That is an excellent point! If you're going to homeschool, probably a good idea to train your kids in various forms of fitness/self-defense/badassery... just in case!

It was really for physical education...the question posed by my parents was "Tee-ball or karate?" Needless to say that most six and seven-year-old boys have ninja aspirations.

It was a source of discipline, and the dojo was one of my main social groups growing up through every sort of school.