Why would I want to start learning karate at 37 years old? Trust me I’ve asked myself that same question over the past couple of months at various points. So, I’ll give the short answer; for my health. I didn’t want to have some of the health problems that seemed to hit different members of my family in their forties. Additionally, I wanted to start my kids on some physical activity to ensure that they would stay healthy even into adulthood. My husband and I have been talking about signing up the family for karate for quite some time. You see, he has taken different forms of martial arts while in college and really wanted to get back into it.
Two things you should know about our family before I go on. My husband and I have two girls and we do everything together. We go grocery shopping together, we do yard work together, we go to the movies together, we go clothes shopping together (that’s right girls, my husband helps me pick out my clothes!), we go to concerts together, etc ... You get the point.
When the Parks and Rec schedule came out, my husband was excited to see that we could all attend at the same time (adults and children in the same class). So, I quickly signed us up for 12 Saturday classes through the Parks and Rec organization and started to think about what it would be like in class.
Oh yeah, that’s me all right in a couple of months. Ok probably not the guy flying through the air. It’s more like the one on the ground going, “Please, please don’t hurt me”.
- Wendy Austin
* Picture was taken of the IMA Demo team on Memorial Day 2006. Click on the image to enlarge it. To view other pictures visit these websites:
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