So I started teaching my four and five year old the benefits of good roots a couple weeks ago and when I see them this passed week they are still at it.
Made a game out of it, they were playing with some wood as if they were swords, and one of them was using a Garbage Can lid as a shield, one of those old metal lids, going back and forth.
I had them take some broom sticks and bash a tree so that they could get some energy out without hurting eachother.
Good form and posture already, but they have always been fast learners, Garretty, my four year old, can beat any grown man at Halo or other shooter game.
I have tried to start backing off on the more physical stuff with my eight year old, there is a lot of aggression there and they have been through a lot, but his form has definitely improved as well, it is obvious he is missing the atmosphere that was provided when I was teaching regularly out there.
I may put some money aside to have him enrolled in a class, but a class where I am not the teacher that way he gets the same atmosphere with a little outside influence from someone I trust.
The more I think about it, the more it becomes apparent that Karate is a good way to break the ice and relate, to get to know one another on a deeper level that words seldom provide.
Getting back to the roots, the feet are always first and foremost to ponder, then working your way up.
Transfer of energy needs a good conduit through which to flow, so mechanics is extremely important at all levels.
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