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Nick117
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Posts: 28
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 Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 6:26 pm Post subject: Art for my bro? |
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My brother's pretty weak. I mean, he's really short, skinny, and um... weak. 
My dad wants him to take up a MA to learn how to defend himself. I can literally knock him down with my pinky. Anyway, what would be best for him? We have (in our area) judo, aikido, tang soo do, tae kwon do, hapkido, taiji, some kung fu schools (not sure what styles, I'm gonna find out soon, one's called "Northern Shaolin Wushu Academy", any idea what they teach? Wushu, as far as I know is a generic term for Chinese MAs, I was thinking maybe the "Northern Shaolin" part would help you guys figure out what style(s) it is. Either way I'm gonna call.)
Thanks.
P.S. He's only like 5 years younger than me (I'm almost 16.) He's 11 so it's not like I knocking a 5 year old down lol. (When I said I could knock him down with my pinky finger lol.) |
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kataman
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Aug 2003
Posts: 172
Location: Canada Quebec
Styles: karate shotokan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:18 pm Post subject: bro |
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If he was my brother I would direct him in Hapkido or aikido they are 2 arts that rely on techniques more than strengh.Of corse sometime age is an issue if it is in you part of the world then I would suggest judo.
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Radok
Brown Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 601
Location: Florida
Styles: Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-do
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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I would suggest either weightlift-do or calestenics-jutsu. j/k, but for someone with that little strength, definately go with an art that revolves around technique. That pretty much means Aikido.
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Pacificshore
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 1698
Location: West Coast
Styles: Chinese Kenpo/Kara-Ho Kempo
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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What ever art he's comfortable in, and remember he won't be 11 forever nor will he be "little"  |
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aznkarateboi
Brown Belt
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
Posts: 627
Styles: shaolin gung fu southern style
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| i would recommend hapkido. |
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battousai16
Black Belt
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 2069
Location: Wisconsin
Styles: Hwa Rang Do, Omulu Capoeira
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| Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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well, i second the "whatever he's comfortable with". if he dosen't have fun with it, he wont want to learn. i'll also say that when i was 11 and 12, i was a very small guy too. i was fast and i was tall, but very skinny and weak. i turned 13 and BAM! soon enough i was actually overweight and i grew even more. i got most of the weight off thanks to cross country and the martial arts, but it was just amazing that over 1 summer i could have grown so much! i'm with pacificshore, he probably wont be little forever 
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Radok
Brown Belt
Joined: 23 Apr 2002
Posts: 601
Location: Florida
Styles: Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate-do
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hey, you do Cross Country? What is your 5k time?
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battousai16
Black Belt
Joined: 24 May 2003
Posts: 2069
Location: Wisconsin
Styles: Hwa Rang Do, Omulu Capoeira
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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my PR is 17:59  i just shot it up from 20:21 at my last meet
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Radok
Brown Belt
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Location: Florida
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Hot diggetty d@m!
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battousai16
Black Belt
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Posts: 2069
Location: Wisconsin
Styles: Hwa Rang Do, Omulu Capoeira
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well, there was a lot of time and training in between those 2 meets. the 20:21 was the last meet of the last season and the 17:59 was the first meet of this season, so it's not quite so impressive.
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