Re: Bankrolling 17 year old kid
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But a youngster who practiced and participated enough in 2 different disciplines to get good enough to be state champion for 3 consecutive years and then YEARS AGO quit because of heavy time commitments in community service , etc. and he is now 17...
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In karate, they had both forms competitions and sparring competitions, and occasionally had "strongest kick" competitions. He had dozens of titles altogether. At least half of them in sparring. He started training at 6. He quit at 11 after seeing Royce Gracie own all of the strikers.
In judo, he started winning titles as early as yellow belt. He quit at purple belt which is the highest belt anyone under 14 can achieve. High school was filled with so much volunteering activities that martial arts was left behind.
He's planning to go back to judo, but I told him he's better off switching to Brazilian Jiujitsu as he is weak in the area of submission grappling.
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