Dad Who Let Daughter, 8, Kickbox in Aussie Match Has Fight on His Hands

There is nothing wrong with having your son/daughter in kickboxing or any other type of sport at a young age. Im not saying to force them but if its getting them away from the TV, games and violance then you should do everything in your power to help them out! What kind of parent wants there kid to be fat, depressed and have no way of defending themself? If you think it is wrong that is your opinion but dont judge other people for what they do. My son is in jiujitsu and he loves it and he is 7!

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Have you ever taken a kick boxing lesson before? I dont think so because if you did you would know that like any other style of fighting the first thing you learn is discipline. Its not the kids that learn kick boxing, karate etc that go around beating other kids up its the ones who have no discipline that feel the need to prove their bigger and better then everyone else

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At least she wont be a helpless victim of bullying in junior high school.

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I see nothing wrong with this. I plan on signing my daughter up for MMA as soon as she turns 3 (the youngest they will take a child) Like any kind of true fighting style the FIRST thing you learn is discipline. Kids who learn fighting early on are better in control of themselfs and know how to defend themselfs when the need comes to.

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teaching children martial arts is one thing.putting them into serious competition at that age is quite another. it in fact is asinine and the height of stupidity

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Would there be as much a to do if the kids were boys ? I think not . And why is the dad of the eight year old taking the heat when his daughters opponent was only 7 ? Is this any worse than any other organized and parent fueled sport like soccer , little league or Pop Warner football ?

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keep your comments centered on the story. and your propensity for freeloading advertising out

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Instead of scrutinizing me why don't you keep the whores with their free advertising off these sites ?

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my dad made me fight when i was like 6 to like 13.made me i mean he made me. karate and whatever, you know what it builds a shit load of character and intensity and drive that you wouldnt get from anything else.eventually i made it to black belt, and it provides alot of learning, leadership skills, and maral values that no other sport or way would give you.

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I am the father of three grown children, all of whom trained in traditional Japanese Karatedo from the time they were virtually old enough to understand what "stand up straight" means. Our daughter is a first-year law student, our oldest son is in his 3rd year of college, and our youngest just graduated with honors from high school. None have been in jail, none have a drug or drinking problem, the please, yes sir and yes ma'am are defined parts of their vocabularies and none have ever exhibited so much as an iota of a tendency to violence. Yet, I would trust their training to protect any one of those of you who have submitted posts to this site on this subject. Your profiling belies your ignorance of what true martial arts training was and is founded in, and is practiced for. I bow with great respect to this poised, respectful young lady, and the path she is embarking on. The training she recieves now will help guide her for the rest of her life.

I know this to be true, because in addition to being a father I am also an educator, and a 27 year veteran student and instructor of Wado Ryu Karatedo.

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I think allowing her to learn to kickbox is perfectly fine. Young girls and women need to know how to protect and defend themselves and the discipline is good experience. But putting her in the ring for profit at this age is not appropriate.

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I wonder how many of you that are mad at him would have no problem dressing you 2 or 3 year old daughter up to look like a cheap whore to win a beauty pagent you could never win?I think dressing up a VERY YOUNG girl like that is CHILD ABUSE. STOP THESE DAMN PAGENTS. Let a girl that young be a kid not a young whore

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The issue is not the participation in martial arts for this child........many children begin karate/judo/juijitsu at a young age. But kick boxing involves repetitive blows to the head. Even with a head protector, this child suffered a concussion. There is just nothing that can justify exposing a child to this type of trauma on a repetitive basis. We now know that repetetive head trauma and concussions lead to significant brain dysfunction later in life. Even high school football coachs know this. Her parents need to get real.

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People are really upset about this?
When I was seven I was already learning how to shoot a gun.

This really isnt as bad as one would think. I wish more girls would want to get into this.

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Would we be having this conversation if this was a boy. I think not! Does anyone think this is more violent than US football or rugby? How about diving? If you hit that water wrong, is that not dangerous? Gymnastics? Good for them. Maybe she will be able to defend herself from someone twice her size if ever she needs to!

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Why is everyone upset about an 8 year old in a kickboxing exhibition? I don't see anyone complaining about her 7 year old opponent ? These people see nothing wrong with a child learning Karate, Tai Kwon Do or one of the other martial arts why pick on kickboxing?

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Those 2 bozo dads are real Fathers of the Year. Idiots.

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