This post is to mark that my little princess, Vivian, has started her first Aikido lesson on the 3rd of July 2011.
I have decided it is time for Vivian to get into a bit sport training and stay active at the beginning of July 2011. On the afternoon of the 2nd of July, I took her to visit the children classes of Aikido, Taekwondo, Karate and gymnastic around our area. Vivian, who turned 6 on 17th of July, told me that she would like to join the Aikido class at the end of the trip, so I enrolled her to the Aikido class on the very next day.
Vivian in her Aikido Gi
As for the Vivian’s first month into aikido, well, so far so good, she is constantly looking forwards for the weekend Aikido classes.
July 30, 2011 at 10:32 · Permalink ·
Hey thats great, She looks like she is enjoying it.
My son is 4, nearly 5 and I have been teaching him (trying) Xing Yi, so far just San Ti, Pi and Zuan. I find it quite difficult to hold his attention so was thinking of trying to find a childrens martial arts class. I’m not too worried what it is as long as he learns something and the teacher seems good.
I myself learnt Judo and Shaolin Wushu as a child, and am sure they set me up with a good foundation for other things.
I think Aikido is perfect for a young girl to learn, graceful.
July 30, 2011 at 18:09 · Permalink ·
It requires a lot of patience when it comes to teaching kids, I know myself certainly won’t be able to do a good job, I even got fed up on working with teenagers. So I took the easy way out (and forget about the father-daughter bonding thing), just let the pros take care of it.
My intention was to let Vivian to participate in either Aikido or gymnastic (there isn’t any Judo class around here), the reasons being both teach you how to fall correctly (how to protect yourself in a falling situation).
In my humble opinion, since you have a Judo background, it is more fun to teach your son how to fall and roll on the ground rather than throwing some kicks and punches.