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How Old Were You When You First Started Training?


How Old Were You When You First Started Training?  

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  1. 1. How Old Were You When You First Started Training?

    • 6 or younger
      3
    • 7-9
      8
    • 10-12
      3
    • 13-15
      10
    • 16-18
      7
    • 19-21
      3
    • 22-29
      7
    • 30-39
      3
    • 40-49
      0
    • 50 or older
      0


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I was inspired by this thread to start a poll to see when everyone first started training in a martial art.

Please vote in the poll and free feel to reply. :) Thanks.

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Cheers, Patrick! :)

The first time I was exposed to a martial arts class was really when I was 4, but it wasn't for long, so I don't really count it.

I started the training that has continued to my current rank when I was in 8th grade, right around the age of 14, I believe.

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I started when I was 8 learning quite a bit about modern weapons, since my father is a gunsmith. But I didn't start a physical martial art until I was 10.

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The best victory is when the opponent surrenders

of its own accord before there are any actual

hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

- Sun-tzu

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Isn't if funny how many people started as a child, and yet we have posts that complain about children taking classes or achieving shodan before becoming an adult. I wonder how many people achieved a black belt as a child. I know I received my first one at age 13 and my second at age 30.

A great martial artist is one who is humble and respectful of others.

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I think I was 8 or 9.

With respect,

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

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I was about 6 or 7.

I am now 15.

Sometimes I think it is better to start a little later in life so that one learns to proper technique right away. In my experience, those who start young have to un-learn improper technique. I know I did. Not because of the quality of instruction, but rather because developmentally a third grader cannot really see or feel minute technical differences.

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I'm not sure what to vote, as it was about a month before my 13th birthday. Should I then vote 10-12 as I was technically 12? Or should I vote 13-15 as I was nearly 13?

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. - Nido Qubein

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