cage fighting kids

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anybody see the news ,kids as young as 8 cage fighting ,what next .i know many yobs have trophy dogs pit bulls fighting in a cage , but now because thats banned they are putting there kids in a cage insted . it interveiwed a family you could see what they were like .yobbos.
 
:ditto: but what can be said in defence of the spectators :sad:
 
Was it staged within a circle of grubby caravans?

No it was the Greenlands Labour Club in Preston:sad:
 
Watching the interviews with the parents & the organisers was a depressing experience, and not one that indicated a happy future for the children.

Dezi.
 
If this had been children with boxing gloves and helmet on trying to knock the living daylights out of each other, as per the Queensbury rules, then it would be OK? As it is it was wrestling which would be a lot safer.

I am appalled at some of the previous comment that come to weird conclusions based on total assumptions.
 
I don`t see how one person causing deliberate harm to another person in the name of sport can ever be defended. Then to encourage young children to do it takes barbarism to its lowest level.
 
I would be interested to know what kind of kicks the adults who watch these fights get from them. I do believe that it could verge on peadophillia.
But despite all the comments from the parents etc., defending this so called sport. Boys of that age have not yet developed either physically or mentally and are not able to make proper considered decisions for theirselves. So IMO they are being put in danger. There are loads of other sports that they can do to get rid of their excess energy.:mad:
 
"pleadophilla". Get a grip!

Yes there are far better sports, like football. Learn how to kick your opponent without being seen. Fall
down and act like you are dead so you can get your opponent red carded. Harass the ref when you do not agree with a decision. All good character builds for today.
 
shortcircuit said:
"pleadophilla". Get a grip!

Yes there are far better sports, like football. Learn how to kick your opponent without being seen. Fall
down and act like you are dead so you can get your opponent red carded. Harass the ref when you do not agree with a decision. All good character builds for today.
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Think what you like but why would any adult in his/her right mind want to watch two very young children fight? Then perhaps you like this sort of thing. I Don't and would not want that sort of person near my children/grandchidren.
 
As someone who has been involved in various martial arts for over 30 years (i was 5 when i started), i can say that there is NO WAY any responsible club would allow kids of this age to engage in full contact bouts. I teach Kempo Ju-jitsu and Arnis to adults, and karate to children and there are many ways for children to train in martial arts without risk (semi contact for example). At that age, bones are not developed and this kind of thing can (and does on a regular basis) cause deformities and permanent damage. I don't even allow juniors to use the punchbags for that reason.

I also don't recall anybody saying that boxing is ok for this age group. In my opinion, that is no better. Hand and wrist deformities and arthritis in a child are not acceptable risks. And anyone who thinks "cage fighting" or "MMA" is the same as wrestling is deluded. In sport wrestling, it's all about grappling, takedowns and holds - no strikes allowed (and in my opinion this still shouldn't be practiced by minors for the reasons outlined above), and TV wrestling is a pre-arranged show which is again only performed by adults.

The football argument has also been offered out of context. Deliberate fouling and faking injury are mainly the habits of adult footballers, not children. Any coach worth his salt cracks down on that kind of stuff.
 
I have passed no views as to the rights or wrongs. What does concern me is the blinkered views posted here concerned with this sport when there are other equally physical type sports and to suggest it is peadphilla is way out of order.

I have once attended a boxing dinner at which there was a boxing exhibition from the local boxing club. Was I impressed by the supervision of these youngsters as there was no way they were going to get hurt. Unfortunately many of our youngsters today spend hours and hours playing video games or watching tv. Surely any supervised sport that gets them away from this has to have benefits
 
Social divide

Any sport has the potential to disable people, horses for courses as usual here, depending on social division. Least we not forget, Rugby is one example of a sport that manufactures young cripples and even kills them. Let us also include horse riding, plenty of cripples and death in our posh youth, shall we ban them. For the poor it was easy to kill off blood sports, it takes a further hundred years or so for the posh peoples blood sports to be made illegal. Death and disablement follows many sports where children take part but it depends on which side of the 'Class Divide' that the threats of bans take place!
 
shortcircuit said:
If this had been children with boxing gloves and helmet on trying to knock the living daylights out of each other, as per the Queensbury rules, then it would be OK? As it is it was wrestling which would be a lot safer.

I am appalled at some of the previous comment that come to weird conclusions based on total assumptions.
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Adults encouraging children to fight for their own gratification? It's child abuse. oops there I go jumping to weird conclusions based on................ah.......experience...training...stuff like that.
 
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