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The difference between this and boxing is: boxing has been around for many many years and a code of conduct and rules have been drawn up to protect these youngsters, like wearing head guards!!
Boxing and other martial arts have been proven to be a safe sport for youngsters to participate in.
As for the argument, Its better to be doing this than in a back street mugging old ladies or fighting is a ridiculous one, they are not compelled to be one or the other!!
Boxing and other martial arts have been proven to be a safe sport for youngsters to participate in.
As for the argument, Its better to be doing this than in a back street mugging old ladies or fighting is a ridiculous one, they are not compelled to be one or the other!!
I likes this - lol
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flip the difference is that in boxing it is properly regulated and they have protective headgear etc for children so young. The whole atmosphere was wrong for kids, half naked women parading round, baying adults, poor kid in the video crying and stressed. Anyway apparently the police are looking into it according to the BBC news this morning.
Naomi asks about their parents' brains. Well after seeing one of them on the news this morning all I can say is they don't have any.
nudgescuffler, yes, it has been all over the news, so DM off the hook this time.
Naomi asks about their parents' brains. Well after seeing one of them on the news this morning all I can say is they don't have any.
nudgescuffler, yes, it has been all over the news, so DM off the hook this time.
So a form of violence that encourages punching the head (which, granted, is protected), the face (which isn't protected) and the body (which isn't protected) is acceptable, but a form of violence where punching is against the rules is unacceptable?
There are just as many baying adults at ABA bouts as there were in the pictures on the news.
There are just as many baying adults at ABA bouts as there were in the pictures on the news.
They are not allowed to kick or punch before the ages of 14/15. The moves the children are doing in this article are wrestling moves. Like I said, how this is portrayed is distasteful, but I have no problems with children being taught wrestling.
The baying adults is barbaric and the cage is ridiculous. But these children are not knocking each others brains out.
The baying adults is barbaric and the cage is ridiculous. But these children are not knocking each others brains out.
I agree with china; the setting isn't entirely appropriate for children but I see nothing wrong with allowing children to learn to grapple/wrestle. And for those who think MMA is barbaric there have; according to Wikipedia; been a grand total of 2 deaths due to injuries sustained in MMA matches compared to 39 in boxing.
MMA is like watching paint dry. Two (apparently) high skilled fighters that hold black belts in several disciplines spending 20 seconds dancing around before going to ground and cuddling each other for the rest of the round.
TBH I'd rather watch Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks on a Saturday afternoon.
TBH I'd rather watch Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks on a Saturday afternoon.
As you point out ladybirder, the social pressures on these children are the root of the issue here.
Equating violence with masculinity has gone on since time began, and in some areas of today's society, men wish to display their own 'pride' by being seen to raise children who are though enough to fight and win.
The pressure on the child is therefore twofold - a fear of being seen as 'soft' by his peer group, combined with a feeling of 'letting down' his father by not coming up to perceived expectations. And that's before we get into the physical dangers involved in this type of activity.
As always, education is at the root of the solution. Children should be learning that being pysically stronger and more brutal than other children is not a badge of superiority, and this culture of violence should be outlawed.
The defence by one father, that his son would be 'throwing stones at buses' were he not busily engaged in inflicting physical damage on another child for the edificiation of adults who should know better, really says it all. These people really believe that this activity is preferable to what they perceive as the only alternative - vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
This is wrong on so many levels - as in fact is boxing, for all its regulation and 'protection'/ A sport where the stated aim is the brain damage (hopefully temporary) necessary to render an opponent unconcious has to have no placec in a civilsed society.
This activity does not even have that iffy justification - there is no safety code, it is visceral violence involving children as entertainment, and it should be banned. Now.
Equating violence with masculinity has gone on since time began, and in some areas of today's society, men wish to display their own 'pride' by being seen to raise children who are though enough to fight and win.
The pressure on the child is therefore twofold - a fear of being seen as 'soft' by his peer group, combined with a feeling of 'letting down' his father by not coming up to perceived expectations. And that's before we get into the physical dangers involved in this type of activity.
As always, education is at the root of the solution. Children should be learning that being pysically stronger and more brutal than other children is not a badge of superiority, and this culture of violence should be outlawed.
The defence by one father, that his son would be 'throwing stones at buses' were he not busily engaged in inflicting physical damage on another child for the edificiation of adults who should know better, really says it all. These people really believe that this activity is preferable to what they perceive as the only alternative - vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
This is wrong on so many levels - as in fact is boxing, for all its regulation and 'protection'/ A sport where the stated aim is the brain damage (hopefully temporary) necessary to render an opponent unconcious has to have no placec in a civilsed society.
This activity does not even have that iffy justification - there is no safety code, it is visceral violence involving children as entertainment, and it should be banned. Now.
