What should I look for from a Good Karate class?

I want to take Karate with my 11 year old daughter. What questions should I ask of the studio?


What should I expect in enrolling in a class?|||Hi - I teach Okinawan Martial Arts - aka - Karate.





As someone before mentioned - if there is a high number of black belts - especially younger kids... stay away.





Look for direct lineage to one of the major branches from Okinawa.





If I knew your location, I could point you in the right direction. I realize many are skeptical about posting their location openly - you can send it to me via email.





There are several others here that can also help you but most are people with no real knowledge of martial arts just giving uneducated opinion.





You should look into Judo, Jujutsu - not the Brazilian kind, but the more complete Classical Japanese. Classical Chinese Arts - not the Internal Arts, as kids should learn External Martial Arts if Chinese becomes the choice.





Good luck.|||Depends what you are looking for:





If you are mainly focusing on fitness: Then any class is as good, kick boxing or a competition based Taekwondo or Karate.





If you are mainly focusing on self defense then you need to go to a NON-competition based school. Go to a traditional martial arts school. You will get proper self defense technique there.





If you are looking to foster discipline, motivation and respect in your daughter, then definately a traditional school with a good instructor. Speak to the instructor and ask him/her what they value in life. Don%26#039;t go to a place where there are thug-looking people. And find a place where there is a strict code of conduct, like bowing to the instructor and other forms of basic etiquette. You might think that etiquette is silly in this modern age but if a kid can%26#039;t follow etiquette for its own sake then a kid wont be disciplined in future.





So the best all round martial arts school for self defense, fitness, discipline and good social environment is a traditional respectable school. Don%26#039;t be afraid to shop around.|||first off find out how many black belts the school gives out, because if it is a high number then stay away, that school is a mcdojo.





find out how long the sensei has been teaching and how long he has been a black belt, the longer the better usually.





also asking around at different schools would be helpful|||Put him in Judo.|||Lot of kick and flips