My 12 and 13 year old, girl and boy, have been doing MA for about 3 years now. Danzan Ryu Jujitsu, and WTF Taekwondo. They are slowly learning that their TKD (they will be black belt in less than a year from now) is a sport form, with no opportunities to compete beyond their own local schools. And as a sport type, has limited usefulness for self defense. And their Danzan Ryu is very slow to learn, and does no Randori against resisting opponents. They do find it better than the TKD as far as real world self defense usefulness. It is very close to Judo, but again, no practice against a resisting opponent, which real Judo would train.
So, I took them to a free intro class at a local JDK school. They loved it. They seem to cycle through 2 weeks of striking, 2 of clinching, 2 of grappling, etc. Here is what it teaches: Jkd.pdf
Here is their Youtube channel T. Kent Nelson / KSK Martial Arts
So they really like this new stuff. Do you think this JDK is legit? The instructor supposedly has been training under Inosanto for a long time. The teaching isn't cheap. I just want good stuff for my kids. I can see them sticking with TKD for another 8 months, earning black belt, then dumping it. Not sure about their Danzen Ryu future.
- Joe
So, I took them to a free intro class at a local JDK school. They loved it. They seem to cycle through 2 weeks of striking, 2 of clinching, 2 of grappling, etc. Here is what it teaches: Jkd.pdf
Here is their Youtube channel T. Kent Nelson / KSK Martial Arts
So they really like this new stuff. Do you think this JDK is legit? The instructor supposedly has been training under Inosanto for a long time. The teaching isn't cheap. I just want good stuff for my kids. I can see them sticking with TKD for another 8 months, earning black belt, then dumping it. Not sure about their Danzen Ryu future.
- Joe