Hi fellow parents. My wife and I are discussing which martial arts style we should enroll our child in.

The list contains MA styles that are available within 15 minutes from us (yes, I do research).

Our goal is to instill discipline, live a healthy lifestyle, self confidence and learn self defence.

I was wondering if any parents here can share what their experience has been with their chosen style and whether they would have chosen another style.

So far, I've narrowed it down to TKD (ITF or similar) which allows kyorugi and Judo which allows randori at early age. I also found a Muay Thai school that takes kids. This is attractive because no gi washing involved, no exam fees.

What do you guys think?

elegant & aesthetic <--- Respectfully, this will get you killed in the streets.

Sorry. My remarks were well intended but came off really poorly and rude. I apologise.

As mentioned earlier, "Our goal is to instill discipline, live a healthy lifestyle, self confidence and learn self defence." I would like to emphasise the self defence element.

Hence, pressure testing (sparring) is important. Hence why I believed that "elegance & aesthetics" can, in all seriousness, get one killed.

That is not to say that high level Aikido practitioners can't fight and break arms. I'm sure Sonny Loke has had some regular spars before.

However, the likelihood of a train one-hour-a-week school kid will be able to use Aikido skills (I stress, most Aikido schools in Malaysia don't spar) against another kid who includes regular spars as part of their training.



This post has been edited by trent666: Nov 23 2024, 09:30 PM

I mentioned in my original post that we are considering Judo, Taekwondo and Muay Thai for our child.