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 Introduction to Judo 2009-09-16 My son is going to get his first does of Judo next Wednesday. He is too young to do it, but he is going to come and watch me fight. I am interested in what his reaction will be since the outcome of most Judo experiences is pretty violent. Either he is going to see me beat a guy or he is going to see me get beaten. There is the off chance that we fight to a draw, but the way I do things I tend to win big, or lose big, Everyone in the Judo club is eager for him to get a little older and join up, just because he's my son, but they don't seem to understand that I don't want to push him into any sport. I do hope he is active, but I really want him to choose his own thing. I would be really excited if he did something completely different from Judo, like ballet. People seem to think I am joking when I say this but I am really impressed by dancers and their physical ability, it would also be cool if he could get into a team sport, which my personality seems to be completely unsuited for. Should I survive (they have made me team captain again, against my will) I will post an update next week. search tags: judo sports son ballet add comment to post #258 Pat Frm The Past:My son's only 3. Too young for here in Canada as well. I do want to sign him up for Judo at 5 though. Just to give him the experience. And because he'll likely be small, and smart. Knowing how to not get your ass handed too you on the school yard might also be helpful. If he flames out or seems disinterested, well, we'll move onto other things. Like gymnastics, which he's already taken lessons for and loves; swimming, which is the same as gymnastics; hockey, which he is currently obsessed with; or dance, which he is currently infatuated with as well. I hear you on the dance thing. Update:Surprisingly successful at the Judo tournament. Our team was kind of designed to be weak. We used a lot of our younger inexperienced players to give them a chance to experience higher level of tournament so winning the first round was a good sign. I won my first match with a hold down. It was funny because he was small and a good deal faster than me so I didn't want to make the fatal mistake of underestimating him. He was made the team captain for a reason. He went for tomoe nage, which never seems smart to me when my legs are a good deal longer than someone his. But, its a big showy throw and I think maybe thats how he wanted to win. The real problem is that I am not a showy fighter at all. In fact, you could say I am brutishly dull. When he went for the throw I blocked it and we went back to our line. He then went for the same throw again, I think, expecting the worst case scenario of me blocking again. I didn't, it is a big mistake to do the same thing twice in a row in a high level match. This time he went for the tomoe nage and I slipped through his defenses easily knowing where his body was going to be. The look on his face was pretty priceless as he obviously hadn't accounted on me being able to do this so quickly or easily. The hold down was a lock and that was an easy win after that. I even mugged to the kids from my club on the sideline which is a little out of character for me (in Judo). The second fight doesn't have much to describe. We went back and forth, very evenly matched, I got him to tumble about 20 seconds before time ran out so the ½ point was mine and so was the match. Oh, and my son, he didn't seem to notice the actual Judo at all, but he did notice the mats and wanted to get his ass out there and play on them. 
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