[QUOTE=sanjuro_ronin;1158265]As a former judoka I agree
Finding one to fit our schedule, that maybe tricky…[/QUOTE]
I also agree with TT. Judo was the first MA I ever began learning, and it helped me immensely as a kid. At the young age I was introduced into it (10), I was one of those kids who was afraid of fist-fighting/kicking, but felt much more confident at throwing/wrestling. And yes, I found that judo really hardens/toughens the body and mind, and lays a great foundation for future training in other MA’s. If you can find a dojo that fits your schedule, I think judo would be perfect for your daughter’s first MA.
Either that, or take her to some classes and let her choose which one she’d like to start with.
[QUOTE=Jimbo;1158397]
Either that, or take her to some classes and let her choose which one she’d like to start with.[/QUOTE]
yeah? What if she chooses wu-shu, or one of those commercial Shaolin Karotty self-defense we teach five animals birthday party schools? Or one of those that you see on yuotube, with the chik in the Chinese dress with leggings and barefoot, chopsticks in her hair, doing modern dance with a fan schools? What then, huh? What then?
No. Throw her in a Judo school and be done with it.
Training and teaching in todays world is so different from what it used to be. Real apprenticeships were hardcore. You lived with your teacher, or close by and you did a lot for him outside of the art. That teacher became like a godfather. It just isn’t like that so much these days. It must have a huge effect on the arts in general.
This is true in most professions tho. In the west we rarely pass our skills on to our kids anymore. Farmers do still. A few other professions, but not many. Nepotism is like your best friend and your greatest enemy lol. Guess it depends how smart you are and what kind of stock you come from.
however once she does cross over to kungfu, she’ll be able to out grapple everyone in the kungfu school 
