a hundred on the redhead with pigtails, please.

*sucks down a soda and hot dog*

I can't see a problem with this.

We allow kids to wrestle at that age. We have pee-wee football. We allow kids to take all other kinds of martial arts at that age.

What's wrong with another physically competitive sport?

Aside from the initial, "OMG THEY'RE FIGHTING!!!!" kneejerk reaction, there's very little in the way of logic to argue against this, given all the other physically dangerous sports kids are allowed to participate in.

AWESOME. Gets Fatty off the couch and away from the Playstation

JC

So now its "How many 6 year olds could you take on in a fight"? This is awesome on so many levels!!!!!

Two kids enter, One man leaves.

maudibjr: Two kids enter, One man leaves.

Sounds like a typical Thursday at the forest preserve for me.

SchlingFo: Aside from the initial, "OMG THEY'RE FIGHTING!!!!" kneejerk reaction, there's very little in the way of logic to argue against this,

Well, the nature of MMA fighting is slightly different than other competitive, even violent sports. But the reality is that many martial arts studios already incorporate this style of training into their curriculum. As long as the contests are closely monitored and padding is worn (as appears to be the case here), there's really no point in opposing kids do this, since kids with this particular set of interests are probably doing it anyway. From what I've seen, though (and this is purely anecedotal), schools that profess to teach "MMA style combat" are filled with strutting asshats carrying monstrous chips on their shoulders who want to prove to the world how badass they are. There are exceptions, of course, but the style does seem to have an inordinate number of these people in it. My concern, with young kids being instructed, is that they're being groomed by such "teachers" to become even worse versions of the same.

Ground and pound Timmy. Make him juice and they'll stop the fight.

I was dominating Jerry

Any kid who grew up with an older brother has already been involuntarily introduced to this sport. I speak from experience.

I get thrown in the penalty box if I do that.

"Hat was attacked maliciously and unprovoked by a gang of babies in West Town Park. When that many babies get together they can be like piranha."

What do you see as "positive" about toddler murder?

um it's easy?

Give them knives.

Stoj: Sounds like a typical Thursday at the forest preserve for me.

So much farking win.

Stoj: maudibjr: Two kids enter, One man leaves.

Sounds like a typical Thursday at the forest preserve for me.



LOL. well played sir. thank you for the laugh. (somebody cue the pic of Paul Giambi (sp?) clapping.

Stoj: maudibjr: Two kids enter, One man leaves.

Sounds like a typical Thursday at the forest preserve for me.

Yeah. At least they don't have to walk out alone.

/poor guy

The first rule of "Garage Boys Fight Crew" is...

FTFA
Two members of the group called the "Garage Boys Fight Crew" touched their thin martial-arts gloves in a flash of sportsmanship before beginning a relentless exchange of sucker punches, body blows and swift kicks.

How can you sucker punch someone when you're both in protective gear locked inside a cage made for fighting??!?

I hope this catches on. Then there might be hope for america after al: a new generation that will kick the crap out of the "snowflake" generation.

Sybarite: Any kid who grew up with an older brother has already been involuntarily introduced to this sport. I speak from experience.

Seriously. My brothers and I beat the crap out of each other, pushed each other out of trees, nearly drowned each other in the pool. Heck, at least these kids get helmets. growing up, the only way you got a helmet was after a sibling (or parent) had beaten you retarded.

1. I have a gigantic 10 yr old son
2. I live in Missouri
3. ???????
4. Profit?

Be a cold day in hell before I recognize Missouri.

/not obscure
//Stoj wins the Farking Day, never mind the thread

Can 6-year olds train in boxing/kickboxing/wrestling/martial arts?

Guess what? Then they can train in MMA.

Subby is just showing (s)he's ignorant of the rules of the sport.

I think this is a great idea.

I also see no problem here.

Seriously. This is a lot less violent and dangerous than so many other things that kids do.

/used to live in Mizzourah

Any of these fighting groups in Austin Texas?

....just curious.

I can appreciate the sweet science that is boxing, but UFC type fights are nothing more than sanctioned street fights. I don't care to watch them.

That's fine. Let them beat the hell outta each other.

Just don't let them see a nekkid boobie! Think of the chid'rens!

FTA: "Bloomer said the fights are no more dangerous or violent than youth wrestling. He watched as his sons, 11-year-old Skyler and 8-year-old Gage, locked arms and legs and wrestled to the ground with other kids in the garage in Carthage, about 135 miles south of Kansas City."

Well, he named the kids Skyler and Gage, so they'll be needing the experience.

Sybarite:

It was my YOUNGER brother that beat me up, once he got bigger than me (around the age of 12). Before that, I could take him, but after that, nature saw fit to let him get taller and brawnier, while I stayed a wimpy girl. Nature is unfair sometimes.

/same brother grew up to be a cheerleader in college, despite not being gay
//other brother took Tae Kwon Do so that he could beat up anyone who made fun of him for taking tap dancing classes

NuttierThanEver: I was dominating Jerry

"But then I found my 'katra'."

"Your 'katra'?"

"Yes. And now, I'm dominating the dojo."

xxBirdMadGirlxx: Sybarite: Any kid who grew up with an older brother has already been involuntarily introduced to this sport. I speak from experience.

Seriously. My brothers and I beat the crap out of each other, pushed each other out of trees, nearly drowned each other in the pool. Heck, at least these kids get helmets. growing up, the only way you got a helmet was after a sibling (or parent) had beaten you retarded.

One time we were at the pond and I threw a glob of frog eggs across it and hit my older, much bigger cousin in the face dead on. When he caught me in the woods he beat me so bad he would probably be put in a home by todays pussy standards. 30 minutes later we are back at the cook out and everybody is laughing at us when we tell them what happened. My uncles were losing it. I had a black eye and fat lip. My cousins one eye was red from the impact of the frog eggs. In short, kids today are pussies.

//sorry kinda hung over and off topic :)

you know else liked to donkey punch six-year-olds?

Pffft, I could seriously kick a 6 year old's ass.

I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground, before I recognize Missourah.

"As a parent, I'd much rather have my kids here learning how to defend themselves and getting positive reinforcement than out on the streets."

Because that's a binary option set: In the fight cage or on the street. What a stupid statement.


/not opposed to youth fights
//oldest brother, oldest cousin
///if we are related, you can call me sensei.

scottywotty: I can appreciate the sweet science that is boxing, but UFC type fights are nothing more than sanctioned street fights. I don't care to watch them.

Actually, there is a lot of science/martial arts behind a high level UFC style fight. However, as with any sport, there have to be rules and adequate officiating.

xxBirdMadGirlxx: Sybarite: Any kid who grew up with an older brother has already been involuntarily introduced to this sport. I speak from experience.

Seriously. My brothers and I beat the crap out of each other, pushed each other out of trees, nearly drowned each other in the pool. Heck, at least these kids get helmets. growing up, the only way you got a helmet was after a sibling (or parent) had beaten you retarded.

Yeah and that's my problem with this: Padding? Rules? Kids in your weight class?

What sort of pansies are we raising these days anyway? In my day, it didn't matter if your older brother was 6years older and 100 pounds heavier; if you wanted that last chocolate chip cookie you had to FIGHT and you Had to WIN.

The agoge had nothing on the 1970's wood paneled basement

Firefly4F4: Can 6-year olds train in boxing/kickboxing/wrestling/martial arts?

Guess what? Then they can train in MMA.

Subby is just showing (s)he's ignorant of the rules of the sport.

I think this is a great idea.

Exactly, however, I don't think it's ever been more obvious than now that the UFC (the mainstream leader in MMA) could use a name change. The name Ultimate Fighting Championship conjures images of extreme violence, when in reality, these days, it's more like the professional MMA league.

I can see good and bad here. My main concern is that the trainers of these children will encourage the kids to be as aggressive as possible, which would encourage aggressive behaviour outside of the dojo.

On the plus side, it's another physical outlet for kids, especially ones that find martial arts to be repetitive and boring.

MMA as it is practiced today (with weight classes, no blows to the back of the head, no groin strikes, no kicking above the waist of a downed opponent, etc) has relatively fewer serious injuries than most other contact sports as can be judged by the career spans of the athletes who compete in it.

It is certainly safer than boxing in terms of head injuries; primarily due to the number of options a fighter has available to him in order to win a fight. In boxing head and body striking is it and the biggest focus is on the head. In MMA there is certainly a drive for knockouts, but the tapout or submission is highly regarded.

People will certainly biatch about this, while their kids get diabetes and myopia from sitting on the sofa eating Ding Dongs and playing PS3.

Dissociater: Exactly, however, I don't think it's ever been more obvious than now that the UFC (the mainstream leader in MMA) could use a name change. The name Ultimate Fighting Championship conjures images of extreme violence, when in reality, these days, it's more like the professional MMA league.


Riiiighhhtt. Cause it has nothing to do with extreme violence.

Just sayin, it is what it is.

Whatever happend to the good ol days where some guy with crazy hair and a bizzare yo-yo type weapon would kill your teacher. Then you would try and fight him and loose. Then you would meet an old man who lived in the woods who would train you in his secret invincible martial arts style. Then you would go kill the crazy hair guy and avenge your teacher.

That is how we did it when we were kids.

scottywotty: I can appreciate the sweet science that is boxing, but UFC type fights are nothing more than sanctioned street fights. I don't care to watch them.

Please explain how you think the current MMA rules apply to street fighting. I'm actually curious why you think that and would appreciate your opinion.

I'd rather see a guy submit to an armbar than get pounded on the head until he falls down and can't get up.

Like they say, old enough to read, old enough to bleed.

Don't see a problem here, but then again Carthage is practically Arkansas which is probably the state that should be closest to getting their own tag.

/live in Missouri

// born in Florida

/Don't ever say Missourah, but know of people who do.

scottywotty: I can appreciate the sweet science that is boxing, but UFC type fights are nothing more than sanctioned street fights. I don't care to watch them.

What was the last MMA fight you actually watched? What happened to convince you that it is nothing more than a street fight? I'm sure you have a good memory of it since it was apparently so traumatic that this memory has stained your perception of the sport to the point where you make inaccurate conjecture here.

Boxing, btw, is only a shade less fake than professional wrestling in most instances.

Magorn: The agoge had nothing on the 1970's wood paneled basement

In the basement of my mother's house there is a serious dent in the wood paneling at the foot of the stairs in the basement. This is where I used it to remind my god-brother that just because he had a learning disability didn't mean he couldn't learn I could take him, it just took a little longer.

And careful and consistent reapplication of violence.

I can still hear that pressboard crack as his skull staved it in. Ah, memories.

Firefly4F4: Can 6-year olds train in boxing/kickboxing/wrestling/martial arts?

Guess what? Then they can train in MMA.

Subby is just showing (s)he's ignorant of the rules of the sport.

I think this is a great idea.

the article doesn't say TRAIN in MMA, it says "PARTICIPATE" in MMA EVENTS. And as the article points out, in most states this is misdemeanor child endangerment.

laregely because MMA isn't precisely a "sport"; well okay, an "entertaining Sport" to anyone who isn't a "latent homosexual"

Barnstormer: Like they say, old enough to read, old enough to bleed.

It's Missouri, they don't read at that age in Missouri.