Best for the Kid!

cord

Hope I have this post in the right forum. I have a six year old that I would like to get invloved in the one of the matial arts. Any ideas on which would be the best, keeping in mind developing bones/body etc.
Thanks

Charlie3dan

There's no martial art that's particularly good for kids, I would just say find a few clubs nearby and let him try a few and see if there's one that gets a preference.

I do karate so if your looking for a club nearby post your location and i might be able to help. You'll definitely need to find a club that do kids classes, 6 is too young for regular classes I would say.

Perfect fit

SBG on the longmile do a great program for kids owen roddy teaches the class worth checkin out - www.sbgireland.com

challengemaster

Charlie3dan wrote: »

There's no martial art that's particularly good for kids, I would just say find a few clubs nearby and let him try a few and see if there's one that gets a preference.

I do karate so if your looking for a club nearby post your location and i might be able to help. You'll definitely need to find a club that do kids classes, 6 is too young for regular classes I would say.

Not at all. Most places (karate/TKD) would take them from that age no problem. If not even have a seperate class for them. ie. My TKD class has a 'Little Dragons' class for the youngin's

Having done both, I'll reccomend TKD. Most important thing is that he enjoys it though. Otherwise it'll be dropped like a hat..

mark.leonard

cord wrote: »

Hope I have this post in the right forum. I have a six year old that I would like to get invloved in the one of the matial arts. Any ideas on which would be the best, keeping in mind developing bones/body etc.
Thanks

Are you based in Dublin?

Charlie3dan

challengemaster wrote: »

Not at all. Most places (karate/TKD) would take them from that age no problem. If not even have a seperate class for them. ie. My TKD class has a 'Little Dragons' class for the youngin's
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Eh, I'd say you might have misread my post. I said it would be best to find a kids class. I'm sure most clubs that accept kids of that age would have a separate class for them.

challengemaster

Charlie3dan wrote: »

Eh, I'd say you might have misread my post. I said it would be best to find a kids class. I'm sure most clubs that accept kids of that age would have a separate class for them.

Woops

cord

Thanks for the replies. I am based between Swords and Malahide.

Roper

You're welcome to drop down with your kid for a free class with me- wolfpack.ko-martialarts.com
I'm afraid the kids website isn't quite finished yet but you can log on to www.ko-martialarts.com for the contact information.

dlofnep

If you want a practical martial art, I'd suggest either Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo or MMA. SBG is probably the top martial arts school in Ireland, but there are other good camps like Roper's KO Martial Arts and Spartan MMA.

yomchi

If you fancy staying in your area, there are two places I'd recommend.

1) The Taekwon-Do club in Rivervalley, run by Stephen Cooley. Stephen has a lot of kids down there and runs very good programmes for them

2) Jimmy Courtney in Malahide again Taekwon-Do with a slant towards kickboxing

If I can add my own tupance ha'panny - make sure the kid picks up something functional, and enjoyable. The coach will play a huge part on whether your kid will enjoy it or not. Thankfully there are great coaches out there, clued in, and there are those who you wouldn't send a monkey to.

challengemaster

A 6 year old doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? Are you actually serious?

The Shane

Are you actually serious?

Strange as it may seem, the oldest sport around and the instinctive response of mankind to hostility is actually perfect for kids.

If you're thinking highlevel grip fighting classes then it may seem somewhat incredulous but in terms of a child learning the basics of the grappling arts.... then they are quite serious.

If you're out that general direction give Roper a call, I've seen his kids at competitions and they are a credit to him.

Shane, The

dlofnep

challengemaster wrote: »

A 6 year old doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu? Are you actually serious?

Yes, what's wrong with a 6 year old studying brazilian jiu-jitsu?

SorGan

couldn't think of a better thing for a kid to do than grapple:)

dlofnep

AFAIK - Most people teaching BJJ to kids don't allow any of the more serious submissions, and it's mostly based on wrestling and body positioning. So I can't really see what challengemaster is trying to say.

challengemaster

dlofnep wrote: »

AFAIK - Most people teaching BJJ to kids don't allow any of the more serious submissions, and it's mostly based on wrestling and body positioning. So I can't really see what challengemaster is trying to say.

Makes more sense, alright..

Khannie

cord wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. I am based between Swords and Malahide.

I think there's a decent boxing club in Swords. I'd be inclined to give that a bash as a starting point.

Roper

Just FYI, primary school kids don't do submissions in my gym. I also do some striking with them.

iceage

Judo, most of us have to admit its where we started. Didn't do me any harm, cept that twitch, and the ringing in my ears, and now that I mention it.......;)

Respect, Etiquette, Takedowns, what more does a 6 yr old need guys? (a cool white Gi,) sorted.

Nothingcompares

well i didn't know that many people started in judo but presumably that's because there were no bjj clubs to go to. like i did judo because i didnt know bjj existed. that's not to say judo isn't a great endeavour in its own right. kids judo and kids bjj would be fairly similar in my imagination. there was kids judo/bjj in BJJ revolution in Baldoyle but I'm not sure if the kids classes have started back up yet after the move/summer. I'll let people know asap.

Bjj revolution is about 10 minutes drive from that great area between swords and malahide without a name

Roper

No one likes to say they're from Feltrim.

Nothingcompares

Offtopic

iceage

"well i didn't know that many people started in judo but presumably that's because there were no bjj clubs to go to."

Exactly, and I started my training way back in London and there wasn't any mention of BJJ, so, there was something before BJJ, if you get my meaning.

Nothingcompares

yep i get you

iceage

Hey, cool nothingcompares.. was reading 2 posts at once! not advisable! yeah Judo/ BJJ, at the end of the day its about showing these to a 6yr old and letting him/her maybe test the water. As a parent now i know the pitfalls, my eldest couldn't wait to get in there, my youngest had a meltdown on the first breakfall so it just goes to show how tricky it can be to introduce the child to a Martial Art.