Am I to old to learn martial art / capioera?
chamar_h asked:
I’m a 29 year old male in very good shape and have always been athletic (track, basketball. etc) I recently have found interest in taking the martial art capioera. There seems to be a lot of jumping flipping and other things associated with this art. I’ve never taken any type of gymnastic before in my life. But I think if take a basic tumbliing class it will help me progress a little bit more once I begin to take capioera. I can to a cartwheel all day long. My question is, is 29 years old to old to learn how to do backflips and frontflips.
Sebastian
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I’m a 29 year old male in very good shape and have always been athletic (track, basketball. etc) I recently have found interest in taking the martial art capioera. There seems to be a lot of jumping flipping and other things associated with this art. I’ve never taken any type of gymnastic before in my life. But I think if take a basic tumbliing class it will help me progress a little bit more once I begin to take capioera. I can to a cartwheel all day long. My question is, is 29 years old to old to learn how to do backflips and frontflips.
Sebastian
March 2nd, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Leah
No, you are as young as you want to be.
March 5th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Audrey
no way, just join now before you wait another year, and regret not joining now when you’re 29. By next year you could know your way around the Roda.
March 8th, 2010 at 6:00 am
Ryan
you’re never to old to learn capoeira or any other Martial Art. I took up Wushu when I was 27, and to be honest I wasn’t in half as good shape as I was when I was in my early twenties.
To be honest I would go to the Capoeria class first, then once you have progressed onto doing the flips, hand stands ect, then if you need it you can do your tumbling class. – they may teach you a different way to do this while studying Martial Arts, as they have done with me. – or you may find that you don’t like capoeira.
So in a nutshell, go to the classes first, and see what they say and how you feel.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:19 am
Angel
I started at 30. Sure, some of the 15 year olds are better at the flips, or have a more flexible spine – but I keep up rather well I think. That first month was god-awful though
Prior to Capoeira, I had no experience in tumbling – except for ukemi from throwing arts. Which really doesn’t have that much in common.