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Karate or Tae Kwon Do for kids?
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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If you can only choose between those two, I would prefer karate, mostly because later in the sporting career tae kwon do becomes excessively violent (to the point of complete knockout and worse) whereas karate remains softer.
But at a young age, the spirit and the style of the dojo are much more important, so try both and then choose the one that has a better feeling.
My son attended a different variety at that age, and we hoped there would be focus on discipline and spirit - but there was none at all, it was just about kicking things. Very bad trainers with no people skills. So we took him out from that again. Turns out swimming was his thing - just had to discover it.