http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/ Parenting, Politics and News for the Perfectly Challenged Sat, 17 May 2008 08:19:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-160108 Sun, 04 May 2008 04:54:07 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-160108 It's so sad that you are judging a book by someone else's cover. Didn't you even stop for a second to think, perhaps the associated press blindsided them and used a biased media to fabricate a tragic story on a slow news day? Cockfighting? Bare knuckle? Sucker punches? THey looked like they had padded gloves on to me. If you swallowed that garbage hook line and sinker without even at least wondering what credentials or level of understanding the author had to be able to make choice to project misleading words and emit the essential truths that learning to block punches and keep a good stance is anything other than youth wrestling or any common place martial art,well, if you didn't even look into how self controled and prepared mma youth are before hopping the band wagon,then you probably shouldn't breed. If your martial art you train in for mma is karate, then it's not karate on crack. It's just karate. It's just youth boxing. (which has been allowed for nearly a hundred years). It's just wrestling, Juijitsu, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, or however you want to train. It's simply a sparring competition with rules to accomadate the major martial arts. It's also the twenty first century, don't act so smug if you're behind the times. Or maybe do some of your own checking into it instead of relying of good ol'CNN to make your decisions. (oh, and the cage? That's a rubber mesh to keep them from falling off of the PADDED wrestling mat for THE PROTECTION of the athletes. It's another safety device.)If you don't want your kid in sports for safety, fine. No martial arts either, fine. If he can't ride a motorcycle in high school or date until he's 18, that alright. He's your kid. If he's someone elses kid and he's in a sport with many rules and equiptment for safety and competes in a nationally recognized sport and in a state actual governs and monitors the sport for added safety overwatch then that's not your situation and not your concern. Does your state require adherence to strict safety guidline for martial arts competition, or is like the majority that just dont care if kids are fighting in true, dangerous unprotected unregulated and crueldogfights in some redneck's back yard? I at least know in Missouri MMA kids are safe. It’s so sad that you are judging a book by someone else’s cover. Didn’t you even stop for a second to think, perhaps the associated press blindsided them and used a biased media to fabricate a tragic story on a slow news day? Cockfighting? Bare knuckle? Sucker punches? THey looked like they had padded gloves on to me. If you swallowed that garbage hook line and sinker without even at least wondering what credentials or level of understanding the author had to be able to make choice to project misleading words and emit the essential truths that learning to block punches and keep a good stance is anything other than youth wrestling or any common place martial art,well, if you didn’t even look into how self controled and prepared mma youth are before hopping the band wagon,then you probably shouldn’t breed. If your martial art you train in for mma is karate, then it’s not karate on crack. It’s just karate. It’s just youth boxing. (which has been allowed for nearly a hundred years). It’s just wrestling, Juijitsu, Judo, Tae Kwon Do, or however you want to train. It’s simply a sparring competition with rules to accomadate the major martial arts. It’s also the twenty first century, don’t act so smug if you’re behind the times. Or maybe do some of your own checking into it instead of relying of good ol’CNN to make your decisions. (oh, and the cage? That’s a rubber mesh to keep them from falling off of the PADDED wrestling mat for THE PROTECTION of the athletes. It’s another safety device.)If you don’t want your kid in sports for safety, fine. No martial arts either, fine. If he can’t ride a motorcycle in high school or date until he’s 18, that alright. He’s your kid. If he’s someone elses kid and he’s in a sport with many rules and equiptment for safety and competes in a nationally recognized sport and in a state actual governs and monitors the sport for added safety overwatch then that’s not your situation and not your concern. Does your state require adherence to strict safety guidline for martial arts competition, or is like the majority that just dont care if kids are fighting in true, dangerous unprotected unregulated and crueldogfights in some redneck’s back yard? I at least know in Missouri MMA kids are safe.

]]> http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-152019 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:43:49 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-152019 I saw that last week, too. Totally wacked. My son takes karate and so do I, but this is karate on crack. I saw that last week, too. Totally wacked. My son takes karate and so do I, but this is karate on crack.

]]> http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151751 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:23:49 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151751 Further proof that not everyone should breed. Further proof that not everyone should breed.

]]> http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151515 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:50:04 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151515 It takes all kinds!! It takes all kinds!!

]]> http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151513 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:37:21 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151513 No. No.

]]> http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151409 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:49:50 +0000 http://blog.imperfectparent.com/2008/03/28/penultimate-fighting-maybe/#comment-151409 I saw this earlier on TV and could not believe my eyes. Those parents are freaking nuts. No way would my kid get involved in cage fighting at the age of 10. Insane. I saw this earlier on TV and could not believe my eyes. Those parents are freaking nuts. No way would my kid get involved in cage fighting at the age of 10. Insane.

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