What age did you start Jujitsu?

[Sean 448]

I began learning Jujitsu last year I'm still 15, I wish I'd started much earlier. Just wondering how old you guys were when you got started and how you think that has affected your learning?

[thauma]

42   !!!

[Hirsty]

I started MA training at about 15 (Ju Jitsu about 18).  I don't think age was as important as maturity level.

[captaintau]

I think a more appropriate question is "at what age did you start training in Martial Arts?" Thauma, be honest, what age did you start?

I started training in Lau Gar in 1990, aged 11. I started Jujitsu in 1994. I turned 34 this past weekend. I wish I'd started sooner.

If maturity is an issue, then I've barely done a single session!

[Sean 448]

You're absolutely right captaintau, the more I read on this forum the more I see it as a general martial arts forum.

Hirsty makes an interesting point regarding maturity. There are folks in my club ranging from well into adulthood with families o my sort of age that have this attitude that is less about understanding the basic principles of a technique then applying it in different ways and more about learning the cool stuff. They generally don't stick at it that long but that could just be the way the class is taught (different story   )

[nry]

15....a scary 21 years ago!

[Blackbelt007]

Started in MA aged 4 now 32. Really feeling ukemi these days!

[Genghis]

18, nearly 25 years ago.   There's about 7 years break in total, but still 18 years training.  Several arts, but Jiu
Jitsu has always been at the core of it.

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[rne02]

I was about 8 for a guess when I did Judo, but it didn’t last. I have no idea why.  Dabbled with Karate a couple of times in adulthood, but it never lasted more than a couple of years.

When I was 37 I got the bug again, being a little bit more mature decided this time to do things properly.  I found out every single different class and style that was available in my area and spent time researching them and deciding which would suit me best.  Eventually I decided to try Ju-Jistu .  Circumstances however dictated that I could actually go to my first class until I was 39.  Been training for three and a half years now and rarely miss a lesson, still enjoy it thoroughly.

[thauma]

I think a more appropriate question is "at what age did you start training in Martial Arts?" Thauma, be honest, what age did you start?….

  OK - caught out, Judo at 13, and dabbled in Judo (BJA, BJC, IKJ and Zen) depending on where I was living thru to an ancient 41, also tried Karate, KungFu and Aikido, but only really got on with Judo, until  I discovered jitsu at 42, although I which I'd found it way wy back as it is so much more satisfying (for me at least)

[Fluffy_the_happy_lobster]

ma, about 8 I think (karate). Jitsu at 18. Now 36.

[Daftbugger]

I started JJ at 22, with a couple of years of TKD before that.

[Dave Baker]

Started Martail arts at 8 (mainly Nunchaku and Yawara/Kubotan) and Ju Jitsu 14