Proud Moments for Parents who Practice FMA's

[Donna Barnas]

I have had a few of these. One day one of my instructor took a scarf and put it on my then 3 year old's head and gave her a stick and she looked like this mini Filpino Fighter--it was absolutely darling. Another time while I was working out I see her jumping on the sofa in the den with two short (knife sticks) imitating her momma. But, today really took the cake.

Today my 4 year old daughter was playing with Barbie and she put play clay in her hand so that she was able to take a pencil and stick it into the clay so it would look like Barbie was holding the pencil. Then she looked up at me and Said, "LOOK MOMMY, BARBIE IS GOING TO DO KALI"

My heart is still warmed at the thought of a Kali stick swinging Barbie.

and my daughter's encorperating Kali into her play with her dolls.

 

[judge]

Cool. I like the idea of kids who aren´t afraid of blades/sticks, but see them as a tool and defensive option,of course when they are old enough.
The son (7? years) of my eskrima trainer did "attack" Grandmaster Latosa at the last seminar, that was fun

Also, a woman who is training in my group often takes her daughter with her. That little girl likes to take the padded training sticks and sneak up on our trainer. This usually ends in heavy

fighting...

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"Peace is not without conflict; it is the ability to cope with conflict" - Leo Giron

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[kaliman]

My daughter is going to be 7, i own a school so she is in classes and plays with the kids, at home she will ask, dad can we do martial arts. very cool considering she cant date until she can kick my butt.
My son is 3, he comes into class, stands up front with me and will copy what i do and say to the students like he is teaching. everyone gets a kick out of it. He also runs around dressed like a power ranger with double daggers in his hands and goes through his little routine. Very cool, my dream is they take over the school.

 

[SYK]

That's a cute story.

I think it's good that children are exposed to MA when they are young because then they won't have any "hang-ups" abt defending themselves against bullying or crime when they are older. I remember when I was 7 or 8 years old, I used to get bullied quite badly
by this kid who was about 5 years older than me. After getting bullied, I would hate myself for not being able to fight back. He bullied everyone. Then one day,I punched him twice in the eye and stunned him.

Before that I had never hit anybody before. I had to overcome a large mental "non-violence" and "violence is repulsive" barrier to do it. But after that he never bullied me again. He just continued with the others.

Since then I learned, if somebody takes liberties with you, you have to give it back to them 10 times worse, or else they won't learn. It applies in business as well as MA.
I want to make sure that my own 1-year old never has to go through this sort of rubbish when he is older. Too bad, he's going to learn MA.

Best wishes from SYK

 

[Beethoven]

I have a photo of my proud mother and grandmother watching me sparring at a boxing thing that was held at primary school. I was only 6 or 7 years old and the skills I learnt proved very valuable in the future. This particular school no longer teaches boxing as it is not PC.