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DoctorQui
Blue Belt
Joined: 24 May 2012
Posts: 335
Location: Gt Manchester, UK
Styles: Shotokan, Wado Ryu and Aikido
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 6:40 am Post subject: |
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Its never too late!
I started when I was 17 and like a LOT of teenagers, got bored and stopped going (BIG mistake). I started again when I was 38 in Wado Ryu and changed to Shotokan at 42 and I am quite pleased with my progress. Karate isn't all about being able to touch the floor with your nads while doing the box splits or doing a flying round house. Its about focus, inner as well as outer strength and confidence in your own ability while doing good basic, solid techniques, imo! |
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darksoul
Purple Belt
Joined: 19 Jul 2012
Posts: 548
Location: Montréal, QC, Canada
Styles: Shaolin Kempo
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:12 am Post subject: |
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Just start! It's really never too late _________________ Shodan - Shaolin Kempo
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FangPwnsAll7
Green Belt
Joined: 11 Jul 2012
Posts: 377
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Styles: Tang Soo Do
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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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Age doesn't matter. It's just a number. I'm currently the oldest student in my group class. I'm 14, and I feel sorta left out. But I'm not changing to another group class. I'd say go for it. They have adult classes at my school for people over 16. |
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shinka
Orange Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2012
Posts: 100
Location: Canada
Styles: Hoshinkido Hapkido, Genbukan Ninjutsu
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:44 am Post subject: |
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did many styles of martial arts when i was younger... When I had my kids, i moved far from my schools so..I kinda stop for family,money etc reasons.
I came back at it almost 8 years later.
I've been going non-stop at it since...2 to 4 times a week depending my schedule at work. (for almost 3 years now)....
The only thing i've found hard to get back was my flexibility and cardio.
Those two thing..(with age) kinda go off lol...
So I'm working on these two pretty hard.
But.....What i'm trying to say is....There's no age to start martial arts.
There's health issue for sure but....That's another story.
If you're 60 and want to start...your master won't make you jump and roll on the first class...You will go with what you can and become better in time.
Those who wants to rush in martial arts...... shouldn't do it anyway.
If your goal is to reach the black belt..thinking it's over ...Well.....
IT'S NEVER OVER!...Martial arts is for life...
Some say that from white to black,you're learning the technics....from black to death, you become one with them. |
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darksoul
Purple Belt
Joined: 19 Jul 2012
Posts: 548
Location: Montréal, QC, Canada
Styles: Shaolin Kempo
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject: |
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shinka wrote: |
Some say that from white to black,you're learning the technics....from black to death, you become one with them. |
Sooooo well said. _________________ Shodan - Shaolin Kempo
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blacknebula
Orange Belt
Joined: 28 Jun 2012
Posts: 123
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Styles: shotokan
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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I started when I was 37 (with my daughter, who has subsequently quit). Although part of me wishes that I had started when I was younger I also recognize that had I started earlier in life I probably wouldn't have even lasted a month. What I now lack in flexibility I make up for with a better understanding of myself, my challenges in training, and how to overcome or work around them. |
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Rez
Yellow Belt
Joined: 19 Jun 2013
Posts: 27
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:41 am Post subject: |
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it's never too late. I am 45 years old. I just started a month ago.and not only am I 45, but I am rather broken. I had a terrible car accident in 2009 that left me with 11 pins and screws in my left leg. I was in a motorcycle accident November of last year, broke 3 ribs, punctured a lung and bruised my liver. 20 plus years ago when I was in the Marine Corps I fractured both of my knee caps. A few years after that, I was broadsided by a drunk driver and broke my shoulder. That's not stopping me, nor is age. I look at it this way... I often regret notstarting 10 years ago. 10 years from now, I won't have that regret |
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mal103
Purple Belt
Joined: 21 May 2011
Posts: 559
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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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That's the spirit Rez!
I was thinking earlier after listening to 2 younger work collegues talking about sitting around watching Tv most evenings...
I thought hang on - when you are very old and CANNOT do anything then there will be plenty of hours and days sat around watching TV!
Keep active while you can. There are plenty of people who are struck down with sudden illnesses, or like Rez in accidents, I can think of nothing worse than taking my last breath wishing I had done more.
It's bad enough going to bed wishing you had done something more with your day. |
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Hawkmoon
Pre-Black Belt
Joined: 17 Jun 2013
Posts: 891
Location: MK in the UK
Styles: Kyokushin
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Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:20 am Post subject: |
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WOW now that's a name I've not heard for a while.
Ticky Donovan...trained with him once on the beach, a summer coarse as I recall.
I started training when I was 18....that was a few years ago.
Age is not the end of it, step up and try the club, it will feel odd, be assured of that but it will or will not feel right.
If its not right find another style and try them.
Do a few, one will feel right, and that'll be the one for you! _________________ “A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”
Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate. |
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Nidan Melbourne
KF Sempai
Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 2358
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Styles: Goju-Ryu, BJJ, Balintawak Arnis
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Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Go for it fella |
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