want to know if kids and adult that are fat can they do?

[matbla]

is not about me ,,i was just woundering what you say at your school about this .

want to know if fat kids or young adult can they do martial arts?

if the doctors says lose weight and they do martial arts are they safe?

like i am 40 years old,,i am 245 ponds 5-1 tall(short) let know what you thank from matt blake

[Elky]

We've never turned anyone away for being overweight. Sometimes the exercise is just what they need to shed some of the weight and martial arts is a good motivation to get fit.

[DWx]

My BMI says that I'm overweight, but the regular exercise I get from martial arts has done nothing but good for me. I'm a lot healthier than the majority of my peers and can do more fitness-wise than they can. Most of my mates were shocked when we had to fitness tests in a sport lesson a while back. I was doing more sit-ups, push-ups etc. than some of the guys and could drop into the splits when no-one else could.

IMO no martial arts school should ever turn away someone because they are overweight. Even if they cant do everything, martial arts will still be physical activity which will be better than nothing and will help people to shed those pounds.

[bushido_man96]

Doing Martial Arts to try to lose weight is a great idea. There are many people who take up MA styles in order to try to improve their lifestyles.

It is important to remember, though, that an overweight person might not be able to push and work at the same levels of the moderately fit, or the very fit. Working at a pace that gets the heart rate elevated for a period of around 20 minutes is good, but it is important not to get it too high; so high the body can't handle it.

[marie curie]

I agree, I think that wanting to kick higher or fight longer is good motivation for wanting to loose weight, too.

[CTTKDKing]

When I started TKD, I weighed 358lbs, at 5'11". I have been doing it for 3.5 years and have earned a 1st dan (as of a month and a half ago), and dropped 115lbs. My instructor just had me start out slow, set small goals, and work my way up. Now I sometimes will help lead lower belt classes and will encourage some of the thin people that have a hard time keeping up with me. I still have some weight to loose, but martial arts has done nothing but positive things for my health and moral about exercise. I hope this helps.

[Jay]

I agree with everyone here, martial arts is a great way to loose weight the important thing here is that you will find it enjoyable which makes working hard easier or so i have found this to be the case. You may however reach a plateu in your training as my fitness failed to increase after a certain period if this is the case then add some suplimentary running or even walking into your work out.

[setboy]

if your doctor say you can then come on down