What is the right age to practice Taekwondo?

Taekwondo is a sport introduced to China from Korea. It is very different from traditional Chinese martial arts. Because Taekwondo pays great attention to a person's leg techniques, for those who practice Taekwondo, kicking well is the most important thing. And if women learn Taekwondo well, it may also play a certain role in self-defense. But for children who want to learn Taekwondo, at what age is it appropriate to start?

The benefits of learning Taekwondo

The benefits of learning Taekwondo are that it can help exercise your body, make you more polite, improve your self-defense ability, and release negative emotions in life.

1. Exercise. No matter what age you are, you need to exercise to help your body grow healthily. The various kicking, stretching and coordinated arm movements in Taekwondo can exercise children's muscle strength, improve the elasticity of tendons, ligaments and muscles, thereby exercising the body's flexibility and coordination.

2. Be polite. In Taekwondo, "etiquette" is a kind of knowledge and also a kind of learning. Although it is a competitive sport, Taekwondo always advocates the martial spirit of "starting with etiquette and ending with etiquette", emphasizing that one should learn etiquette before learning skills, and learn morality before practicing martial arts.

3. Self-defense capability. Taekwondo involves technical training, which, through constant practice and practice, can improve self-defense capabilities and increase self-confidence, especially for women, which can help them cope with complex social environments.

4. Release your emotions. Nowadays, people are under great pressure in life and cannot release the stress at work. They can distract their attention through Taekwondo, reduce the pressure of life and work through physical exercises, vent their emotions, adjust their psychological balance, and maintain a good attitude towards life and work.

Disadvantages of learning Taekwondo

1. Practicing Taekwondo too much will make your thighs thicker. Taekwondo has many kicking techniques, and the thigh muscles are the most commonly used. It can't lose weight, but at most it can turn your fat into muscle or make it tighter.

2. Improper operation during training will hurt yourself. Practicing Taekwondo requires practicing many movements. Sometimes, improper training can easily lead to accidents, injuries, muscle strains, etc.;

3. It may cause the child to have an arrogant personality. After learning Taekwondo, his or her thinking may change. He or she may feel very powerful and may lose control, causing him or her to become a little arrogant. It may also waste some time, but these are all minor.

4. Taekwondo is not very practical. Many people say that Taekwondo is not a practical martial art. When you meet a bad guy, there is no space for you to display the gorgeous kicking skills of Taekwondo. Moreover, Taekwondo is too prevalent and there are many fakes.

The best age to learn Taekwondo

The best age for children to learn Taekwondo is 7 years old.

Children around 7 years old learning Taekwondo can promote bone growth, exercise muscles, and improve body flexibility, explosive power and the receptive ability of the mind. These are the best times to learn Taekwondo. If children learn during this golden time, they will progress very quickly. Specifically, the best learning age for girls is six to seven years old, and for boys it is seven to eight years old!