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January 20th, 2018, 07:19 PM #21Active Member
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That . He is fine with that not kicking and screaming not wanting to go but he is apprehensive and timid when fists start flying, not so timid when he runs his mouth at school so it's a good way to reconcile the two. Plus general conditioning never hurt anyone. He is too small fro basketball, or football, 10th percentile weight/height for his age group. So he gets thrown in front of the heavy bag.
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January 20th, 2018, 09:49 PM #22
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January 20th, 2018, 11:16 PM #23
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Man, sorry to hear of your friend.
Mine was nothing more than a kitchen pearing knife....and the fuckers were never caught...all they got was my Huffy!
Not much damage but I still have the scars...more blood than anything.
I remember the cops showed hours later with my address written on a dunkin donuts plate after I was already stitched up.
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January 21st, 2018, 05:19 PM #24Active Member
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January 21st, 2018, 05:30 PM #25Active Member
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I hear you and I looked at gymnastics, but 99 of classes are girls. Him being the only boy in the class is a bit weird. He was in Judo for a year, he learned a bit it was a decent school but then we moved and judo in the area we are in now is about doing competitions. As far as competition goes there is a competition and there is a competition. I never competed for trophies or earned belts. But every week there was a full class of go rounds you vs 6'4 200 pounder instructors full contact full speed on our part we got "punished" for mistakes. They knew how to inflict maximum pain with minimum permanent damage. Every other week there was same type of go around inner school elimination type match ups paired up with kids different sizes different skill levels every month same type match ups with neighboring schools. I bled I was black and blue at times I learned fast to control my fear and I had fun. So I'm all for that type of competition but formal stuff with chasing trophies and belts I'm not too big on if instructor gets a tunnel vision with competition stuff it spells an injury for a kid. Bloody nose, split lip and eyebrow stitches is one thing torn ligaments is another.
Last edited by matrosov; January 21st, 2018 at 05:34 PM.
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January 21st, 2018, 06:04 PM #26
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I still say get him in wrestling if he's for it...it's a start at least. We're already well into the season but take him to a match and check it out.
I tried with my 13yo, he just doesn't have it in him and I'm an assistant youth wrestling coach with a 2nd dan in Aikido. I really hoped he would but it's just not in his cards.
Not to sound like an asshole and I don't mean this in any derogatory way so please understand...but make it more about him and less about you.
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January 22nd, 2018, 05:38 AM #27
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January 22nd, 2018, 08:17 AM #28Grand Member
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January 22nd, 2018, 01:34 PM #29
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http://fistofblacklotus.wixsite.com/haloarts
I've been conversing with one of the instructors at this place for a while now about him getting started in hunting, but both of us having families and more than one job, finding the time is hard. From the discussions we've had, he seems like he's a pretty level-headed guy. Plus, he's in you area. Give him a shout and maybe check out the school.
What I can say is that I used to be a lazy fat kid until my dad said "You're too fat. You're going to play football to get in shape" . So I had to start running 15 laps around the yard every day. Wasn't allowed to skip a day if we weren't home. Had to run 30 laps the next day. It ended up being 3.5 miles a day. The first summer I hated everything to do with it. Peewee football was OK, but I was still out of shape. The second summer I was older and found my stride. I was getting into better shape than the other kids and by midget football I was getting strong. I started first team offense and defense in Jr. high and played a lot of varsity as an underclassman. I was power lifting by 10th grade, and was smart enough to see that I was just too small to be competetive beyond high school ball. But by the time I quit Jr. year, I was probably one of the top 3-5 most physically fit kids in the school.
My dad pushing me was the best thing he could have done for me.Sed ego sum homo indomitus
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January 22nd, 2018, 01:43 PM #30
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Has he seen these guys?
https://www.google.com/search?biw=87....0.JmPuFpPy45Q
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