Self defence is more for adults or teen age children, as a 7-14 year old nothing beats getting the next coloured belt. If you you do several years of karate or any other martial art you are going to do basic self defence anyway and then some.

screw the karate, self defence classes are the go! they teach u more than u think..

obviously youve done a bit being a P.O but theres HEAPS u can do right down to street combat if u get a good teacher.

stick fighting is fun also

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Whenever I think of self defence classes, an image of a women kicking a guy in the nads yelling out "NO" pops into my head

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females don't grow their nails long for nothing

shazzy

Self defence is more for adults or teen age children, as a 7-14 year old nothing beats getting the next coloured belt. If you you do several years of karate or any other martial art you are going to do basic self defence anyway and then some.

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Spot on Sly Might add my 9 year old fella just got his yellow belt in

Tae Kwon do, so know how you feel Looks like I will have to dust off the old training pads in the not too distant future

I graded to my yellow belt on sun too!

Did it when I was younger, but just got back into it. Started from scratch again. Loving it! I'd prefer to do Kick boxing again but I'm too lazy to find a club! Gonna start full contact soon. Looking fwd to it! Also going to start training for tounaments!

screw the karate, self defence classes are the go! they teach u more than u think..

obviously youve done a bit being a P.O but theres HEAPS u can do right down to street combat if u get a good teacher.

stick fighting is fun also

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Whenever I think of self defence classes, an image of a women kicking a guy in the nads yelling out "NO" pops into my head

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females don't grow their nails long for nothing

shazzy

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that's right.. they grow them so they have something else to complain about breaking while cleaning the dishes..

I did Judo for 8 years. Any form of martial art as a kid is great for discipline and character building.

Good on him for getting his yellow belt!

Hey Slymeat, well done with the little fella.

I have been a Karate instructor for few years now and there is nothing better than seeing young kids Grade.

What form of Karate do you do?

Hey Slymeat, well done with the little fella.

I have been a Karate instructor for few years now and there is nothing better than seeing young kids Grade. 

What form of Karate do you do?

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GKR

hey sly, glad you like GKR, my young bloke and I are both blue belts in this style. We are competing in the state tournament next Sunday at Five Dock, might see you there!

Its good to see a few of members of the forum involved in the martial arts. I have had the luck to teach professionally for the last 15 years and I get to celebrate 30 years of training next January.

As far as self defence goes some styles are more focussed that way than others, many styles these days are far more tournament or sport focussed and don't cover a lot of the basic self defence material. Still regardless of the arts focus it is a good thing to have people participate.

Regards

M G

Slymeat,

Then you must know of Sensei Nabil. I trained with Kancho Sullivan last week and he still amazes me what he can do for a 59 year old.

I think its great that kids learn martial arts. Self discipline and respect for others is a must in today's society.

Good work!!