April 25, 200620 yr What was everyone's first exposure to the martial arts?I am not asking what inspired you to train, just what was the first time you saw it? Also, what year if you can remember.AoG
April 25, 200620 yr Getting my face pounded by a kid in my neighborhood who boxed. I previously thought he was a big wuss. I was in the gym for my first boxing lesson the following day.Respectfully,Sohan "If I cannot become one of extraordinary accomplishment, I will not walk the earth." Zen Master Nakahara Nantenbo "A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." Samuarai maxim "Knowing others is wisdom; knowing yourself is Enlightenment." Lao-Tzu
April 25, 200620 yr I'm a true child of the 80's. The Karate Kid was my first glimpse of the martial arts. There's no place like 127.0.0.1
April 25, 200620 yr My karate class. I had always wanted to do judo, karate, or something like that, but my first karate class was my first bona-fide exposure to the whole martial arts thing.David "Between genius and insanity, there lies a fine line. I like to think of it as the tip of the diving board."-An anonymous insane genius"Fight I, not as one that beateth the air"
April 25, 200620 yr Well, my mother says i went to a tournament when i was very young (1 or 2 years old), but i dont remember that...My first memory is when my brother (1.5 years younger than me) took a parent-child karate class with my father when i was five years old. Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. - Nido Qubein
April 25, 200620 yr I watched my older brother practice his moves at home, probably about 1970. What works works
April 25, 200620 yr My best friend at the time was into karate so I started too. I was 7 at the time.... so this would have been.. '87. That was really my first exposure too it.
April 26, 200620 yr I was first exposed to the arts when my dad took me to class with him when I was probably around 4 or 5. Didn't know it then, but I was hooked. https://www.haysgym.com http://www.sunyis.com/ https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
April 26, 200620 yr Hard to remember, most likely a jackie chan movie,or just a library book.I remember for a long time having the vauge thought of 'karate seems really cool' God has not given us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of love, a spirit of power, and of self-discipline.2 Timothy 1:7
April 26, 200620 yr The first thing I saw of the martial arts on TV was the tv show Sidekicks with Ernie Reyes Jr. at least thats the first I remember. Brandon FisherSeijitsu Shin Do
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