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Mixed Winnipeg Martial Arts could be the fastest growing sport in North America today. It's on T.V., it's on peoples clothes, it's on the video game consoles and the action figures are in the toy section at the department store.

Now if the topic of Children doing MMA comes up, it is only natural that lots of people cringe a little, and rightly so. The only thing many people know of the sport could be the very top level of professional athletes and the rules used at that level, which will be definitely not something children should be doing.

But the truth is, the vast majority of people training in MMA should never be likely to fight in a professional match. The majority of adults which are entering competitions won't ever compete under those rules. Like other fighting styles that involve striking there's a wide range of rule sets from amateur up to professional.

What exactly is "safe" for young ones to do in the martial arts has been more developed over many years. Kids doing Martial Arts Winnipeg do not do whatever wasn't getting done in Karate, Judo and Wrestling classes for years. Actually, they often times do less of the riskier aspects. They don't kick to the head and they don't get extra points for high impact throws and takedowns.

A lot of the bad reputation MMA gets is just a lack of experience with it, especially at amateur levels sufficient reason for what actually happens in class. MMA classes are fun, they truly are safe, and they're an extremely intense workout. The past thing any gymnasium owner wants is injuries, and after more then ten years of teaching I have yet to see a kid with such a thing close to a critical injury.

Taken in a similar context consider our national sport. Players skate around on ice with blades on their feet slamming each other into one another, the boards, swinging sticks around and getting into bare knuckle fist fights in nearly every game. If all you knew of hockey was seeing several professional games, you could easily come away with a very negative perception, and cringe quite hard at the thought of young ones playing the game. But just about everybody has played the game at a amateur level in some form, even if it absolutely was just through gymnasium class in school. We all know that what are the results on television is not the same as what goes on in a game played by 8-year olds.

But aren't we just teaching kids to hurt each other?

Absolutely not. We are teaching them the exact opposite, just how to maybe not hurt one another, and how exactly to keep themselves from getting hurt.

Kids training in MMA are training with friends, under close supervision. Safety and self-control are always top priorities. Deliberately causing injury is not tolerated in training and competition. Athletes aren't only responsible for their own, but also their opponents safety. They truly are required to remain calm and act intelligently constantly. Anger and attempts to hurt others do not lead to victory in this sport, they result in defeat. Instead athletes must develop the capability to remain calm under some pressure, to be patient and to act intelligently and strategically and also to show good sportsmanship in victory and defeat.

While they progress they learn leadership skills, helping younger and less experienced kiddies with techniques and strategy. Young kids helping others beat them in training is just a amazing thing to see, and a great show of humility and respect. Yet every son or daughter that trains can do it as they gain experience. They will learn how to value helping new students and younger students succeed is more valuable then "easy wins".

To top everything off Martial Arts demands an extremely high standard of physical fitness. Every muscle is employed, from every position and in every direction possible. The workout is intense and in a time of declining health and fitness being associated with fitness program is very important for healthy living.