age requirement

[lasso]

Hello, I'm new here. I was wondering if there are many
people out there that started the martial arts in there 30's or later? Most folks seem to start in there teens and twenties.
I had actually started tae kwon do when I was 25 but after about a year and a half my health had failed me so much that I was forced to quit. I'm in my 30's now and though my health hasn't completly returned to me. When it does I would like to finish what I started. When I was in the class most of the students were teens and I really don't want to be "the old person" in a class full of kids. Are there any "mature" martial arts students out there?

[pesilat]

Originally posted by lasso
Hello, I'm new here. I was wondering if there are many
people out there that started the martial arts in there 30's or later? Most folks seem to start in there teens and twenties.
I had actually started tae kwon do when I was 25 but after about a year and a half my health had failed me so much that I was forced to quit. I'm in my 30's now and though my health hasn't completly returned to me. When it does I would like to finish what I started. When I was in the class most of the students were teens and I really don't want to be "the old person" in a class full of kids. Are there any "mature" martial arts students out there?

I started relatively young (at 8) ... but over the years, I've seen people start at all ages. I've seen people start in their teens, twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and sixties ... most without a day of previous training ... and the few that had had previous training, it had been brief and many years previously.

It's not about age ... it's about perseverance and dedication ... and that's true of any age.

Mike

[darlph]

For the longest time i was the oldest at the school when I started back at 38. Now I'm 46 and there are a few older than I now. Which makes me feel better.

[KarateKid1975]

I started at 24, but in my TSD dojang, there were several in their 30's and 40's. There was even a couple who didn't start till they were well into their 60's. They are second dans now.

In my TKD dojang (both), there is also a lot in there 30's and 40's. The day classes I go to are mostly "mature" folk.

[r4bid]

At my school we just had a 65 year old go up for his blackbelt and I practice almost every time I go with a 47 year old. You may not be quite a flexable or in shape as some of the younger students but you are just as capable of becoming a great martial artist. Just take it slow at first, make sure the instructor is aware of any health problems you have and you should be fine.

[Fuzzy Panther]

I started Aikido when I was 18. My mom started the same time I did and she was 50 at the time. I'm still the youngest person in my class but my mom isn't the oldest.:)

Fuzzy Panther
:Angel:

[markshawn1]

i started at 35 (pain alot of pain) but i love it, i'm even better than most of the young people in my class thats rank higher than me.
just work a little harder and take your aches as they come.

[lasso]

Thank you for the info. At least I feel better now just knowing that when I am able to get back into Tae Kwon Do, I won't I won't be the only "older" person in the class.;)


It means allot to me to get my health back and get that black belt. When my health had declined so much that I had to drop out of the class, I knew all my form but the last one and I was about 4 months from testing to my black belt. I had a red belt to test for before that but I new the form very well, just couldn't handle testing for it. I have been kicking myself for that for years.

[r4bid]

That stinks lasso. I am sure you will get your black belt yet!