How young is too young?

[jasmine023]

I advice you to let him join right from this age. This can be the age to some basics about the martial art.

[Canadian77]

I wanted to add that I don't see any harm in starting early when you consider how you learn. I am new to martial arts as an adult - - only 6 months into my karate training. The curriculum is huge, and so there are some things we cover almost every class (such as kata, certain basics, etc.), there are others that we come back to regularly but not every day. I find that I get more and more out of things with each repetition. I fine tune, I pick up a nuance, I become more coordinated at a certain move, I get faster, etc. The process will be a bit slower for young children, but they certainly do improve, correct, speed up, etc. with each class, and they have so much longer to do that. If they enjoy it, and are learning, then that's what matters. I don't' think they should be pushed into it, but I don't think they should be excluded either.