Why do some martial arts make those stupid noise?
They do it to throw off or "loosen thier guard" on the person attacking. It can also increase attacking power.
Can I do martial arts if I'm asthmatic?
I'm sure sorry you have that! If you take the right martial art, it can improve your health and control your asthma. Tai chi is a very soft, slow martial art that will give you a great martial art foundation but it will take many years to be adequate, it will improve your breathing and so on. Also, there are types of karate that would help your health. You should go and visit the schools in your area and ask the instructor if the style he or she teaches is a soft style or a hard style. A soft style is what you would want but if you tell the instructor you have asthma, they will let you take your training at the pace you need. If they aren't morons and say you just need some good hard work and they'll fix your asthma by running you down and wearing you out. Most instructors I meet are very kind and understanding and will help work with what ever problems people may have. Take care! Hope you find what you're looking for!
Is it okay to force your kid to do martial arts?
I’m going to tell you 2 quick stories about two different parents and their kids at the gym I currently train at before I answer your question.“My Way Or The Highway” ParentWe all know that one parent who forces their kids to do what they don’t like, weather it was in public or it was ourselves. You can tell from the look in the child’s eye that they hated it.At the gym I currently train at now. There is a 14 year old that is forced to go because of his father. The kid himself loves to play computer games and is more of an introvert. I know this and everyone else knows this because we’ve talked to him before and we’ve tried to encourage him both on and off the mat (this is a brazilian jiu-jitsu gym). Despite out efforts to try and make it a happy and encouraging environment, he wouldn’t budge on his decision that he wanted to quit.It’s been 2 months now and I haven’t see him since.“Go With The Flow” ParentThis parent has a passion for martial arts. He’s a purple belt and loves to come to class to get his fix of kick ass. He brings his kids to the gym (which is perfectly fine). They are well behaved and they just play among themselves in an area that’s not being used (supervised). They are engulfed in the atmosphere of the gym. We’ve asked him if he would force his kids to get into BJJ. He says he would never. He doesn’t want them to hate it when they’re older, but rather have them see how effective it is and possible how much fun it is from watching him and the rest of us roll.He wants them to enjoy it like he does and if they never decide to roll, he’s okay with that too.That conversation was a few weeks ago and now his two kids are enrolled in the kids program and they’re loving every moment of it.What I ThinkAfter reading those two stories, I’m sure you already know my answer. It’s not okay to force your child into martial arts. They’re going to lose out of all the important aspect of learning it. Things like discipline, building character, and having fun. All this sucked out because they’re forced to do something they do not like.Martial arts has physical contact to it. If a child doesn’t like that, I think that’s abuse to a certain level. You should never force your child to do activities like these. If it’s something health related like brushing your teeth and taking medicine or going to school, then yes, force them.
What made you start doing martial arts?
I was always told I couldn’t when I was younger. I had childhood asthma, so I had to carry around an inhaler and skipped state fitness tests.When I was 8, my elementary school incorporated a short 8-week class in Wushu in my Physical Education class. I, who had to pretty much sit out every other class was allowed to join. We didn’t learn much except stances but it piqued my interest.I grew up in a dysfunctional household. We had nearly every issue you could imagine, I won’t delve into it. One day a year or two later, I was 9 or 10 and my parents were fighting as usual. Usually they just shouted and threw furniture. This time was different.My dad was strangling my mum in my bedroom. Before this, I had never seen them physically assault each other. There was no one else in the house apart from me and my younger brother, who was 2 years younger and about 7–8 years old and in another room.I grabbed an umbrella and whacked my dad. Obviously, I got hit and fell to the ground, but at least it got my dad off of her. They continued to throw furniture and fight. That was the only time in my life my dad hit me. I remember how helpless I felt as I watched them fight, too small and weak to do anything about it. And I was weak, a scrawny 9 year old girl with such severe asthma I had to use an inhaler.I never wanted to be vulnerable. I wanted to protect myself and people when I wanted to. I was never allowed to do any sports growing up, but my childhood asthma eventually cleared and I joined the karate club when I entered college years back against my parents’ wishes.It was hard. I still have near 0 endurance and the first few trainings (learnt stances only, still had to warm up by doing physical training barefoot) I thought I was going to die or get an attack. But I always remembered how weak I felt plus I was going to study abroad so I needed to learn to protect myself anyway. I pushed myself through it and eventually developed some endurance and now I run twice a week. And my parents quoted my karate training as the main reason they agreed to send me abroad lol.
Why are guys so intimidated by women who can do Martial Arts?
First off, no, it’s not 100% of men but enough men seem to be intimated by women who are proficient in any form of martial arts. There seems to be the saying that goes around, “Just see what happens if you make her mad!” Well just remember all martial arts involve the aspects of discipline, honor and pride, being in control of one’s self is paramount and only using violence to defend a person’s self is key. Don’t people realize, man or women, a person who used say Karate do inflict abuse out of anger or spite would lose face with their fellow peers? The female members of the martial arts community don’t want to be seen in a negative light just as much as the men. I personally, don’t believe that a female who knows martial arts is automatically more likely to inflict damage upon me if I irritate her. Instead, I believe that such a woman is more likely going to be more in control of her temperament than the general female population. I believe the REAL FEAR is that women who are proficient in any martial art are more likely to independently be able to handle themselves on their own and that fact, is a threat to a lot of men, who can only fathom being in the protector role.
Can You Do Martial Arts If Your Health Is Not In The Best of Shape?
Thats a very good question. The answer is Yes you can do martial arts, and it is not easy. I suffer multiple Health problems I have severe asthma, I run 20-30 yards and I get a asthma attack, and thats on my best day. My knees hurt all the time, Anything to do with high kicks is not something I can do. I have ostoarthritis in my fingers, so fingers hurt all the time, my wrist hurt all the time and I've lower back problems. My ankles hurt as well. I've been in 4 car wreaks that have totaled the car one of those was the truck flipped over, 2 of those the emergency response teams were suprised I was alive. I've been in over 8-10 total car wreaks I've seen lots of doctors all they give is pain pills, not a solution. With all these problems, I can still do martial arts, I sometimes in the middle of the class sit down for 15 mins or more, and focus on breathing, you can still practise martial arts with heath problems you just need to be careful. Martial Arts has helped my life alot, it has helped me gain more confidence in myself and a goal to get myself to be in better health. I have studied: American Kempo for a short time Two Hand Broad Sword for several years Fencing (Rapier) for several years Kenjutsu for several years Judo for several years (Off and on) (Judo can be hard for someone with health problems, but I still like judo, so when I tend to feel up to it I keep coming back.) Chen style Tai Chi for over a year My main art: Wing Chun Kung Fu for over 10+ years Every Martial Art instructor I have I tell them my health problems, and if they are unwilling to work with them, I leave and go find a diffrent instructor. When I don't feel good or when I start to not feel to good, I'll either just take a break in practising, then practise my breathing while sitting down. Practicing breathing and focuseing on it can also help make you feel better. Learning is not fast and not easy but it's worth it. I'm thankfull I don't have heart problems, but I have a friend that does, and they have had less problems since they started martial arts. He says that it has changed his life alot.