Martial Arts Family?

I think you misunderstand, I don't want to force anyone to do anything. What's the point? If they don't want to do it then they'll eventually quit, time and effort wasted and probably much grief.

By "introduce", I mean show them what it's about. I want them to see that the flying kicks they do in the movies are really possible. I will show them how it's not magic, only body mechanics and physics and then I'll tell them about chi and "Eastern" beliefs about energy.

Whether they do MA or not is not my business. However I think I want them to be educated about MA, so they aren't naive about it. I think parents should educate children about such things if they can.

My grandfather boxed when he was younger, and was rather good at it, from what I hear. I also have a second cousin who trained in TKD, and *I'm nearly completely positive* she qualified for the Olympic team. She didn't get to go to the Olympics, however, because she got into some mess (like a car wreck or something) and badly injured her knee. But now she's married to a guy who promotes fights for people like Oscar de la Hoya (sp?) and such. Other than that, I'm pretty much the only one.

My dad was a 4th degree black belt in a style of karate that I have long since forgotten the name.

My, two older brothers were in Judo for a year before i started taking lessons.

Almost everyone in my family is against me learning TKD I got kicked out when I reached red belt at 14.

dare we ask why you got kick out? was Roger always coming in and interrupting class by asking you where his dinner was?

That's a pity. Why did they disapprove?

I'm sure that if you want to continue you will find a way eventually. Don't lose hope.

If you have already restarted or started another art, best wishes to you.

My father always said MA is for boys! I got kicked out of the house for dating Roger and telling my younger sister to try to learn MA. After I met Roger I started to learn from his school, and he cooks.

MA for boys??? Rubbish. Some of the best MA practitioners I've ever had the pleasure of training with are women.

My TKD master (5th Dan) is a woman and she's really good at TKD believe me.

The creator of Wing Chun Kung Fu was a woman.

This coming from a guy who has over a decade of training in martial arts.

No offense but your father is a little misinformed.

I told him about wing chun. His response was it was a man dressed as a woman.

I don't mean to pry and you don't even have to answer this but how old is Roger? You are 14 and you are dating him and now you have moved in with him. Just curious.

Well, nobody in my family did any real martial arts but my dad was a wrestler in highschool and at one point was #2 in Ontario, my brother currently wrestles, but other then that I'm the first.

My dad never got heavily into the martial arts. However, he has been a real support to me throughout the years. He was a career military man. His dad, my grandfather, boxed to help pay for his college. I guess the military and fighting do go back a ways in my family. I work with my son some when he shows an interest he goes through spells but he's been around it all his life.

I'm 15 now and Roger's now 16. Yeah I live with him, his grandfather was like a recessive multi-millionarie. Who lived in a trailer from age 50 to 73.

Recessive...like..genes?

Thanks Japangirl for your answer.

Back on the orginal topic, as for Martial Arts Family, I would be the first that I know of. I had my daughter in it as well for a year and a bit but when she hit 12 that was it ... spending time with friends, shopping, talking on the phone, etc. all took a priority.

I wrestled myself through Junior/High School which I found as an asset when taking up Taekwondo blended with Hapkito and Jujitsu.

Who knows, some of my ancestors could have taken martial arts. I'm such a mish mass of people. Father is from England. His mother has English and French background. His father's family are from Canada and their family is from Scotland.

My mother was a little harder as she was a foster child. After extensive tracking and finding family members we found out that her father came to Canada and landed in Vancouver where he settled and had kids. Then when his wife went crazy and took off he gave all of the kids up for adoption. Never found anything on her mother but her father was from Russia. My mother's aunt gave information about the family and it appears there is also Chinese and Mongolian backgrounds.

We all probably have similar mish mashed information making us up.

as far is i know i'm the first to take any training in eatern martial arts when i was younger (judo for a short while and i trained in karate for about 5 years and got to brown belt before i gave up because my dojo overloaded with little kids and i seemed to be doing more press-ups than punches). my uncle was in the army and was stationed in northen ireland through a fair chunk of the 80s i beleive.

right now i'm looking for an Iaido or budo dojo that doesn't mean i have to take two trains to get to it lol. i might do akaido, i'm still deceiding.

As far as i know, i am the only martial artist in my family. I think there is some military history in my family, but i never really find out. i am trying to teach my nephew karate but i am having trouble.

Interesting idea. However, I was and am the first in my family going back 150 years +/-. Basic military training, not included... but aside from myself, nobody I've encountered was a martial artist before myself... after me, who can say

Several were/are teachers though perhaps I need to look more carefully....
Jeff