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Want to be a Karate or Martial art Champion? Then you had better start now…
Like any sport, the athlete’s age and experience, determines his ability to become a champion…
…so for all you 30 year olds and older farts who haven’t been training all your lives in the martial arts, well I’m afraid you’ve missed the boat. I should know, I’m 49 and have only been doing Karate for about 4 years.
That’s ok though, it’s still fun to enter small time recreational tournaments put on by your association and see what you can do, besides it’s really fun.
Up until lately, the world of competitive tournament karate and martial arts hasn’t had much of a following outside of Japan and Europe.
With the recent fights in the UFC and in particular the Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz match, a much wider audience, has shown their interest in putting down serious money to watch quality athletes pound it out in what is being perceived as a legitimate sporting event, and rightly so.
The new interest will fuel bigger monetary prizes and lucrative advertising contracts, giving impetus to athletes whose grueling training and dedication rarely ever, except perhaps on an Olympic scale, was actually worth the commitment.
The determination and training that these athletes have to go through is nothing short of superhuman in scale, but the monetary rewards and recognition has always been lacking.
The success of the UFC will have other tournament styles and martial arts associations pulled along behind them, creating more opportunities for martial artists of all styles, to make lucrative salaries and be given more venues to showcase their skills.
So, if you’re young and think that making money and fame on the tournament circuit might be something for you, then you’ll have to develop amongst other things, two very important qualities.
They are a competitive spirit or attitude and relentless dedication to training…
…both of which are huge sacrifices to make for a young person.
But then again, to be crowned champion and handed a 6 figure paycheck, that’s not so bad either…
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