Ben had his first Judo class tonight. He had wanted to do karate, which I prefer as well, but the dojo down the street is good, cheap, traditional, and doesn’t do karate until a child is over 17. Not sure what that’s all about, but rather than drive him across town, I enrolled him in Judo.
He was a bit disappointed there was no kicking or hitting involved, so I decided to show him some videos of Judo matches on YouTube so he could get the idea. Well, that ended up being a bit boring, because honestly, karate is just bad-ass and a lot more fun to watch. There were several videos comparing the different types of martial arts, and those were pretty fun, so I did a Karate vs. Judo search and came up with this great video. I mean, it’s totally wordless and short, but it convinced Ben — Judo’s pretty bad-ass too.
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