My son got a trophy at a full-contact karate competition My ten-year-old son got a trophy at a full-contact karate competition, finishing in the third place. His last opponent was strong, I admit, but I think if my son had been a little more eager to win to the last minute of the match, he could have beaten his opponent. My son gave up too easily. This match gave him a good lesson. He said, “Next time I want to win. I will practice more.” In full-contact karate, players kick or punch their opponents actually. So I did not allow my son to start full-contact karate at first. I thought it was dangerous and would not give good influences to my son. But I allowed my son to start it , after I talked with karate instructors and saw how karate lessons went on. I believe he will learn many things from karate.