Cool pics Cecil!!!
KS- while the picture I posted was "sort of for shock value"
the fact is all three of my boys started formal martial arts training when they were 5 with my martial arts instructor
I continue their training myself.
My oldest is starting the path of weapons training. He will soon be 13, a few months before he turned 13 I allowed him to purchase his first pellet rifle. I have been teaching him proper weapons handling, firing, site adjustment on the pellet rifle and for his 13th birthday I plan on purchasing him his first .22
His maturity is there for this
I will do the same for my other 2 boys providing their maturity level is there also.
Once the .22 is mastered and I think they have the concept of firearms safety firmly grasped, then I will start them on a recurve bow, then compound bow.
They already have basic instruction escrima (short stick fighting).
After the recurve bow will come long bo (staff techniques)
Then I will start on their handling of edged weapons. (sharpening, care, fighting techniques) this of course will not come until around the age of 15 or so.
I do of course spend a lot of time with them on school work, and computers stuff. I had my oldest build his first computer when he was 11. I bought all the parts and laid them on a table and said here is your computer, put it together. And I taught him what was what, where things go, what they do etc etc.
In the summer time our family spends a lot of time together at the lake, or the pool.
I have taken my scuba gear in the pool and taught them how to buddy breath at the deep end, they thought that was cool
Yeah, family time is extremely important, and even more so father / son time.
I think a lot of people really underestimate how important it is and how much sons learn from their fathers just spending time with them.
Sons don’t learn from their fathers from the words spoken from the lips, sons learn from their dads by watching their dads, spending time with their dads.
Sons learn how to handle stress and difficult situations by WATCHING HOW DAD HANDLES IT not be "hearing" what they are supposed to do.
My family is my life. And my boys are everything to me.