cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51050233
Hi everyone! So, my niece is alsmost 6 years old and is very energetic and generaly active as a child. Her parents are thinking of sending her to either Karate or Tae Kwon Do, both for physical and spiritual exercise and development. Which one do you think could fit better for her age and also considering she likes it which is better in the long term?
It depends a lot by the style and the trainer. I was training Go-Ju style Karate for 9 years and had a positive experience, while I had a negative one with a different style years before. All martial arts has a lot of different styles that can be very different between them. In my opinion the important thing is to find a school that doesn’t have too much people and where she can be actively followed by the trainer. Then, it also depends if you are looking for a sport/competitive experience or something more traditional. In my case we were training it as a martial art and went rarely to competitions.