by Lloyd Fridenburg

A common question that parents wrestle with is what age is best to enroll their children in martial arts. It's not uncommon for a head instructor to get calls from parents wanting to enroll three year olds so they can learn to defend themselves. Some parents, and even some instructors, share the view that no child under the age of 10 to 12 should be allowed to enroll in the martial arts. The real answer is that it depends on many factors...

The Ask a Ninja ninja tells the Mythbusters what they should really know about ninjas. He is also convinced Jamie is a robot.

Where the ruler is mum, mum,
The people are simple and happy.
Where the ruler is sharp, sharp,
The people are wily and discontented.

Bad fortune is what good fortune leans on,
Good fortune is what bad fortune hides in.
Who know the ultimate end of this process?
Is there no norm of right?
Yet what is normal soon becomes abnormal,
And what is auspicious soon turns ominous.
Long indeed have the people been in a quandary.

Therefore, the Sage squares without cutting,
carves without disfiguring,
straightens without straining,
enlightens without dazzling.