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Mixed Winnipeg Martial Arts is the fastest growing sport in North America at this time. It's on TELEVISION, it's on peoples clothes, it's on the game consoles and the action figures are in the toy section at the department store.
Now when the topic of Young ones doing MMA pops up, it is only natural that many people cringe a little, and rightly so. The thing most people know of this sport may be the top level of professional athletes and the rules used at that level, that is definitely not something kiddies must be doing.
But the truth is, most people trained in MMA should never be going to fight in a professional match. The majority of adults that are entering competitions won't compete under those rules. Like other martial arts that involve striking there exists a wide range of rule sets from amateur up to professional.
What exactly is "safe" for kids to do in the fighting techinques has been more successful over many years. Kids doing Martial Arts Winnipeg don't do anything that hasn't been getting done in Karate, Judo and Wrestling classes for years. In fact , they often times do less of the riskier aspects. They cannot kick to the head plus they do not get extra points for high impact throws and takedowns.
A lot of the bad reputation MMA gets is a lack of experience with it, specially at amateur levels and with what actually happens in class. MMA classes are fun, they are safe, plus they are an extremely intense workout. The final thing any gym owner wants is injuries, and after more then ten years of teaching I have yet to see a young child with anything close to a serious injury.
Drawn in a similar context consider our national sport. Players skate around on ice with blades on their feet slamming one another into one another, the boards, swinging sticks around and engaging in bare knuckle fist fights in almost every game. If all you could knew of hockey was seeing several professional games, you could easily come away with a very negative perception, and cringe quite hard at the considered kiddies playing the game. But just about everyone has played the overall game at a amateur level in a few form, even if it was just through gym class in school. We know that what happens on television is not just like what are the results in a game played by 8-year olds.
But aren't we just teaching children to hurt each other?
Absolutely not. We are teaching them the exact opposite, how exactly to not hurt one another, and how to keep themselves from getting hurt.
Young ones training in MMA are training with friends, under close supervision. Safety and self-control are always top priorities. Deliberately causing injury just isn't tolerated in training and competition. Athletes aren't only responsible for their own, but also their opponents safety. They're required to remain calm and act intelligently at all times. Anger and attempts to hurt others usually do not lead to victory in this sport, they lead to defeat. Alternatively athletes must develop the capacity to remain calm under some pressure, to be patient and also to act intelligently and strategically and to show good sportsmanship in victory and defeat.
As they progress they learn leadership skills, helping younger and less experienced children with techniques and strategy. Young children helping the others beat them in training is a amazing thing to see, and a great show of humility and respect. Yet every son or daughter that trains will do it because they gain experience. They'll figure out how to value helping new students and younger students succeed is more valuable then "easy wins".
To top it all off Martial Arts demands a very high standard of conditioning. Every muscle is employed, out of every position and in every direction possible. The work-out is intense and in a time of declining conditioning being associated with exercise program is very important for healthy living.
