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shmokes:

--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on November 03, 2009, 11:39:23 pm ---
Not everyone is willing to stand on one leg in a bank while waiting..
 

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That kind of discipline is hard to find.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: shmokes on November 04, 2009, 12:51:16 am ---That kind of discipline is hard to find.

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I don't think you find that discipline.  One either has it or does not.

I also don't think debating the street effectiveness of one martial art over another has any bearing at all on what I'm trying to do.  I'm not saying people here shouldn't be discussing it - it's a free thread - but I'm not looking to set my kids on a path to be Bruce Lee.  If they want to do that once they are old enough to make their own lifestyle decisions, cool, but I don't think the ability to end a fight in 3 seconds vs 30 seconds is part of the equation for an 8 year old.   

Something in the middle seems appropriate.  They don't need to be Jedi but they also don't need to be Cobra Kai.

Hoopz:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 04, 2009, 09:08:14 am ---Something in the middle seems appropriate.  They don't need to be Jedi but they also don't need to be Cobra Kai.

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You can have gourmet hamburgers too.  Gourmet cooking isn't rocket science.  There's happy medium for most things like you're looking for.

mpm32:
Ha Chad I take the blame for the thread going off the rails.  I posted about my experience with black belts when in fact it had nothing to do with the reason my daughter takes karate which is for the fun of it and not to kick someones azz.  And look where this thread went.

Sorry.  ;)

RayB:



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