my dads friend is going to train me for muay thai kickboxing because he works as a muay thai instructor for the military. um i was wondering if i am too old to learn; is 16 too old to learn because ive always loved muay thai my dad always taught me about it as a child.
Hello Isoli !
Questions such as this makes me feel really antiquated ~laugh~
Provided that you do not have pre-existing physical condition such joint or back problems that would perhaps hinder your ability to practice and train. Then the answer is No its never too late to start training !.
Believe it or not , age matters not in the martial arts. In Okinawa as well as other cultures, there are practitioners who are still training over the age of 80 years and beyond.
Getting involved in the martial arts at your age or even older, is one way to keep yourself in shape and who knows , might even slow down your aging process. ~smile~
You have the choice to train as mild or agressive as you like. As long as your are training , you will be doing just great. Training is better than no training at all ! Perhaps you may even learn skills that can save your life as well or the lives of someone else. You know what else ? You may even have a great time doing it !
Bottom line, start training now and don't look back, and soon you will aquire what ever it is that you desire !
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Should little children be taught and allowed to compete in Mixed Martial Arts ?
Personally, Ive always thought that fighting was fighting. Whether it be wrestling, Muay Thai, Karate, whatever. Then was youtubing some MMA fights and ran across a political debate where politicians including John McCain, had a problem with MMA. It did seem sort of strange seeing the little children tussling on the mat and beating the crap out of one another, but MMA is just another form of self defense right ?
I am not even going to read all these comments. The answer to your questions depends on many apsects. The real fundamentals of martial arts is based on "self defense". The right to protect one's self from being harmed. It is not meant as a tool to be a bully, it is self control. For some it is exercise not just of the body but of the mind. To some it builds self esteem and character when one is withdrawn feeling useless and a nobody. I started martial arts back in the 70's when I was just a child myself and at first I hated it because it brought attention to me with kias and jumping and kicking for I felt all eyes were upon me. My now late parents made me take it because I went to a tough school and was beat up many times for being frail and shy. My school in the city had rumbles. That was many years ago. As time went on I held my head up and became more extroverted and sociable. I went on to college and exceeded and still remained in martial arts teaching children and adults. There are many woman that are raped and beaten, children are abused and abducted, the list goes on and on. What one puts into anything in life is what you get out. It is not so much as the style and for those who knock one martial art and put them down I question their reputation and what it is they teach to have such insecuirty. One needs to look at the postive outcome it does do. From teaching a child with spastic cebral palsy to kick and walk without their crutches and how to properly fall without being hurt is so rewarding within it's self. He was only 7 years old and I was 16 teaching him and changing the style to suit his needs. As time went on I thought about that child who taught me something as well. That there will always people who will knock you and put your down. But you are someone to hold your head up. Thirty years later I found out that little boy was a college graduate, married with children of his own and very successful. When doing martial arts it is the senseis responsibilty to teach them self control. People take martial arts for all kinds of reasons and unless you have taught and seen the positive change and the lives it saves please don't knock it.
October 31st, 2010 at 4:16 am
If HHH stepped in the octagon he would get killed.
If Cain velazquez tried to keep up with the average WWE wrestler's schedule, he would quit after 2 months.
people aren't good at doing stuff they are not trained to do. Is this really that new of a concept to you?
September 25th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Time for some jiu jitsu lessons, boys!