Let him take karate if he wants to do it. Karate is not a great skill, in my opinion, for practical applications. If you want your son to learn to strike have him start out with boxing.

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Posted by rebeloke

Member since Nov 2012

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 12:30 pm to DanTiger

There is a guy in our area that is a master of Wing Chun Kung Fu. I enrolled his mother in the plan I rep. While there he showed me some moves on his Wing Chun Dummy. He was really fast. He said that he was only lacked taking a student through the entire program in order to be a grand master.

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Posted by MWP

Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 1:06 pm to DanTiger

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If you want your son to learn to strike have him start out with boxing.

Could not agree more. If it's a half arse worth a shite gym, you will at least learn how to stand properly and throw a decent punch which is about 100 times better than the so called tough guys that may be big and huge but throw windmill haymakers that my 90 year old maw maw could dodge. If they stick with it, they can learn the finer points such as good footwork, throwing a combination, and sparring with an opponent where they can actually feel what it is like to get hit, which is something a lot of billy bad arses have never even felt.

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Posted by Buck_Rogers

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 2/20/14 at 2:40 pm to DanTiger

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Karate is not a great skill, in my opinion, for practical applications. If you want your son to learn to strike have him start out with boxing.

If you don't think karate can teach you how to strike with great skill, do a little research on Mas Oyama and let me know of any boxers that did that on a regular basis.

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