8 yr old black belt

Originally Posted by Miss Alpinestarhero

Its nice to see that some kids are active rather than sitting in front of a TV/Xbox/playstation all day..!

I originaly enrolled him because when he was born he was very premature & very small (still is for his age).Once he started school this affected his confidence greatly as all the other kids were much bigger,so obviously as his dad i wanted to help him to overcome this.Martial Arts has done exactly that,he is now very confident as well as popular & very respectful to everyone he meets.It is very true what you say regarding fitness & is now a finely tuned athlete,lol

Well done!

When I first started doing Ju-Jitsu there were a few kids who could quite easily kick my a**!

Awesome

cool, well done

although i thought it took ages to become a black belt?

4 years is not that long, i recon i could kick his @rse, and i havent even got a belt


(dont tell him i said that though)

Originally Posted by hovis

cool, well done

although i thought it took ages to become a black belt?

4 years is not that long, i recon i could kick his @rse, and i havent even got a belt


(dont tell him i said that though)

PMSL...nah 4 years is around the norm(providing you pass each belt 1st time of asking),its the dans which take the longest,it will be around 1 year before he can go for his 2nd dan then after that another 1 to 2 years before 3rd dan,then 2 to 3 years for 4th dan & so on......

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Originally Posted by hovis

although i thought it took ages to become a black belt?

All depends on the martial art - I practise shotokan karate and we have some junior black belts but they cannot get to 2nd Dan until they are 18.

I will admit that this does mean its harder for them to stay interested when they are a 1st Dan at 12 and cannot grade again until they are 18!

Judo - Chop!!!


Wow, thats excellent. Congratulations and yay for proud dad. x