I can attest to the father/son special times! My first son from my Filipina ex wife is now 19 in NJ but when he was 3-7 he trained with me under one of my three masters in Dallas. By the time he was 6 my Shaolin master had sawed the spear in half for him, and he became quite good with that and the initial crane and eagle movements. Currently, my 10 year old from my second ex wife here in Houston has trained with me the last two years with Sifu Jeff Bolt and learned a monkey form from my Shaolin master as well as a fan form, two long fist forms, and fighting apps as well as grinning whenever we train together. As long as it is fun for him, I will not force him to compete like I did for a long time. I want him to pick up the confidence, self discipline, and joy I have received from it over the last 29 years.
My Ying Jow master once told me that to learn the true movements of breathing and moving, to work out with or watch children....martial arts is just an adult attempt to get back to the child state of purity in thought and in movement....the father becomes the son becomes the father, even in the martial arts!  |