't fit in with some arbitrary notion of what you consider to be cool then you're potentially depriving the kid of a source of pleasure in adult life.
I don't accept the analogy with maths and grammar. You need those things to get a half decent job these days. However, being good at football and other sports is completely useless once you're an adult unless you happen to belong to the 0.01% of the population who is a professional athlete.
And why are you singling out martial arts for special attention? You could quite easily discourage a kid from playing video games on the grounds that many people consider it to be a nerdy hobby. Tennis also has a major image problem. Many people think it's a sport for spoilt pampered rich brats, and indeed there's some truth in that. But so what? It's still a sport that many people, including myself, enjoy playing and watching.
Ultimately, you don't need to justify your hobbies to other people. If they provide you with pleasure then it really doesn't matter what other people think.
Xiaou2:
I didnt start learning the arts till age 20.
In school, I was weak, feeble, and clumsy. I was the kid they picked last in gym class.
After less than a year of the arts... my body changed. It became stronger, more durable.
I put on some muscle. I went from being a blob of soft jello, feeling extreme pain
from a light punch... to a guy who could take a heavy punch and laugh about it. My arms
and fist, heavily conditioned... are like Iron bars now.
I became extremely coordinated and precise. I had once been described as
"Graceful as a Cat", which surprised the heck out of me considering my past.
The arts actually improved my ability to play typical sports to boot.
Heck... my last student said that his bowling scores jumped dramatically after he started
learning. He was with me for about 6 months.
And Yes, you can learn to fight like the Matrix, being that the moves in the Matrix are
mostly derived from Wing Chun. Bloodsport is mostly simple kickboxing/karate.
The difference between the movies and on the streets... is that usually
the opponent isnt trained, and the fight should not last more than a few seconds tops.
Two very good 'trained' fighters however, may extend this time considerably.
I have no idea about child level arts however. A good teacher and class Should make the
kids better skilled at anything they do. If that isnt the case, then either the teacher is
poor... or the student isnt very dedicated... or they simply do not put much pressure on the
kids to do well - probably because fear of lawsuits.
saint:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on November 01, 2009, 08:27:01 pm ---That's nice, but you still sleep alone.
--- End quote ---
Dude, is it your ambition in life to be a kneebiter everywhere you go?
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 01, 2009, 11:06:04 am ---And Savannah, if martial arts is unlikely to keep your kid from being bullied by other kids (it is), it's not going to stop an adult from abducting her. Do you really think that 11-year-old Jaycee Dugard would have been fine if only she knew karate? Are you joking?
--- End quote ---
I had this nice long post and the cat hit the keyboard. :banghead:
I'll just mince my words.
Not exactly, it would take special kid to fend off a 250lb man. I'm thinking teaching the kid some kind of combat skill would give her enough care and common sense to avoid situations like Dugard, or if she does find herself in that situation, enough wits to get herself out of it. I'm thinking having a couple of flying fists or feet headed her way would teach her to keep her eyeballs peeled and to keep out of nasty situations.
I guess it's cruel, but I imagine having some weird ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?--- rape her ten times over and leave her body to rot is probably a lot worse.
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