Karate Club in Finglas/Glasnevin

jtac

Hi
Can anyone recommend a good Karate club in the Finglas/Glasnevin area for children.My 6 year old is looking to join one.
Thanks

youllneverknow

jtac wrote: »

Hi
Can anyone recommend a good Karate club in the Finglas/Glasnevin area for children.My 6 year old is looking to join one.
Thanks

Not a Karate club but they run kids class in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Kyuzo gym

yomchi

jtac wrote: »

Hi
Can anyone recommend a good Karate club in the Finglas/Glasnevin area for children.My 6 year old is looking to join one.
Thanks

Hi there, we have a dedicated class for 4 to 6 year olds at our Taekwon-Do gym, it's called Little Kickers - the instructor is a primary school teacher and is wonderful with the little guys.

Drop me a line on littlekickers[at]redstar[dot]ie - we are on the Ballyboggan road

Jon
www.redstar.ie

Zen65

My advice would be not to start a 6 year old training in a general karate class with older kids. If you can find a club that specialises in teaching to young kids, then that's great (Yomchi's suggestion seems like a good idea) but don't either of you expect that your son will actually learn any karate or tae kwon do because at that age they just don't get it. I generally refuse to take kids under 8 and any time I've made an exception to this rule I have regretted it, because they take up so much of my time and have really poor attention spans.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I'm with Zen on this one.. And although I HATE that every time there's a post here looking for Karate etc that a BJJ player will jump in and recommend a BJJ club what I will say is that grappling (BJJ, Judo etc) comes easier to such a young child ~ tumbling, falling and wrestling are almost normal play time activities for children anyway.

Just something for you to consider.

yomchi

Zen65 wrote: »

My advice would be not to start a 6 year old training in a general karate class with older kids. If you can find a club that specialises in teaching to young kids, then that's great (Yomchi's suggestion seems like a good idea) but don't either of you expect that your son will actually learn any karate or tae kwon do because at that age they just don't get it. I generally refuse to take kids under 8 and any time I've made an exception to this rule I have regretted it, because they take up so much of my time and have really poor attention spans.

Spot on, our Little Kickers class is more about play and learning through fun. Obstacle courses, tumbling, imagination games etc etc, a whole pile more fun than Taekwon-Do to be honest

Zen65

Jade Thundering Drywall wrote: »

. . . . what I will say is that grappling (BJJ, Judo etc) comes easier to such a young child ~ tumbling, falling and wrestling are almost normal play time activities for children anyway.

Yes, I do agree. I've seen a good number of young kids around 6yrs doing Judo and it does seem to be easier for them. If they still doing it at 8 or 9 years then introduce them to karate if you want.

ikku

If you are bringing your child to Karate make sure they are registered with the NGB ONAKAI,the Instructor will have done coaching levels and will be Garda vetted,stay and observe a class and ensure it suitable for your child .