My turn to brag.. about my kid

[Slargos]

Hampus?

Is that a common Swedish name?  Sounds like something you'd name the main character in a kid's story about a hamster in ancient Rome or something.

I don't know about common and I cannot be arsed to google it (I believe there's a list of how common different names are in sweden, but I know that I will just get myself worked up about Mohammed near the top of the list if I do look at it) but it's not rare and I've known several Hampuses. I think it's one of those names that fell out of fashion for a while, but is making a return now that there is a backlash against "normal" names.

We're seeing a lot of the dazzling urbanite type spelling now, speaking of which. Everyone wants their special little unique creation to be specialer than the rest, I guess.

You squirted out a baby, dumb fuck, it's not the first time in history that's ever happened.

Jeez.

And to clarify, I'm railing against the stupid names, not you, Valdy. 

[Josquius]

Wow, they let kids do martial arts competitivly there
That's awesome. I quit karate when I was a kid because it was just dancing, you never actually learned any fighting.

[Valmy]

Wow, they let kids do martial arts competitivly there
That's awesome. I quit karate when I was a kid because it was just dancing, you never actually learned any fighting.

That's how they roll in those Skandinavian warrior cultures.  They sacrifice to Thor right before the competition.

[Valdemar]

Wow, they let kids do martial arts competitivly there
That's awesome. I quit karate when I was a kid because it was just dancing, you never actually learned any fighting.

In Judo its quite common to have competitions, I think the age limit is 7 at least there was a class for both boys and girls under 25kg.

I know for a fact that there are kids tournaments in judo in the UK as well.

But then, one of the reasons for chosing Judo is that it is not karate or Ju Jitsu in which there are kicking and hitting. Flying feets and hands makes kids competitions harder

I am not sure they allow full combat competitions in Karate or Ju jitsu?

V

[Brazen]

Looks like he doesn't have legs.  Not exactly a fair fight.

More like he's yogic flying:

[Valdemar]

I aim at him being able to this:


V

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wsQE6K3a6s

[Viking]

meh, your kid beat up other kids, keep him away from cats and guns and 30 years from now he won't be CdM.

[Pat]

Wow, they let kids do martial arts competitivly there
That's awesome. I quit karate when I was a kid because it was just dancing, you never actually learned any fighting.

In Judo its quite common to have competitions, I think the age limit is 7 at least there was a class for both boys and girls under 25kg.

I know for a fact that there are kids tournaments in judo in the UK as well.

But then, one of the reasons for chosing Judo is that it is not karate or Ju Jitsu in which there are kicking and hitting. Flying feets and hands makes kids competitions harder

I am not sure they allow full combat competitions in Karate or Ju jitsu?

V

I actually used to do karate (kusanu-ha shitoryu), and when I was 14 I won the district championship combat competition for kids under 15. Not as impressive as it sounds as there are only 3 kusanu-ha dojos in the Stockholm district and I was one of the oldest and some of them were as young as 11 or 12 or something, so I had a bit of an advantage. Not sure what the lower age might have been. But yeah, it was mostly dancing, and it was rare for us to practice fighting, so I quit.

[Valdemar]

meh, your kid beat up other kids, keep him away from cats and guns and 30 years from now he won't be CdM.

Actually, what I'm proud of is the come back after the first loss, and the fact he held onto his decision of joining, even if it was in the B class and -35kg class, despite this being his first tournament.

The fact he can then beat up other kids is ofc nice  but in reality he is far less likely to use it against other kids than the random soccer kid is using a swift kick on an opponent

V

[Grey Fox]

I was a Beast a Tae Kwon Do when I was younger. I think girls killed it for me.

[Malthus]

I was a Beast a Tae Kwon Do when I was younger. I think girls killed it for me.

They beat you up too often?

[Phillip V]

Teach him programming so he can be the next Mark Zuckerburg.