What%26#039;s the best for my son to start?|||Have your son take an intro class in each. Check into the credentials of the instructors of the one he likes most, and if you are comfortable with the result of your investigation, go with it.
Judo - Similar to wrestling (real wrestling, not WWE) in that grappling and ground fighting are paramount
TKD %26amp; Karate - so similar, to the point of symantic differences. Taekwondo does focus on Kicks (Tae in Korean means to kick), and Karate does focus on hand strikes (Te in Japanese means hand), but they both punch and kick. These punches and kicks have similar application and technique, so again, the differences are small.
So, again, find a school/instructor you and your son likes, then go from there. Style is irrelevant.|||Karate and Tae-Kwon-Do are both striking arts. Tae-Kwon-Do is Korean, Karate is Japanese. As mentioned, Tae-Kwon-Do has a tendency to use more kicks, while Karate focuses more on strikes with the hand. Karate tends to be more simple and to the point, while Tae-Kwon-Do involves more flourish.
Judo is a Japanese grappling art that focuses on throws, joint locks, submissions, foot-sweeps, etc... Apart from a few mixed schools, Judo doesn%26#039;t typically train in blows or blocking them. Some consider it a sport more than a martial art for this reason and its focus on competition between judokas.|||Karate is the art of the empty hand....There are many types like Kempo Karate for one. Judo focuses on throws and holds. Tae kwon do is a Korean Karate that focuses heavily on kicks and blocks.|||Judo is a martial sport that focuses on grappling and throws only. In the self defense version called %26quot;Goshin-Jitsu%26quot;, there are a few strikes taught but I don%26#039;t know if they teach that with a regular class or not. I do know that all schools do not teach it though.
Taekwondo is mainly (but not only) a kicking art and alot of it is pure flashiness unfortunately, but the traditional organizations will teach them more practically. I woulg go for the traditional version rather than the olympic and crappy %26quot;McDojo%26quot; versions. Seriously though, your son needs to avoid an art that teaches high kicks, because doing so in a real fight could easily cause himself to get offbalanced, and once that happens and he falls, he is threw. For a small kid though, high kicks can somewhat help him/her beat a big attacker because they are harder to counter if the child is quick enough and hits the groin area only.
Karate on the other hand, there are so many types that it isn%26#039;t funny at all. I cannot give you any specific info on Karate because there are too many varieties to name off, but I think a Karate school would be better for your son than a Taekwondo school because they tend to be more practical for people who are just starting out in the MA world.
A very good and practial martial art for your son would be one that teaches boxing type punches instead of the traditional karate-type punches, mid-to-low level kicks, something called trapping, intercepting, and all sorts of grappling and throws. This method of training is proven more practical for real life self defense and it can work for EVERYONE.
When I started with martial arts at age 12, I was in an art called %26quot;Dragon Kenpo%26quot;, which was practical and all, but didn%26#039;t teach a proper foundation. So around the same year I slowly drew out of training because I wasn%26#039;t really going anywhere with it. I knew that I had to start all over again because my sensai didn%26#039;t teach any proper guidelines to follow by, so I improved my skill by learning Jeet Kune Do, which is Bruce Lee%26#039;s training method. This really can be learned at home as long as you have the right equipment and a sparring partner who is willing. Years later, I learned some Aikijujitsu methods and throws because I wasn%26#039;t strong and needed a way to defeat stronger people. It is also good for getting out of the line of attacks by using circular evasions and throwing the attacker off balance by blending in with the attack. This method is better than fighting head on with your opponent. Your son can learn this method too because it is VERY practical for starters.
All in all, it is up to your son to decide what to take up. He does need a starter martial art first in order to get some knowledge of how some things work. After that, he can figure out on his own what works for him and what doesn%26#039;t. This is a process and takes some time. Sometimes it takes switching from martial art to martial art to find things that work, because alot of martial arts instructors teach hundreds of techniques, but only a FEW of them you can actually use realistically.
I wish you good luck on helping him find an art that fits him.|||Judo and karate are Japanese, and tae kwan do is Korean. Judo is wrestling style copied from older jiu jitsu. Karate and tae kwan do are boxing styles. In Judo, you throw men. In karate, you punch men. Tae kwan do and karate have the same basic moves my lover says, but there is diffeerent emphasis. I began on karate and ballet when I was 4 years old. My lover has studied many Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Tibetian styles. He is visiting mother now. He could advice you better, but I think karate is good for son. He studied tae kwan do, but I did not. He show me some and it like karate.|||I%26#039;m no expert, but i can say that tae kwon do mostly uses kicks, and can be used for offense and defense both, and studying tae kwon do would make him gain flexibility. It%26#039;s a nice one to start training in martial arts.
Judo focuses on defence, and is very good especially for a skinny guy to defend himself in tough situations (I heard it was invented by someone who was weak and was bullied by others).
Aikido is also a defensive technique, albeit a little more aggressive than judo, i guess. You may want to consider that too.
Don%26#039;t know much about karate, i hope someone else can shed some light on it.
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