http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Teen-Black-Belts-Arrested-for--125236984.html
A Miami Lakes teen didn't land enough kicks to win a match at a martial arts tournament, but the connection his foot made after the match might land him in jail.
The 16-year-old boy, who is not being identified because of his age, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for the incident, which happened in San Jose over the weekend, reported the Mercury News.
The boy, who is a second-degree black belt in taekwondo, was allegedly upset because he had just lost a quarterfinal match to a New York teen on Saturday, San Jose police said.
After the loss, the boy went to the locker room but returned to the fighting area, walked up to the kid he had just lost to, and landed a single roundhouse kick to the face that knocked the boy out cold.
The strike hit just below the boy's nose, knocking out some of his teeth. The New York boy had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.
Doctors said if the kick would have landed on the boy's nose, the force of the impact would have likely killed him.
I noted that the charge is assault with a deadly weapon. This lends credence to the theory that a trained martial artist's hands and feet are indeed 'weapons'. It's also a very sad indictment on the boy, his upbringing, and perhaps his training.