Time more than anything else. She gets home after 5 and it could be 7 or 8 before her homework is done (breaks and all). We would have to find something local for her to take and it would be hard with her schedule. On the other hand, the points you brought up are valid and I do (did) have an Aikido master in the family so I am familiar with the field. Judith took Pa Kua but was a little disenchanted with certain aspects of it but maybe they'll both take something together. Problem is that anyplace they go to will need gender separate classes. It's a modesty/religious thing.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Scott Stewart <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey Mike, > > I'll throw this out there... > Martial Arts classes... > > 1) the physical aspects of a good program will wear her out > 2) I can only speak to Taekwondo schools, but there's a lot of mental > discipline taught, this can and in many cases does roll into the home life, > a good instructor will tie belt advancement to performance at school and > home. > 3) Many kids respond to an authority figure outside of the parental units > and this carries over to mom and dad > 4) there's a tangible goal, black belt, that kids can see. > 5) I've watched my students turn around, as they mature and buy into the > program. > > Hit me off list and tell me where your located, I can see if there's a > USA-Taekwondo school close by (USA-Taekwondo is the national governing > body, > recognized by the International Olympic Committee, for Taekwondo in the US) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
