Sports
Finding a Martial Arts Teacher Who Tailors The Martial Arts Class by Keith Pascal
(Contd. from page 1...)
Make sure to:
* Watch a class or two. How does the teacher deal with other big students?
* Ask the teacher how you will be trained specifically to use your size to your advantage.
* Get a feeling for how you will be treated. Could you fit in here?
* Make sure everyone isn't taught to fight the exact same way, with the exact same techniques. (I am too big too 'fly through the air,' and Kate is too small to grapple with multiple attackers.)
Learn Specific Martial-Arts Strategies:- I suppose if all martial artists were all identical siblings, or clones, we could all learn to fight the same way.
Since we aren't all clones, we have to learn to tailor the art. My 70 year old mother, who has never done martial arts should learn a different set of strategies for self defense than my wife, who has trained in a sophisticated martial arts style since she was 15 years old.
I will employ different tactics than my young daughter.