Sunday, November 18, 2012

7 year old Black Belt


Pint-sized Ethan becomes black belt kickboxer at just SEVEN


Teaching a child to kick and punch people from the age of 3 is in my mind is a form of child abuse. Recently I was told of young children as young as 5 competing in Kick Boxing wearing head guards, mits etc  What sort of people want to encourage youngsters to hurt each other and the idea of kicking and punching is about hurting your opponent, The most experience body in the UK when it comes to striking is the Amateur Boxing Association do not allow competition till the age of 11.

Below is a transcript written by Geoff Gleeson Th. Dan Judo, University Lecturer and Philosopher if you can not read this go

http://www.budo-ibf.co.uk/geof_gleeson_9th_dan.htm also have a read of

http://www.budo-ibf.co.uk/an_exploration_into_the_art_of_c.htm


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