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Mixed Winnipeg Martial Arts could be the fastest growing sport in United states 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 once the topic of Kids doing MMA arises, it is only natural that many people cringe a little, and rightly so. The only thing a lot of people know of the sport could be the very top level of professional athletes and the rules used at that level, which is not at all something young ones should be doing.

But the truth is, most people training in MMA will never be planning 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 is a wide range of rule sets from amateur around professional.

What's "safe" for children to do in the fighting styles has been well established over many years. Kiddies doing Martial Arts Winnipeg do not do something that hasn't been getting done in Karate, Judo and Wrestling classes for years. In fact , they often 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 really a lack of experience with it, specially at amateur levels with what actually happens in class. MMA classes are fun, they've been safe, and they are a really intense workout. The past thing any fitness center 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 each other 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 a few professional games, you can easily come away with a very negative perception, and cringe quite hard at the looked at young ones playing the overall game. But just about everybody has played the overall game at a amateur level in some form, even if it was just through gymnasium class in school. We all know that what happens on tv is not the same as what happens in a game played by 8-year olds.

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

Definitely not. We have been teaching them the actual opposite, how exactly to maybe not hurt each other, and just how to keep themselves from getting hurt.

Kiddies 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 accountable for their own, but also their opponents safety. They are required to remain calm and act intelligently at all times. Anger and attempts to hurt others don't result in victory in this sport, they lead to defeat. Instead athletes must develop the capability to remain calm under great pressure, to be patient also to act intelligently and strategically and to show good sportsmanship in victory and defeat.

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

To top it all off Martial Arts demands a really high standard of physical fitness. Every muscle can be used, from every position and in most direction possible. The workout is intense and in a time of declining physical fitness being involved in exercise program is important for healthier living.