Novice Karate Group (ages 8 & up)

In Yellowknife I started tai chi two winters ago in a community hall, because outside was minus 35. Next year I move home to Antalya and I want to continue. Two options I see:

Park in the morning: the flat I bought in Lara is two streets from a long park by the sea, I chose it on https://turk.estate/en/ partly because of that park. At 6am in summer it is already 27 degrees but there is a breeze and there are old men doing exercises already.

Indoor class: there is a studio in the centre with aircon, three evenings a week, 25 minutes by tram.

For teachers and students here: for a beginner, is it better to have a teacher who corrects you, or to practise every morning alone with videos and the sea next to you? My knees are not twenty anymore.

Greetings from Bali. My son Komang is nine and I am forty one, and this year we decided to start martial arts together, from zero, both of us. Next summer we spend a year in Portugal for my wife's work, so I made a small plan for us:

• autumn: basic stretching at home every evening, ten minutes, no excuses

• winter: a beginner class here in Sanur, father and son on the same mat

• summer: we move to Faro, the apartment is already bought after a few evenings comparing towns on https://global-property.investments/ over the Algarve map

• autumn after: find a club near the new place and continue

The part I am not sure about is the same class. Instructors here, is it a good idea for a parent and a child to train side by side as beginners, or does the kid progress better alone?