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eagle1 · 09-26-2003, 03:46 PM

We decided to start our son (8 at the time) and daughter (6) into martial arts three years ago. THe dojo that we went practiced Sho-Rin-Ryu, a type of karate. The nice things about this particular dojo is that:

1) The sensei was a female. This helped my daughter become more comfortable.
2) Our sensei taught a whole range of things. Mostly karate, a little judo, and a little ju-jit-su. Self defense from unarmed opponents and gun and knife welding opponents.

It was incredible what this class did to my daughter. Before she would start crying when my son would just look at her funny. Now she could pretty much handle him with no problem. The increase in confidence in her was incredible. She's not bully or anything like that, but she doesn't go whimpering away when something comes up.

After a couple of months sitting at the dojo watching them, I decided to join the class. It was the only exercise I got becides walking up and down the stairs at the office.

We had to stop going because of time constraints, but I still go out in the backyard and to my katas just to relax and keep them in my mind.

09-26-2003, 03:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
eagle1 Insane Location: Foothills of the Cascade Mtns.	We decided to start our son (8 at the time) and daughter (6) into martial arts three years ago. THe dojo that we went practiced Sho-Rin-Ryu, a type of karate. The nice things about this particular dojo is that: 1) The sensei was a female. This helped my daughter become more comfortable. 2) Our sensei taught a whole range of things. Mostly karate, a little judo, and a little ju-jit-su. Self defense from unarmed opponents and gun and knife welding opponents. It was incredible what this class did to my daughter. Before she would start crying when my son would just look at her funny. Now she could pretty much handle him with no problem. The increase in confidence in her was incredible. She's not bully or anything like that, but she doesn't go whimpering away when something comes up. After a couple of months sitting at the dojo watching them, I decided to join the class. It was the only exercise I got becides walking up and down the stairs at the office. We had to stop going because of time constraints, but I still go out in the backyard and to my katas just to relax and keep them in my mind. __________________ "My wife is a sex object. Everytime I ask for sex, she objects."