is 3 too early for martial arts?
arachne
a session. parents are welcome to come too which is what i would do.
i'm wondering if DS would be too young in a couple of months to do this
(when we hopefully have a little more money to pay for it!). he'll be 3 in
august.
we do music class & most of the time he listens & follows instructions, but
he can run rampant too if some of the others do.
he's very active & i think it could be a good activity to burn off some
steam. i also like that he will learn the mental discipline stuff martial
arts has to offer (if in a limited way while they are young). the teacher
said 3 or even 2 is fine it just depends on the kid.
the only thing i don't like is the class is at 5pm which is the wild child
time of the day, so that might cause a few problems.
has anyone else had a just turned 3 year old do a martial arts class? how
did they go with it?
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Leanne
> they have a taekwondo (sp?) class close to us for littlies and it's only
$5
> a session. parents are welcome to come too which is what i would do.
>
> i'm wondering if DS would be too young in a couple of months to do this
> (when we hopefully have a little more money to pay for it!). he'll be 3 in
> august.
>
> we do music class & most of the time he listens & follows instructions,
but
> he can run rampant too if some of the others do.
>
> he's very active & i think it could be a good activity to burn off some
> steam. i also like that he will learn the mental discipline stuff martial
> arts has to offer (if in a limited way while they are young). the teacher
> said 3 or even 2 is fine it just depends on the kid.
>
> the only thing i don't like is the class is at 5pm which is the wild child
> time of the day, so that might cause a few problems.
>
> has anyone else had a just turned 3 year old do a martial arts class? how
> did they go with it?
I want to join Caden up when he is old enough... as for the 'wild child'
part of the day... maybe this will get rid of it ;)
Also, my cousin started at 2... this was a while ago now but his parents
thought it was brilliant.
A & L Lane
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> this_i...@real.email.address said...
> || they have a taekwondo (sp?) class close to us for littlies and it's
only $5
> || a session. parents are welcome to come too which is what i would do.
> ||
>
> I was a great way to introduce outside discipline to him, as well as the
> social aspects and the physical aspects. At 8, he still loves it and
> shows great respect for his masters.
> --
>
> Under construction.
>
I'd like my almost 8yo to try this but he wont give it a go - he is very shy
and I think it would help his self-confidence. He is very active at home
luckily but does not do any organised sport at all (refuses to). I was
hoping that a non-competitive sport like martial arts might be a good
alternative but no luck getting him interested. I did a couple of years Tae
Kwon Do at university and really enjoyed it - started with a vague idea that
learning a bit of self-defence might be a good idea but what I ended up
really enjoying was the fitness and doing the patterns (kata) - found them
very soothing and relaxing (sort of a faster version of Tai Chi). I think
it would be a good thing to try for a 3yo - try again in a couple of years
if it doesnt suit straight away.
cheers
Leah
arachne
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>
> I'd like my almost 8yo to try this but he wont give it a go - he is very
> shy
> and I think it would help his self-confidence. He is very active at home
> luckily but does not do any organised sport at all (refuses to). I was
> hoping that a non-competitive sport like martial arts might be a good
> alternative but no luck getting him interested.
i was a shy kid too and i hated sport. i did ten pin bowling. i loved it and
made some nice friends.
Leanne
> I'd like my almost 8yo to try this but he wont give it a go - he is very
shy
> and I think it would help his self-confidence.
You can do what my mum use to do to me if I didnt want to try something...
She'd say that I only have to try once.. and if i really didnt like it I
wouldn't have to go again, but I'd have to go once, there was no discussion
about that, I just choose whether I'd want to stay at it or not... I usually
ended up staying on :)
A s s i l e m
started early and are doing quite well.
melissa
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alley
> they have a taekwondo (sp?) class close to us for littlies and it's only $5
> a session. parents are welcome to come too which is what i would do.
>
> i'm wondering if DS would be too young in a couple of months to do this
> (when we hopefully have a little more money to pay for it!). he'll be 3 in
> august.
>
> we do music class & most of the time he listens & follows instructions, but
> he can run rampant too if some of the others do.
>
> he's very active & i think it could be a good activity to burn off some
> steam. i also like that he will learn the mental discipline stuff martial
> arts has to offer (if in a limited way while they are young). the teacher
> said 3 or even 2 is fine it just depends on the kid.
>
> the only thing i don't like is the class is at 5pm which is the wild child
> time of the day, so that might cause a few problems.
>
> has anyone else had a just turned 3 year old do a martial arts class? how
> did they go with it?
>
thing to get into, I did it for sport in high school and loved it. Alot
of it is just getting/keeping fit then the self defense moves.
Alley
Jake Mysterio
karate and my children know most of the basic moves but at almost 3 1/2 I
know that they just are not ready for a class enviromnent. Martial arts is
very structured, children are expected to stand and follow instructions for
long periods of time. Most 3 year olds cannot do this. They become
disruptive to the rest of the class. As this is a special class for younger
kids I would suggest going down and watching a few classes and seeing if you
realisticly think that DS could do what they do. We do karate with our twins
at home and they can only handle about 10mins at a time. My almost 6year old
nefew did it with us for a while and even he had trouble getting through an
entire class.
Cheri
Mum to Sean, Jasmine and Tara
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Leanne
> I personally wouldnt start him until at least age 4 or 5. I am a red belt
in
> karate and my children know most of the basic moves but at almost 3 1/2 I
> know that they just are not ready for a class enviromnent. Martial arts
is
> very structured, children are expected to stand and follow instructions
for
> long periods of time. Most 3 year olds cannot do this. They become
> disruptive to the rest of the class. As this is a special class for
younger
> kids I would suggest going down and watching a few classes and seeing if
you
> realisticly think that DS could do what they do. We do karate with our
twins
> at home and they can only handle about 10mins at a time. My almost 6year
old
> nefew did it with us for a while and even he had trouble getting through
an
> entire class.
while you are right is some aspects, childrens martial arts classes now
cater to them very well... you'll find that its not all instruction
following for long periods of time, it also has a ot of 'play' time as well
Leanne (who went and watched a bunch of two year olds do taekwondo last
night)
Catty
to become youngest blackbelt in Australia(probably not now) when he was 7.
Only trouble is you can't go for 2nd dan untill you are 16 and I he lost
motivation I think. I'm a 2nd dan but I haven't trained in at least 3
years.The last training I did was(Muay Thai) As a girl who was more into
dancing I found I enjoyed it when I was older rather than younger but I do
remember how excited LB used to get. I was very proud to teach my young
nephew of 2 a perfect side kick...they look so cute. When Dd is older I
might go back even if just to buy her a little cute suit!
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