Mom making me DO WEAK OLD KARATE HOW TO I CONVINCE HER TO LET ME DO BOXING?

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ME and my mom got in a huge argument overs martial arts?

I have studied a mixed martial arts stystem thats teaches aspects of jujistu ,akido,judo.boxing,kung fu,kendo,arnis, capoeria and tae kwon do. But every since the sensie that orignally taught me left to start his on dojo this dojo has become sloppy and horrible run. Im 13 years old and im training with 4 and 5 year old. IM still learning the same old thing im testing for my yellow belt next week i should get it with no problem. My mom is upset i am a yellow belt after two years i really dont care about belts. I am mad because i am training with lil kids 4 and 5 years old and the dojo is horribly cramp. Anyways since we are moving my mom found a karate dojo in the area. I observed one class my mom thinks they are so good because they have 6 year old black belts. BUt those six year old blacks belts can barley do basic kicks and have never been hit before in thier life. I want to get into mixed martial arts some day

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and my mom talked to the karate sensie. She told him i did jujistu recently and karate when i was a baby . I dont really remember doing karate as a baby but she has pictures. Any ways the instructor said that they do a little bit of jujistu to. I told my mom that karate is a weak art and is the most unpracticle martial arts system. Then she said to stop bashing other martial arts. I told her before i want to do martial arts for sport not self sefense. BUt i guess she had no idea what i was talking about because she was thinking about sighning me up for basketball untill i told her just sign me up for martial arts. My mom honestly dosent know anything about martial arts and at the dojo she signed me up for they have about 9 , 6 year old blacks belts. Thier is a boxing gym 15 minutes away from the karate center . I told my mom i wanted to do boxing and she said the instructor could make me a black belt in a year since i already have martial arts training. I told my mom i wanted to do

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boxing because they do good conditioning we spar alot i get to release all my agression i have stored inside in the ring. I get to lift weights thier. My friend i know went to this boxing gym i lie to you not this guy was fat out of this world 6 month later this guy had muscles on top of his muscles and had a six pac. Everyone instructor at the karate dojo is fat and overweight. I already sent my mom a letter reguarding the boxing gym and other schools i am intreasted in here is what is said

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Club (CYBC) is proud to announce, the opening of our very own boxing facility in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. We plan to open up the gym sometime in October and will keep you posted with an with an exact date on our web site.

CYBC will be accepting applications for our 13 week structured youth program, which not only emphasizes emphasizes introduction to the basic skills of boxing, but also includes life skills, such as nutrition and anger management and much more. Please view our open gym membership program by following the appropriate links.

Please keep in mind, that all members will be required to register with USA Boxing, in order to participate in our boxing program. Registration fee and membership prices will be posted on the CYBC applications and will be handled by the CYBC general gym manager.

CYBC boxing gym will be located in the lower level of La Villita Community Church, exact address is 2300 S. Millard Ave. on 23rd and one block west of Central Park Ave

Answer 1

this is my answer : about the youtube videos the first guy showed u,... the guy who fights on the street is very impresive, about the boxing vs karate,... the boxing guys had the advantage to wear gloves wich help them in the punching and the blocking area, if they would be fighting without gloves the kicks would hurt them way more than punches, i am not a karate fan, but i practice jet kune do , what ever you use in any situation or fighting style you want to practice you have to make it YOURS  (the style) not you try to become the style , thats way those karate guys didnt make it, when you fight you have to use what you need from the style not to try use everything to see what works,.. the guy who beated the other 2 guys in the video did what you can do succed with any style, and those are,... be fast, think and act first, dont let them seattle anything, and dont be afraid, and also never hesatate, if you do these you can succed just like that guy even if there is more than 1 guy against you, you better practice jet kune do , it teaches you many styles together, and its very explosive.

Answer 2

1st) Dont post your entire story, the reason you arent getting answers is because nobody wants to read a wall of text.

2nd) Show her this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1kqDgiZA... (which shows Karate VS Boxing fights)

3rd) Show her this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7KTPvT6O... (which shows what boxers can do in real life situations)

4th) Explain to your mother that black belts doesnt equal being able to fight someone off safely because the moves are unnatural

5th) Compromise ?

Take Karate for 1 month if she agrees to sign you up for Boxing for 1 month later, let her see the results hands-on.

Answer 3

your question is way too long to bother reading all of the details. just tell her how it important it is for you to learn to box rather than take karate. if your mom sees this is something you want to learn and you have a passion for it I'm sure she would agree. especially if she had agreed to already let you learn karate. (btw karate isn't week if you have a good instructor. it is difficult to find such an instructor in the united states as most are commercial schools.)