Quote Originally Posted by Chino View Post
I saw Mar's picture (his sig) with his children wearing boxing gloves and playing around and we were talking about it a few minutes ago. I started wondering, how would you feel if your son told you he wanted to start boxing? How would you feel to see him punch and get punched in the ring? Back flat on the mat, bruised face, etc. Would you encourage or discourage?
I don't have any kids but friends of mine do and I play fight with them all the time. I care about them so I suppose I qualify, if they were good at it and showed an interest I would definitely encourage them. Only if they were really non-athletic would I suggest it's not for them.

I am great friends with a couple who have a 12 year old boy and he is piss poor at everything that involves speed or timing, can't even kick a football straight (unless it's on his XBOX 360) he wanted to try it and I said he would have a tough time.