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Which martial art? (lemmy.crimedad.work)

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I'm considering signing my six year old up for martial arts class, but I'm not sure which one to choose. To be clear, it's not because we're dealing with a bullying situation or anything like that. It's more about starting a new physical activity, but I do want my kid to get some self-defense skills out of it. Our local options appear to be Taekwondo, Kung-fu, and Jiu-Jitsu/MMA. I did Taekwondo when I was a kid and it was fine, but I'm not sure that it's practical for self defense. Jiu-Jitsu/MMA seems very practical for self-defense, but the studios that offer it seem a little bit too blue-lives-matter for my liking. As for Kung-fu, I just know nothing about it.

How did you decide on a martial art for your kids?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The mma part of the jiu-jitsu gives me pause but traditional jiu-jitsu has the most ways of dealing with a fall of any martial art I have experience with and of the three its the one that is most useful in an altercation where you do not want to hurt your opponent which I feel is a more common occurence than fighting for your life. Only advantage I could see with taekwondo and kung-fu is its likely better excersise and may have an advantage if fending off multiple opponents but thats debatable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

TKD is great for self defense if your attackers can be scared off by doing many jumping spinning kicks. Or I guess if you can land the first one that'd work too. After that you're kinda screwed.