Mixed Martial Arts For Children?

this article made me so mad. I can deal with so many things, but opionions based on lack of information is not one of them I train in mma, look at the avtar, that's me in a cage. MMA is a sport, it is tought with saftey and disipline in mind. At no time is there room for ego and aggression. It is like learning to box or wrestle. Well actully it's a combination of both, along with many other diciplines. The training will help keep kids fit and it also builds confidence. As far as letting my kids train, ABSOLUTELY!!!! I encourage it. I will not force them but if one or all want to learn, I have no problems with it. Just like I would not discourage one of the boys from ballet. Any activity that is both productive and good for them is good with me. People really need to learn about the technical side of the sport along with all the rules. As far as this doc saying the kids bones will break, uhhhh, well that can be said with any contact activity. Don't put your kids in baseball, basketball, wrestling, soccer, football, and any other sport you can think of. Here lets be really protective now, just buy them a big TV and video games, so they can do that all day, becomeing lazy and unfit. This is just my take on this.

My husband trains in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). We would definitely allow our children to be involved in it. People who don't know much about the sport are usually the ones that are the first to say how horrible and barbaric it is. It actually teaches discipline. It teaches them that just because they CAN beat someone up doesn't mean that they SHOULD. My sons also play football. I have seen WAY more injuries due to playing football. And check out the deaths due to kids playing baseball. But nobody is up in arms trying to shut down little league. Children have been learning martial arts for years, it is only with the growing popularity of the UFC that suddenly there is all kinds of negative press.

Martial Arts for any child are great. They teach self discipline and respect. When my son was taking Judo and Jujitsu there were kids under five there. My husband had looked into MMA when he was practicing Jujitsu. The person he was training under was on the the Olympic team at one point and tried tp push my husband into MMA. He probably would have done it too if we had not moved back to Louisiana.

I also saw the news report you are talking about and I think it's awful. The kids are placed in a small fenced in area and beat the bazonkers out of each other. Am wondering how these kids will develop later, not only physically but mentally. Has to hurt their bone growth. Will they grow up to think they can fight anywhere they go? This is promoting violence in my opinion. I am totally against it. Self defense is one thing but this isn't the true meaning of self defense, again in my opinion.

My granddaughter joined a karate group at the age of nine, and there were younger children than her there. The disciplines are such that they won't get hurt. They always work on padded mats and are taught how to use the art without harming their oponent. They are also rigorously instructed that the art is not to be used to harm, but in a skilful way, so that the contact is minimal. It's all down to the swiftness of movement, in knocking the oponent off-balance. I think boxing is far more dangerous! Brightest Blessings.

other than my child himself is interested in mixed martial arts and be determined to have a try,i won't encourage him to touch it.you are right,their bones and surrounding sinews are not fully developed,thus easily broken.

I do believe that boys should be able to protect themselves, I certainly wish I could at that age, it would have saved so much bullying that I received. But to this extent I certainly don't agree, 6 is far too young and they could cause themselves irrepairable damage, why put your children in that risk? there are other activities they could get involved with. I certainly wouldn't allow my child to take part that's for sure, but I would want him to be able to look after himself. Especially in this day and age.

I thought of it when my son was young, because he was bullied a lot but then I figured he would turn around and use it on me or abuse it any which way so I never went ahead with it.

I have to agree. i don't have any kids but I would never want my nephew in something like this either. he is still growing and I feel like something like this is very unsafe for yopung kids.

I saw something on FOX news I think it was yesterday, my husband saw it too. Unfortunately, Mixed martial arts for this activity is a misnomer. It is fighting down and dirty. I hate to think what this will teach a kid who is already a bully. This is a nasty activity, with no rules, regulations or governing body (at least to my knowledge) and it is right there with dog fights. This is badness.

I haven't really heard of mixed martial arts sweety so I am not sure what it involves! My brother runs a judo club which runs twice a week with childrens classes before adults ones and my Niamh can't wait to join! My brother however insists that the children must be 7 to join and they are subject to strict discipline - he says it is too dangerous otherwise! If he had any hair left he would be pulling it out as I keep reminding him how close niamh is to being 7 and how much she is looking forward to starting judo! xxx

I haven't really heard of mixed martial arts sweety so I am not sure what it involves! My brother runs a judo club which runs twice a week with childrens classes before adults ones and my Niamh can't wait to join! My brother however insists that the children must be 7 to join and they are subject to strict discipline - he says it is too dangerous otherwise! If he had any hair left he would be pulling it out as I keep reminding him how close niamh is to being 7 and how much she is looking forward to starting judo! xxx

I actually heard this too I don't really remember if it was today or not but I have heard about it recently...them having like their own UFC and I don't really think that thats a good idea because it is teaching kids that you get rewarded for trying to beat someone up and if you win the fight people will be proud of you..and is that really waht we wanna tell our children when they are growing up and going to school that fighing is a good thing...I mean we already have alot of problems now in school without that!!! JHL930

I would not allow my child in such a sport, but there are things much more dangerous then this... I believe that everybody has to know how to defende himself if some crazy get to close.