Red89

I kind of have a similar problem, only its my fingers, I cant hold them straight for long and so i tend to stay away from spearhands etc.

Hey guys, I cant remember why but I'd always had a genuine interest in martial arts sinse i was very young, my twin brother was the same... In all honesty though, I think it may have been our love for the Tekken game when we were around 5-6 lol. We had to go to some form of martial arts class been doing Karate now sinse then, 17 now

I really dont like it when that happens. I know how it feels when your sparring with someone who isn't worried about hard their hitting you, yet has no guard and once you touch them they take it thick!

Hey kez, interesting topic, Im happy now things are beginning to get better now for you and your son When I was 8-9 I got into my first major fight i think, I had been training karate at this time for only about a year and a half, I thought I could beat anyone, I was wrong, I got quite badly beaten. At first I cried abit but then it turned to anger and then determination. I almost took it upon myself to make sure I was never beaten again. It was almost like my training catalyst. Although I was a very young boy from then on in my karate class all I saw was the boys face when I trained, eventually as I got older I forgot about him but I continued to train hard and when I moved into secondary school I got into a fight again, although i did not start it. I won however. i felt so releived, as if all my hard training sinse that day when I was 8 had paid off. Im 17 now and I've never lost in a "real" fight sinse that day when I was 8, however I've only been in about 4 altogether I still continue to train hard, I dont think about that anymore but reading this I remembered my experience. In all honesty... I think my fight when I was 8 helped me. its hard, but i would really try to encourage Ryan to continue with his Martial Arts, He will improve as he gets older and begin to understand more. I wasnt into Martial arts all that much until I became about 14 you see, I had been training sinse I was 8 however, I liked it but I wasn't like I am now. Im obsessed with all MA now. lol however I do know it was different for Ryan, poor kid had more than 1 guy beating on him.