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Looking for an extra-curricular activity for your little one? Why not try cage fighting? Of course, it may be illegal in 49 states, but if you live in Missouri then you're all set!I'm just not sure what to make of it. When grown men engage in a cage fight, it's a violent match sometimes known as "human cockfighting." Yet some people are encouraging the sport for kids, calling it "mixed martial arts." They claim it's not any different than teaching a discipline like karate or wrestling. My question, then, is why not put them in karate or wrestling?
It does appear to be a safe and controlled environment where adults are standing by to educate, and one mom recently stepped up to defend her decision to allow her son to try the sport. What do you think? Is cage fighting an appropriate sport for kids or do you think it's headed for trouble?
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3-31-2008 @ 11:59AM
ame s said...Oh good Lord! Could that woman possibly be among the most stupid parents on Earth? Yes, I think so. Cage fighting for kids is highly inappropriate.
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3-31-2008 @ 12:59PM
ame s said...I wanted to make sure no one thought I was calling the blogger stupid, lol!
3-31-2008 @ 12:14PM
Jan Bay said...Somehow this strikes me as a completely different thing as teaching children self defense and self-discipline. How insane would a person be to involve their children in something like this? Could this be a group of people that are trying to find their ways around dog fighting and cockfighting laws and are willing to sacrifice kids to get their kicks? Sounds pretty sick to me.
Jan from http://www.unique-baby-gear-ideas.com/
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3-31-2008 @ 3:18PM
eugene said...What exactly is so much worse about cage fighting compared to other full contact sports? A proper fight would have trained participants with a referee. Is this so much more violent than having kids tackling each other in football or punching each other in the face in boxing or wailing on each other with bamboo sticks in kendo, or pinning and attempting limb and bone breaking moves in wrestling? What EXACTLY is the difference here?
A proper MMA style fight would have fighters who have trained in several different forms of martial arts from boxing, wrestling and judo. They're going for the same sort of hits and holds that they would give and receive if they were in any of those sport's competitions. The only difference is now they can mix those skills... so why the uproar about this?
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