Noor
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I would say find him a good martial arts class, judo preferably where:
The kids are allowed to have fun, the instructor is good on discipline, and they don’t do ridiculous stretches and exercise routines. Don’t go anywhere that is a rip off on fees or uniforms.
I dont like Tai Kwondo or kick boxing, for these reasons, but don’t know anything about wrestling.
If the kids enjoy it they will do well. My two started judo as five year olds. They learned that getting dumped on your butt rarely hurts anything other than your pride. The beauty of judo, and I guess wrestling, is they are hands on and kids are naturally competitive in the main. Karate is a lot of pinching and kicking fresh air! It doesn’t have the satisfaction of taking another kid down…..I would let five year olds put me on my back!
Hope this helps but it’s more about the instructor than anything!
I’d agree. Judo or Akido, but Not jujitsu. As a child, I took Judo where everyone was bigger than me, fun to flip them. I tried jujitsu for a bit, an older bigger kid tried to attack me in a community center, I used jujitsu, he was on the ground with a broken nose.
A judo throw would have been less damaging.