mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> CL <flothru@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> John W. wrote:
> 
>> The upshot is that she's becoming comfortably multilingual.  The 
>> downside is that I think I am going to have her spend a couple hours at 
>> the local gym where a friend -- who was once up for the Japan 
>> light-middleweight crown before he lost most of his hearing to mumps and 
>> was disqualified from professional boxing -- has offered to teach her 
>> how to counter some of the bullying she gets from local kids who are 
>> barely functional in Japanese.
> 
> Go with judo; she won't break her hand on some bonehead's face.

On the other hand (sic), we don't want her to end up looking like a 
sweaty fireplug (ever seen the Japanese Olympic womens judo team?) when 
she's 16.  She's asked to learn Aikido and we think that might be a 
better choice ... but a friend who is a top-ranked master says she 
shouldn't start until she's at least ten years old and has refused to 
take her as a student until then.

-- 
CL