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my 3 kids all box.whats your thoughts on this.there ages are 16,12 and 8.boy and 2 girls.video included is my daughter..https://youtu.be/N7dhl3zZDPU
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On the one hand, I think it's great to start them early so they can develop the judgement and movement habits that will stand them in good stead during adult life... I wish I had started earlier myself.
On the other, I've known a few young martial artists who lacked the mentality of responsibility and abused their abilities to damage someone else, and while they were lucky nothing serious happened, it could have been nasty.
I also find many people who start young get a more 'cushioned' form of training (because hurt kiddies is bad) and so well into their more adult careers still habitually pull their punches, often to their disadvantage. Learning to physically pull a punch when necessary is easy, but learning to apply power when necessary is the hard part.
Where possible, I think it's best to start them off at a stage where they can go in with some decent power and habitually make their hits count when they need to. By this stage they usually have an appreciation for the consequences of fighting and have enough mental control and discipline to pull their punches when they need to.
Just my thoughts, though.
Can't see vid here at work, but will check it out from home!
On the other, I've known a few young martial artists who lacked the mentality of responsibility and abused their abilities to damage someone else, and while they were lucky nothing serious happened, it could have been nasty.
I also find many people who start young get a more 'cushioned' form of training (because hurt kiddies is bad) and so well into their more adult careers still habitually pull their punches, often to their disadvantage. Learning to physically pull a punch when necessary is easy, but learning to apply power when necessary is the hard part.
Where possible, I think it's best to start them off at a stage where they can go in with some decent power and habitually make their hits count when they need to. By this stage they usually have an appreciation for the consequences of fighting and have enough mental control and discipline to pull their punches when they need to.
Just my thoughts, though.
Can't see vid here at work, but will check it out from home!
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Non contact training yes, sparring/competition no. Head trauma is no joke.
the reason i ask is because i helped set up a small boxing club about a year and a half ago.with the help of others.my help was on the joinery building side.it was just an old mill house.needed to look like a boxing gym. also helped with fundraising etc.my wife is secretary of club.just lately i seem to be helping out in the young ones classes.so just wondered what you guys thought of youngsters boxing.thanks
If it was my kids, I'd also be worried about head trauma, especially from such a young age. Sure, there's lots of things they can do where they can get accidentally hurt, but boxing is the one where the aim is to hit the other person in the head.
There's a lot of stuff that's come out from American Football and wrestling that seems to imply a cumulative effect of head injury. Even the bigger gloves and head protection in boxing seem to have had unintended consequences because people get hit in the head more than before.
There's a lot of stuff that's come out from American Football and wrestling that seems to imply a cumulative effect of head injury. Even the bigger gloves and head protection in boxing seem to have had unintended consequences because people get hit in the head more than before.
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I boxed when I was younger, great exercise, good self defence.
However; getting hit sucks.
As long as children are coached well; by good people, then there's no problem with children boxing. Same applies for most sports children can do, safe environment, encouraging, and good teaching.
However; getting hit sucks.
As long as children are coached well; by good people, then there's no problem with children boxing. Same applies for most sports children can do, safe environment, encouraging, and good teaching.
all our boxing is done with safety first approach.all kids know this and are told from the start of training.a very friendly gym where you dont have to be good to be there.we all look after each other.no1 is safety.they also get taught how to avoid and evade punches before they even get in the ring..
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Like all martial arts, the most important thing in my book is the self-discipline aspect...
If the kids learn that, then they'll be fine and - IMHO - better for it. I am not keen on "offensive" martial arts (karate, taekwondo, boxing, kick-boxing, etc.) because of the relative emphasis on "attack" but my son goes to karate regardless, because of the self-discipline aspect. And he loves it. Even though I feel extremely uneasy about the light-contact sparring he is asked to do.
If the kids learn that, then they'll be fine and - IMHO - better for it. I am not keen on "offensive" martial arts (karate, taekwondo, boxing, kick-boxing, etc.) because of the relative emphasis on "attack" but my son goes to karate regardless, because of the self-discipline aspect. And he loves it. Even though I feel extremely uneasy about the light-contact sparring he is asked to do.
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I don't think it's ever too late to start anything. It might be harder to pick it up now than when you were younger but just give it a go and find out.
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I think it's more difficult to find a club that will take on older members.
None of our local ones will so much as look at you if you're over 21 and/or not interested in competition.
Seems they only want cun-TEN-duhhhhhhs....
the club we run is non profit as in nobody gets paid.old people are as welcome as young.just remember take it easy if you start its not easy.im 43 as was in the ring last night after training with coach on pads.i could hardly push my saw today..