Random Rants
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I'm looking at a Taekwondo school as well. I honestly don't know the differences between karate/taekwondo in terms of fighting styles. I just want something that will provide structure and discipline for my son all while having fun at the same time.
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I enjoyed hapkido, a Korean martial art that blends hard and soft styles. Pressure point strikes, punches, kicks, joint locks, holds, throws, how to land from falls, and a lot of physical fitness and sparring.
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@gaseousclay for the record, my uncle is a 7th dan shihan in goju karate and i've never been taught even though i'm very close with him. apparently it was because i was always quick to retaliate and angry as a kid. so it's not necessarily the instructor but the personality of the person as well.
i totally understand what you're going through. it's the same with my ex and my son. but we're slowly trying to communicate now that he's started primary school, which i feel are the important years leading up to high school.
it is still hard discussing how he's going through school and how we or she would deal with things and such. i still find it hard bringing up certain topics on how we're going to nurture him as he's growing up. she's quite strong headed as well so it's not easy changing or discussing what i feel differently about certain topics. all i can say is to just keep trying. slowly but surely there's going to be a little communication.
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@gaseousclay sounds like the problem isn’t really about the martial art…
However, for such things let me suggest wrestling. My son has been doing it for the past 8 years. It’s been great for him. Built up self confidence, work ethic, delayed gratification, fitness, and the defense aspect of it while further down the list certainly applies. -
@gaseousclay sounds like the problem isn’t really about the martial art…
However, for such things let me suggest wrestling. My son has been doing it for the past 8 years. It’s been great for him. Built up self confidence, work ethic, delayed gratification, fitness, and the defense aspect of it while further down the list certainly applies.Thanks for the suggestion but we're gonna stick with karate for the time being as my son seemed to like it. I'm also going to register him for the youth soccer league this summer so that he gets exercise and learns about teamwork.
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@gaseousclay I practiced Wng Chun and Wing Tsun when I was younger and want to go back to it. Our son turns 5 in May, and I'm going to take him along to some taster sessions. He's super excited about it. My wife is on board with it. Wing Chun was created by a Chinese Nun, so it's pretty non gender specific.
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The corona virus is really pissing me off. Same with the hysteria in the media. I don’t recall people responding this way when the SARS or MERS virus were around.
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the Sanders hysteria is getting old, time to fly off the handle about THE NEXT PLAGUE for 5 minutes.
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The corona virus is really pissing me off. Same with the hysteria in the media. I don’t recall people responding this way when the SARS or MERS virus were around.
Saw someone posted…I got over the Corona virus in the 90s when people started putting limes in their beer.
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I don’t recall people responding this way when the SARS or MERS virus were around.
It is pretty tiring. However this is a very different situation to SARS and MERS. They never made it out of their respective areas of origination while this has just gone global. Far more people have already died from COVID-n19 than those two put together. Neither SARS, nor MERS caused a global economic slowdown. It will be a part of life (and the news cycle) for the entire planet for a long time to come.
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Thanks for the suggestion but we're gonna stick with karate for the time being as my son seemed to like it. I'm also going to register him for the youth soccer league this summer so that he gets exercise and learns about teamwork.
FOOTBALL get it right..
The corona virus is really pissing me off. Same with the hysteria in the media. I don’t recall people responding this way when the SARS or MERS virus were around.
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same. i stop paying attention to new regarding that topic and advisories and all that 2 weeks in..
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It is pretty tiring. However this is a very different situation to SARS and MERS. They never made it out of their respective areas of origination while this has just gone global. Far more people have already died from COVID-n19 than those two put together. Neither SARS, nor MERS caused a global economic slowdown. It will be a part of life (and the news cycle) for the entire planet for a long time to come.
Actually, SARS and MERS did spread globally. I believe SARS spread to 29 countries and MERS spread to 27. SARS started in 2002, right before Facebook, Twitter and Youtube, so there weren't as many 'voices' talking about it. I do think that the rise of social media has amplified the news cycle 1000 fold so that everyone is being bombarded with this sort of stuff. I realize that the absence of social media likely wouldn't have mattered but I don't think it's helping either. But yes, the new coronoa virus will be with us a little longer but i'm sure it will all go away like the others did…eventually.
