I wanna take Karate

You'll totally kick the s**t out of all the 9-12 year old kids in your intro class.

Remember to sweep the leg when you have them about to cry.

 

Yes. It’s always too late. Give up.

 

I recommend jiu jitsu

 

Do it

it should help you increase the amount of 5 year olds you can realistically take in a fight. Especially if you can learn how to use one of them as an improvised weapon.

 

I was really close to signing up my toddler for some sort of martial arts before this dang pandemy kicked in. Some kid had smacked her at daycare and I realized she needed to know how to catch that arm and smoothly transition it to an arm bar.

 

All responses point to Seinfeld (watch until the end... lol):

 

If you gave her a gun, she could keep her distance and still achieve the desired result... well, except for the arm bar part. But then who wants to show submission skills when you could just get rid of the problem?

 

I've been taking Ameridote classes online.

 

Hey OP. I'm hijacking your thread and announcing to CF that I joined Jiu Jitsu today.

If any NY members want to roll with me just shoot me a PM.

 

I took it for a year when I was 50, it was great exercise and good for you. I highly recommend it......I dropped it simply because of time - but with both kids about to hit college may be time to pick it back up again.

DD

 

You're not too old but really be careful about what dojo you train at. Check out a lot and try to get a good feel for the instruction. With things like Karate there are just the belt mills chains like National Karate, and then there are very serious schools that teach real Japanese / Okinawan Karate. For an adult try to find a school that has a lot of adults. Teaching children is obviously much different than adults but also a lot of the money in martial arts is made from teaching kids leading to the belt mill schools that try to push kids through a lot of promotions so they can charge them.

Also as an adult just starting I wouldn't recommend a school that focuses too much on competition, unless you really want that. With things like Karate it will take time to develop your body to handle it and i would be very careful about a school that just through people into sparring.

 

I'm very surprised that NY is allowing people to do JuiJitsu now.

 

Is it because you've been watching Cobra Kai?

 

I'm thinking of getting my older son into jujitsu once this whole pandemic gets figured out. Need him to not only be a master, build confidence, or be able to defend himself, but build his core so he can knock the **** out of some good balls and be the next Tiger Woods

Might have to join too so he doesn't beat my a$$ when he gets home from class

 

Rex Kwan Doe FTW

 

The infection rate in NYC is among the lowest in the country.

 

That may be the case but Jiujitsu isn't like working out at the gym or even like Karate where you can practice Katas while distancing. There is no such thing as social distance in jiujitsu or Judo and frequently you get not only other people's sweat but blood and other bodily fluids on you.