why did you start karate

[jim777]

I was 36yrs old, my son was 8 and wanted to get into karate. I sat around the dojo watching him and they offered me some free classes. One thing led to another and
I was signing a contract. That was in 1987.

What has it done for me? I am a much nicer *%%&^* person and have a deep $$^%^%^&$ respect for other #&*^% people (JK)

Awesome stuff! :lol: I took my kids to TKD last September because I wanted them to study Martial Arts. I had wanted to study all my life (I'm 45 now) but never had classes that started when I was off from work or out of school or something. I had taken about 6 months of Kung Fu from Alan Lee's school in Manhattan in '80, but that was it. After watching my daughters for two weeks, I asked if they had classes for adult beginners, and I started the following Friday. So that's it; I'm going until I die now, it's a dream come true for me to be finally in a position to be studying Martial Arts. Come September the whole family (6 of us) will be going.

And it was David Carradine and Kwai Chang Cane that got me interested in the Martial Arts initially. Master Po and the grasshopper

jim

 

[14 Kempo]

What got me started was no big story, in fact it is either funny or rather boring ...

I was still playing baseball, but during the off season did not do much of anything to stay in shape. My sister asked me to attend her aerobics class, I eventually agreed to watch one. While watching all the folks jump up and down to music, I spotted a Karate studio just four doors down. Somehow, through my boredom, I wandered down to the studio and spoke to the sensei. He was rather young and spoke with a heavy Bostonian accent. During our conversation, it came to me that I may like this as I would not only be exercising, but would be learning something as well. This was a much better thought than the empty minded jumping around during an aerobics class.

The next day I went in and worked with the sensei. Having an athletic background, it all seemed to come easy to me. I started that day, signed, sealed and delivered.

 

[kicksindabank]

Karate chose me. I had alot of anger and needed to get it out my system. My instructor attends my church and told me to come see him. I did and have been there every since.

Karate has helped my journal into womanhood. Growing up, and basicly be strong in who I am, where I have been, and where I am going.

 

[jtbdad]

My interest in Martial Arts in general started because of Jay T. Will. I however decided to study matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu because of the Sensei. My initial instructor was Papa Joe Hayes.

 

[Muwubu16858]

I started in March 1998. I was 13, was getting beat up on a weekly basis, and my father wanted me to be able to defend myself. Then I met my teacher in 2001, a few months before my Cho Dan test. His first words were, "Your technique looks like s***! I've been training with him ever since, and havent found a soul worthy to replace him!